Chronicles of Border Warfare, or, A History of the Settlement by the Whites of North-western Virginia: and of the Indian Wars and Massacres, in that section of the State…

12mo, period full tree sheep, morocco spine label, edges stained yellow, 319 pp. plus one ad leaf. Spine dull with minor rubbing, some shelf wear, a bit of cracking to spine and joints, old ink number (125) to front free endpaper bleeding through to following leaves and faintly to title, one front free endpaper loose, bookplate, a little bit of foxing or staining to a few pages, and light mottled patch to pp. 17-18. However, internally is generally bright and clean; and near fine overall. This is a first edition of one of the classic book concerning the hostel settlement of the Ohio country. According to Field, “the author took much pains to be authentic, and his chronicles are considered by Western antiquarians, to form the best collection of frontier life and Indian warfare, that has been printed.” This copy is without the four page table of contents, which is typical for this work, but does include the advertising leaf. Field also indicates that because this book was issued in a remote corner of Northwestern Virginia, and designed for local consumption, most copies were read “until scarcely legible.”