The Boone Narrative: The Story of the Origin and Discovery Coupled with the Reproduction in Facsimile of a Rare Item of Early Kentuckiana; To which Is Appended a Sketch of Boone and a Bibliography of 238 Titles.
Louisville, KY: Standard printing Co., 1932. First edition, 1/1000 copies, but one of two copies specially bound in 1983 from a remainder of 12 copies discovered at the Ohio Book Store in Cincinnati in 1983, with a signed attestation to the limitation bound in. 8vo. 61, (1) pp. Illustrated from line drawings, facsimiles, and a photograph, plates. Coleman 804: "Facsimile reprint of the rare life of Boone, printed in 1786 at Norwich, Connecticut, by John Trumbull ... [with] an excellent Boone bibliography." Fine. Circa 1983 quarter calf and boards, quarter calf and board slipcase. (9252). Item #62428
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