Dewitt C. Peters — Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1888] . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Dewitt C. Peters's account of the life of frontiersman Kit Carson. Previously published in Boston, this is the very scarce first UK edition of this work, in a charming pictorial cloth binding.With sixty-five illustrated plates. Collated, complete.An informative biography of American frontiersman, fur trapper, and army officer Kit Carson, an individual who has become a symbol of the lives of frontiersmen. During his lifetime, he lived among and married into the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes.Undated; dated 1888 via Jisc.An informative and delightfully illustrated work. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with boards bright. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small loss of cloth to back strip tail, and with discolouration to back strip. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned to perimeters due to paper type, but clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .