Harrington O'Reilly — Fifty Years on the Trail

London, Chatto & Windus, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biography on John Young Nelson, an illustrated work on the Wild West, the first U.K. edition. The very scarce first U.K. edition.A biography on John Young Nelson, a frontiersman, scout, and guide in Western American. A fascinating figure in the history of the Wild West.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text engravings throughout.By Harrison O'Reilly, with the assistance of Nelson. Thirty pages of adverts to the rear, dated December 1888. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the cloth. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. W. H. Smith label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots and handling marks. Good . Ill.: Paul Frenzeny. Good .