[OHIO VALLEY FRONTIER]. HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, Virginia Ranger. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859.

8vo. Engraved frontispiece and title-page, engraved plates. (Some browning and spotting.) Original blind-stamped red cloth (rebacked preserving original spine, some soiling and rubbing). FIRST EDITION, including biographies of Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Benjamin Logan, Samuel Brady, Isaac Shelby and other "Heroes of the West." RARE. Howes H-265; Sabin 30682 (the 1860 edition only). Not in Graff or Streeter.

[With:] GOODMAN, Alfred T., editor. Journal of Captain William Trent. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1871. 8vo. (A few leaves disbound.) Original cloth (some light wear).

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[OHIO VALLEY FRONTIER]. HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, Virginia Ranger. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[OHIO VALLEY FRONTIER]. HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, Virginia Ranger. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859.

[OHIO VALLEY FRONTIER]. HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, Virginia Ranger. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[OHIO VALLEY FRONTIER]. HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, Virginia Ranger. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859.

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[OHIO VALLEY FRONTIER]. HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, Virginia Ranger. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859.