The Story of the Pioneers An Illustrated Narrative of the Heroic Deeds and Devoted Lives of the Fathers and Mothers of America
Cincinatti: National Book Company, (1899). First Thus. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards. Stout 4to. Pp. 1032. Frontis. black & white illustration, behind tissue guard. Introduction by John Clark Ridpath. Illustrated throughout with black & white drawings. Marbled endpapers. Bound in three-quarter leather over marbled paper boards, gilt lettering and decoration stamped on spine, with raised bands. Rubbed edges and corners; marks to covers; wear to top and bottom of spine; hinges have been reinforced. Good+. Item #10651
Title continues: "Embracing the Principal Episodes in the Struggle of the White Race with the Red Men for the Possession of the New World ... ." An early, comprehensive account of Western expansion, published when parlor-car pioneers were still arriving, and emphasizing the conflict with Native Americans in a forcefully biased manner.
Price: $125.00