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The [Davy] Crockett Almanac Vol. 2 No. 1. "Go Ahead!!" Containing Adventures, Exploits, Sprees & Scrapes in theWest, & Life and Manners in the Backwoods. Nashville, Tennessee: Ben Harding, [1838].
First edition, 36 pages; illustrated throughout with large wood engravings of adventurous scenes, originally stab-stitched, sewing perished, some wear, folded corners and edges, short closed tears, especially to first and last leaf, contents untrimmed, with the original cut edges still visible, 8 x 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
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