[Salesman's Sample] Famous Frontiersmen, Pioneers and Scouts (1883)

Cattermole, E. G. [Salesman's Sample] Famous Frontiersmen, Pioneers and Scouts; the Vanguards of American Civilization. Chicago: The Coburn & Newman Publishing Company, 1883. [10835]

Red cloth decorated in black & gilt, binding shows some soil, small stains, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, tight. Sample of alternative green cloth binding pasted to rear end paper. This salesman's sample is full of illustrations, example pages of text, and an order sheet at back, with six subscriptions filled in. Lacks the tissue guard to the frontispiece. Good. Hardcover.

Title continues: Two centuries of the Romance of American History. A Thrilling Narrative of the Lives and Marvelous Exploits of the most renowned Heroes, Trappers, Explorers, Adventurers, Scouts, and Indian Fighters. Including Boone, Crawford, Girty, Molly Finney, the McCulloughs, Wetzel, Kenton, Clark, Brady, Crockett, Houston, Carson, California Joe, Wild Bill, Texas Jack, Captain Jack, Buffalo Bill, General Custer with his Last Campaign against Sitting Bull, and General Crook with his recent Campaign against the Apaches. Elegantly Illustrated.

"The most Vividly Interesting and Romantic Book every written." The published book was to have 540 pages and "nearly one hundred engravings."