The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky;; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. This item is unavailable.
Published by Applegate, Cincinnati, 1851
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since September 25, 1996
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 1,000.00
Item description from seller
Frontispiece woodcut and 8 others throughout the text. (11), 12-252 pages. Slim 12mo, handsomely bound by Morrell in 3/4 black polished calf with ornately gilt-decorated spine, top edges gilt. Cincinnati: H. S. & J. Applegate & Co., 1851. First edition. Scattered staining and foxing, still a near fine early copy of this rather scarce frontier classic. 1851 printing of the 1847 re-release under this new title (originally published in 1833 as 'Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky') --Howes F199; Sabin 24784 .
Seller Inventory # 305390
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky;; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country
- Author
- FLINT, Timothy
- Publisher
- Applegate, Cincinnati
- Publication year
- 1851
- Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- hardcover
- Edition
- First.
- Seller catalogs
- AMERICANA, AMERICANA RARE, EXPLORATION, KENTUCKY, MISSOURI