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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1916. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [2], iii-xxxii, 1-522, [2] pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with four plates. Without the dust jacket. The Indiana Centennial Edition, edited by James Albert Woodburn. The first edition of this centennial edition. Light rubbing to the boards and a tiny strain to the front hinge, still a pleasing copy.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1843. Volume I. Indian Pioneer Life in American West; Good hardcover in original binding, with brown leather spine and corners over decorated boards (wear to spine and corners, small tears to spine ends, wear to endpapers; binding solid, internally pages mostly clean with some light foxing) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; . First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. 4 x 7".

New York: D. Appleton & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete two volume set, in fair condition only. Brown paper boards have beige paper labels with black lettering affixed to spines. Both volumes have significant chipping and shelf wear with boards exposed on edges; cracking along joints; some soiling and staining. Both have the remaining material on spines held on with tape. Volume 2 has a crack in the fore-edge of the front board. Some cracking to page gutters, but both volumes still have tight bindings. Interiors have minor foxing. Faint stamp from previous owner on front free endpaper of both books. The first volume has 300 pages and the second has 316. Volume 2 also has 16 pages of advertisements at the rear. Academic and Christian minister Baynard Rush Hall (1793-1863) authored this title under the pen name Robert Carlton, Esq. The partially fictionalized account describes pioneer life in Bloomington, Indiana, where Hall served as the first… Read More

New York, Philadelphia, Etc.: D. Appleton & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. xii + 300 and viii + 316 pp + ads. Brown hard card covers are dull, corners rubbed, spine covering both volumes mostly gone. Interior old bookseller sticker, some general light foxing but otherwise clean and unmarked. "One of the most folksy books ever written concerning pioneer Indiana. The author was one of the first professors at Indiana Seminary and according to his biographer Dixie Kline Richardson, Hall was the founding professor of Indiana University, l825. "A great deal of the narrative pertains to Bloomington [Woodville] and that vicinity." 31 Decker 151 ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

New York: Appleton, 1843. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes, 12mo (183 x 112 mm). Quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, contained in a handsome modern chemise and slipcase. Wear to covers, browning. xii + 300 and viii + 316 pp + ads. Volume two cover loosening. A cornerstone of Indiana literature, the author is notable for being the first professor at Indiana University.

2 volumes, 8vo, period cloth with paper spine label, xii, 300, viii, 316 +12 ad pp.Volume I with small chips to covers, minor rubbing to corners, inscription on front endpaper, rubber stamps on pastedowns, foxing to volume. Volume II upper forecorner repaired, minor soiling and rubbing, foxing, and both labels somewhat stained or darkened; else very good. Baynard Rush Hall (1798-1863) was one of the first professors at Indiana Seminary. According to Shumaker this was "one of the most folksy books ever written concerning pioneer Indiana". There is a good deal of material on Bloomington, and the book is considered a valuable source of information on pioneer life in this region. Shumaker: History of Indiana Literature 155 Howes H48aa Graff 1723 Sabin 29728