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lot of 2. Including Thayer, Eli. A History of the Kansas Crusade Its Friends and Foes. New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1889. Introduction by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. 12mo, brown paper boards with gilt lettering on spine. Inscribed by Eli Thayer in front cover, 7 March 1848. 294 pp, 6pp Harper & Bros. ads. Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson, Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties, Kansas. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890. 4to, full embossed leather with gilt lettering. Decorative endpapers. 782 pp. plus biographical, views, and portrait index. Provenance: The Dave Delling Collection of Western Americana Condition: Thayer volume has some toning, but overall in very good condition. "Portrait" book has broken binding and loose pages.