[SIMMS, William Gilmore]

The Wigwam and the Cabin ... First Series

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's black morocco-backed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [10],233,[1],xpp. Boards rubbed with some exposure at corners, brief loss of leather at spine foot, contemporary bookplate of the Manton Free Library of Exeter, R.I., to front pastedown with a list of their "Rules," textblock signficantly foxed, else a Very Good, tight copy. Bound in the publisher's "Library of Choice Reading" binding, of which this is Vol. 12. The second series of this short story collection, all set on the American Western frontier, would be published in the same year. BAL 18093; WRIGHT I, 2436.

Price: $250.00

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