Fifty Years on the Trail. A True Story of Western Life
Frederick Warne, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #00544768
An attractive, very good copy in the original brown pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt, red, blue, green and black (general light wear; spine a trifle cocked). First American edition of this classic of Western Americana (bound from London sheets) Adams, Six-Guns #740. The life story of Johnny (or John Young) Nelson, companion of of Buffalo Bill, who is noted for guiding Brigham Young to Utah. This work includes several chapters on the trek and early Utah. According to Flake Harrington is a pseudnym for Young himself.Illustrated by Paul Frenzeny.
Price: $450.00
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