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Our Pioneer Heroes and Their Daring Deeds. The Lives and Famous Exploits of De Soto, Champlain, La Salle, Smith, Standish, Boone, Kenton, Brady, Crockett, Bowie, Houston, Carson, Harney, Custer, California Joe, Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Miles Crook, [etc.]
Kelsey, D. M.
Philadelphia and St. Louis.: 1890, Scammell & Company.
XVIII, 672 pp. Leather. 8vo.
Illustrations: Illustrations.
[Biography - History - Adventure - North America]
[Travel - Exploration]
Colour frontispiece, b&w wood engravings throughout. Year on title page 1890. On verso: Copyright 1882 and 1887. Full brown calf over board.
The spine has been professionally repaired, underlaid, remnants of the old back and title label incorporated. Wear along edges and corners. Hinges of front cover broken, attached only at foot. Some shaving of leather on panels. Name on second ffly, dated 1890. Some smudging on title page and margin of frontispiece colour lithograph. Occasional light smudges or faint foxing. Small tear at lower edge of pp. 201-204. Generally, a tight and, given age, good, clean copy. 1.3 kg, Additional postage required.

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