Western Clearings.
Item #81273
KIRKLAND, C[aroline] M., Mrs. Western Clearings. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. [bound with:] HALL, James. The Wilderness and the War Path. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. Two volumes bound in one. Original publisher's cloth decorated in blind. $150.00[a] BAL 11149 & 6949. HOWES K-185 & H-82. Wright I:1587 &I:1102.First edition of each work, BAL's first printing of the second, with the copyright notice and imprints of Craighead and Smith on the verso of the title leaf. Published as Nos. VII and XV of Wiley & Putnam's "Library of American Books," originally individually in printed wrappers, and then bound up in this two-in-one format. Kirkland's work is an anecdotal, fictional account of life in pioneer Michigan, based on her former residence there. Hall is most frequently remembered for his collaborative work with Thomas McKenney and his editorial post with the Western Monthly Magazine, but his fictional sketches of border life, Indian fighting and foreign intrigue were quite popular. Some foxing and occasional discolorations, spine ends chipped, external mended splits to joints, short clean tear from top edge of pp 47-8 of first work; else very good.
Price: $150.00