Title:
The American Pioneer, A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to the Objects of the Logan Historical Society; or, To Collecting and Publishing Sketches Relative to the Early Settlement and Successive Improvement of the Country
Description:
Vol. I, Nos. 1-12 & Vol. II, Nos. 1-10 (all published). Illustrated with lithographed frontispiece in Vol. I; folding copper-engraved frontispiece in Vol. II; 19 wood-engraved plates & plans; 2 volume title-pages with wood-engraved pictorial borders; woodcuts & facsimile signatures in the text. 8¾x5¼, modern cloth.
Complete run of this short-lived monthly, bound in two volumes, presenting much information and first-hand accounts of the settlement of the then-frontier, primarily the Ohio River Valley and its tributaries, with Indian wars, captivities, etc. Vol. I is stated the Second Edition (of three printings). Howes W469.
Lot Amendments
Condition:
Some foxing and soiling within, a few pages with corners missing, else very good, quite scarce.
