[CROCKETT, Davy].

"Go Ahead!!" The Crockett Almanac 1840 [wrapper title].

Item #74898

[CROCKETT, Davy]. "Go Ahead!!" The Crockett Almanac 1840 [wrapper title]. Nashville: Published by Ben Harding, [1839]. 36pp., woodcut illustration. Dbd. Old stitch holes, stain on fore-edge, generally clean internally. About very good. Volume 2, No. 2 of the Crockett almanacs, with the usual stories of mayhem and heroism in the West, graphically illustrated. The illustration on the front wrapper shows the great scout being startled by an owl while the rear illustration, captioned "The Way They Travel in the West," shows a man in a boat being wildly pulled by two sea serpents. Other illustrations include "Col. Crockett beat at a shooting match," "Account of a goose pulling," "Indian notions," "Ben Harding's account of a shipwreck," "The Heroine of Kaintuck," and "Col. Crockett and the bear and the swallows." STREETER SALE 4189. HOWES C897, "aa." DRAKE 13416. ALLEN IMPRINTS 1545. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 55899.

Price: $5,000.00