$1,968
Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) "Go Ahead! " Davy Crockett's Almanack. Nashville, Tennessee: Heirs of Col. Crockett, 1837. Vol. I, No. 4 in the series, octavo, 48 pages, illustrated, original paper wrappers, stab sewn, as issued, foxing and soiling, extremities worn, top corner of last leaf torn away, 8 x 5 in. The fourth of Crockett's Almanacks with wild stories of the west, and illustrations to match. This issue includes woodcuts of, "A Woman rescued from the Jaws of a Catamount," "A Kentuckian kivered up in a Salt Crib," "A Fight with a Bear," "A Narrow Escape from a Snake," "A Fight between two Women, a Man, and two Bears," and other perils of the frontier. Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30
