Conquering the Wilderness: or New Pictorial His…

Description

Tan leather over boards, 22x14x6cm, N.D. Thompson & Company, New York and St. Louis, 1883, 742 numbered pages, 200 portraits from life and original and striking engravings from designs by Nast, Darley, and other eminent artists, Nast; Darley, This is a binding copy with several pages text are detached from the spine. Some of the detached pages are repaired with cello tape. Front inner hinge split. Rear inner hinge split. Scuffed and worn. Staining on page edges. Tanned pages, especially on page edges, Well-illustrated description of the lives of pioneering Americans from the viewpoint of an American military Colonel. This is a great curiosity piece for anyone interested in 19th century American history, and would make a great placeholder copy for the collector.