[AMERICANA] [MAP] [SIGNED] HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF KENTUCKY: EMBRACING ITS HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AND NATURAL CURIOSITIES, GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Lewis Collins

Maysville, Kentucky: Lewis Collins, 1857.

Hard Cover. Early Printing. Signed. 8vo. (9 1/4” x 6”); in the publisher’s brown embossed cloth with titling and decorations in gilt to the spine; this copy signed with a personal inscription by the Lewis Collins; the folding map is present. xvi, 17-560 pages, including the Appendix.~~The book has wear, especially to the edges of the boards. It is intact with light and scattered foxing. The gilt at the spine is attractive and bright.~~This edition with Cincinnati on the title page, as well as Maysville.~~“Lewis Collins is known as the state’s first historian. He owned and was editor of The Eagle newspaper in Maysville for 27 years. His book (Historical Sketches) takes readers from the prehistoric days of Kentucky through its time of settlement in 1847, which his writings were published for the first time. The book at that time was 590 pages and contained illustrations of buildings, rivers, towns and more.” (see maysville-online.com)~~ (Howes C 595).

Very Good binding.
Item #295562

Price: $300.00