This SCARCE 275 pp. FIRST EDITION is illustrated by Edward Shenton. Kentucky Historian Laureate Dr. Clark wrote this definitive biography of the legendary frontiersman who was a contemporary of Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark & Richard Henderson, at the time of Kentucky's founding. Nice pen & ink vignettes on each Chapter heading page. This is # 389 in Coleman's "Bibliography of Kentucky History". There is a prior owner's name atop the first blank flyleaf & a different owner's inscription just inside the front board, but otherwise the book is clean, unmarked & VERY GOOD ++. The jacket has slight edge & corner wear, else VERY GOOD. Lists to $200 WITH DUST JACKET ONLINE !! -- THE PHOTO IS A STOCK IMAGE -- NOT A PHOTO OF THIS COPY !!

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Title: SIMON KENTON (KENTUCKY SCOUT) -- FIRST EDITION -- with DUST JACKET
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart
Publication Date: 1943
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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