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Published by Sligo Tourist Development Association and North Western Tourism Organisation, Sligo
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Condition: Very Good. Folding brochures. The Yeats Country one has colour illustrations by W.G. Spencer and the Pre-historic one has black & white images. When fully opened the former ahs 10pp and the latter 8. Undated. Circalater 1960's/early 70's Scarce.
Published by Edward Kearny, NY, 1848
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original decorative cloth binding worn; viii+299pp. Names in front.
Published by Edward Kearny, New York, 1848
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1848. Small 8vo. Pp. viii, 299. Frontis. engraved portrait of Black Hawk. Engraved half-title vignette. Bound in elaborate blindstamped ribbed cloth. Decorated endpapers. Scattered, heavy foxing to preliminaries, some soiling to several pages. Lacking tissue guard. Dust soiling to top edge. Contemporary owner name on front free-endpapers, two other contemporary names in pencil on rear free-endpapers. Wear to binding, notably tail of spine and rear joint. An elaborate re-working of the author's prior effort, The History of Black Hawk, published in Milwaukee, 1846. Despite detracting qualities, a sturdy copy.
Published by Published by the Author, New York, 1849
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 12mo, 299 pages, original embossed black cloth, extra-gilt spine, tips of spine worn, tight, minor foxing. 'Embracing an account of the life and exploits of this celebrated chieftain; the Black Hawk war; a legend of the Illinois Tribe of Indians, showing the manner in which they became extinct; a succinct description of the Wisconsin and Lake Superior Countries, and their rich minerals; the Massacre of Chicago, and other deeply interesting scenes in The West.' - Sabin 82462. Lathrop Harper noted it was the first work of verse by a Wisconsin writer. [Brinley 6896 Field 1001]. Handsome chromolithographed frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk, and of Gen. Zachary Taylor (not included in the 1848 edition). "This comprehensive treatise portrays things as they were in the early settlement of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, when civilization first dawned upon the beautiful forests and prairies, and the cultivation of the beautiful soil commenced." - Preface. Smith was a Milwaukee school teacher, and an historian of the Black Hawk War. He became a celebrity poet and moved to New York City after this poem became a nationwide bestseller.
Published by Edward Kearny, New York, 1848
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 12mo, 299 pages, original embossed cloth, tips of spine worn, tight. 'Embracing an account of the life and exploits of this celebrated chieftain; the Black Hawk war; a legend of the Illinois Tribe of Indians, showing the manner in which they became extinct; a succinct description of the Wisconsin and Lake Superior Countries, and their rich minerals; the Massacre of Chicago, and other deeply interesting scenes in The West.' - Sabin 82462. Ex llibris Frank B. Cornell. Edgeworn, tips of spine worn, Lathrop Harper noted it was the first work of verse by a Wisconsin writer. [Brinley 6896 Field 1001]. Lithographed frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk, and a title-page.
Publication Date: 1978
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Bathurst 1886 facs reprint Sydney 1978. 8vo. Orig. cloth. 2 xii 146pp. With numerous adverts. Lim. ed. Previous owner's name on title otherwise fine.
Published by Edward Kearny, NY 1848, 1848
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition ed. somewhat better the good condition in original cloth.
Published by Edward Kearny, 1848
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition with rough boards and moisture wave throughout text. Rear end page missing (blank.) Back board partially detached. Worthy of rebinding. A highly serviceable and exceedingly scarce book.