CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE, OR A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES, OF NORTH-WESTERN VIRGINIA: AND OF THE INDIAN WARS AND MASSACRES, IN THAT SECTION OF THE STATE; WITH REFLECTIONS, ANECDOTES, &c
by Withers, Alexander S
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About This Item
Clarksburg, Va.: Published by Joseph Israel, 1831.. 319pp. plus advertisement leaf. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. Upper forecorner of titlepage chipped, not approaching text. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Light foxing, heavier in places. Good plus. One of the classic compilations concerning the settlement of the Ohio country, with many a gory tale of torture, the stake, and the scream of the captive. "Of this scarce book, very few copies are complete or in good condition. Having been issued in a remote corner of Northwestern Virginia, and designed principally for a local circulation, almost every copy was read by a country fire-side until scarcely legible. Most of the copies lack the table of contents. The author took much pains to be authentic, and his chronicles are considered by Western antiquarians, to form the best collection of frontier life and Indian warfare, that has been printed" - Field. HOWES W601. SABIN 104928. FIELD 1690. STREETER SALE 1107. THOMSON 1257. AYER 338.
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- Title
- CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE, OR A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES, OF NORTH-WESTERN VIRGINIA: AND OF THE INDIAN WARS AND MASSACRES, IN THAT SECTION OF THE STATE; WITH REFLECTIONS, ANECDOTES, &c
- Author
- Withers, Alexander S
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Joseph Israel
- Place of Publication
- Clarksburg, Va.
- Date Published
- 1831.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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