10-30-201610-30-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2950BBoston
October 30, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) "Go Ahead!" Davy Crockett's Almanack.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2950BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) "Go Ahead!" Davy Crockett's Almanack. Nashville, Tennessee: Heirs of Col. Crockett, 1837. Vol. I, No. 4 in the series, octavo, 48 pages, illustrated, original paper wrappers, stab sewn, as issued, foxing and soiling, extremities worn, top corner of last leaf torn away, 8 x 5 in.
The fourth of Crockett's Almanacks with wild stories of the west, and illustrations to match. This issue includes woodcuts of, "A Woman rescued from the Jaws of a Catamount," "A Kentuckian kivered up in a Salt Crib," "A Fight with a Bear," "A Narrow Escape from a Snake," "A Fight between two Women, a Man, and two Bears," and other perils of the frontier.
Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Estimate $800-1,000


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David Spinney, Nashville