Item #H29272 Chronicles of Border Warfare. Alexander S. Withers.
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Chronicles of Border Warfare

Chronicles of Border Warfare

Clarksburg, VA: Joseph Israel, 1831. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, contemporary dark brown calf, good copy with general rubbing and light wear to binding, contents good with some toning and foxing, old owner's signature of John Hoover on pastedown, some pencil notes on flyleaf, slight loss to lower outer corner of first few leaves, chip to lower outer corner of p. 181 with loss of some letters, the word "Butchery" in pencil on next page, the 4 pp. "Contents" bound in after p. 319 (apparently some were issued without contents and it could be an issue point; also includes "Advertisement" by the publisher on verso of rear flyleaf). One of the best contemporary accounts of backwoods life in the Alleghenies, western Pennsylvania and region. Good. Item #H29272

Price: $350.00

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