first edition Hardcover
1859 · Philadelphia
by Hartley, Cecil B.
Philadelphia: G.G. Evans. Good. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. (dark green buckram, no dust jacket; embossed decorative borders on both covers, gilt decoration, title and publisher's name on spine) [general overall wear, bumping/fraying to all corners, heavy foxing to several pages in front and rear of book and to edge of text block, contemporary owner's signature on front endpaper (see Notes)]. (Lives of Heroes and Hunters) Series (engravings) One of a number of biographies of Boone (1734-1820) that began appearing pretty regularly after his death, and by the end of the 19th century had solidified his image as a larger-than-life folk hero. (truncated)