Item #26442 Daring Exploits and Perilous Adventures; Being a record of thrilling narratives, heroic achivements, hazardous enterprises, and astonishing escapes; interspersed with numerous accounts of the most singular and entertaining facts, found in history; and embracing a most curious and interesting variety of valuable reading, for all classes. Americana - Children's Literature.
Daring Exploits and Perilous Adventures; Being a record of thrilling narratives, heroic achivements, hazardous enterprises, and astonishing escapes; interspersed with numerous accounts of the most singular and entertaining facts, found in history; and embracing a most curious and interesting variety of valuable reading, for all classes
Daring Exploits and Perilous Adventures; Being a record of thrilling narratives, heroic achivements, hazardous enterprises, and astonishing escapes; interspersed with numerous accounts of the most singular and entertaining facts, found in history; and embracing a most curious and interesting variety of valuable reading, for all classes
Daring Exploits and Perilous Adventures; Being a record of thrilling narratives, heroic achivements, hazardous enterprises, and astonishing escapes; interspersed with numerous accounts of the most singular and entertaining facts, found in history; and embracing a most curious and interesting variety of valuable reading, for all classes
Daring Exploits and Perilous Adventures; Being a record of thrilling narratives, heroic achivements, hazardous enterprises, and astonishing escapes; interspersed with numerous accounts of the most singular and entertaining facts, found in history; and embracing a most curious and interesting variety of valuable reading, for all classes

Daring Exploits and Perilous Adventures; Being a record of thrilling narratives, heroic achivements, hazardous enterprises, and astonishing escapes; interspersed with numerous accounts of the most singular and entertaining facts, found in history; and embracing a most curious and interesting variety of valuable reading, for all classes

New Haven: L.H. Young, 1840. Very Good-. Item #26442

New Haven: L.H. Young, n.d., ca. 1840. First Edition. Thick 12mo; contemporary half calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 504pp.; 42 (of 48) woodcut plates including frontispiece. General wear to boards, textblock rather spotted and toned, lacking front free endpaper and six plates, 20th century ownership ex libris to front pastedown, otherwise a Good or better copy of this exceedingly uncommon anthology.

Generously illustrated (though in this case incomplete) collection of adventure stories adorned with woodcuts depicting scenes of the American frontier, at sea, or battling big cats at the edge jagged cliffs. Date of publication provided by OCLC no. 5345563, listing just ten holdings as of May, 2023.

Price: $150.00

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