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HARTLEY, CECIL B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, the Virginia Ranger. Frontispiece, illustrated additional title, 4 plates. 8vo, publisher's

HARTLEY, CECIL B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, the Virginia Ranger. Frontispiece, illustrated additional title, 4 plates. 8vo, publisher's cloth, a bit worn at edges; foxing and scattered staining, puncture hole in upper margin through most of the text; early owner's lengthy inscription on the front free endpaper. Philadelphia, 1859

  • Notes: first edition. Includes biographies of Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Benjamin Logan, Samuel Brady, Isaac Shelby and other "Heroes of the West." This edition surprisingly scarce, with OCLC locating just 6 copies. Not in Graff or the Streeter Sale. Howes H265; Sabin 30682 (citing the 1860 edition, this earlier one apparently unknown to him).

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