The Scalp Hunters: or Adventures Among the Trappers by Captain Mayne Reid 1868
The Scalp Hunters: or Adventures Among the Trappers by Captain Mayne Reid 1868
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Later edition (first published 1851). With numerous illustrations by William Harvey and other eminent artists. 247, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Novel by the Irish born adventurer, soldier, and novelist Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) tramped the west with Audubon, befriended Edgar Allan Poe, distinguished himself in the Mexican War, where he was wounded in the thigh. He returned to Europe to join the revolution in Bavaria in 1848, then settled in England and began a flourishing literary career. He lived extravagantly, and only the success of an 1866 novel The Headless Horseman saved him from poverty. Late in life,he was crippled by the recurrence of his war wound; friends helped him obtain back-pay and a pension from the American army (ODNB). Sadleir 2030 (note) Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper boards, rebacked in modern morocco. Corners worn, boards scuffed. Bookplates of Charles Somerset and Anne and F.G. Renier With numerous illustrations by William Harvey and other artists.
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| Category | Books > Fiction Books > Literary Fiction Books |
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| Condition | Good |
| Tags | antique,book,rare |