The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age

New York, New York: J. B. Ford & Company , 1874. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; spine is rolled; fraying at the head and tail of the spine with a small portion of the spine from the middle to the tail missing; shelf worn; former owner's name and address are written in pencil on the ffep; rear hinge is cracked; lightly liquid stain on the lower corner of the rear board; overall still a nice collectible used copy! Decorative brown boards with gilt lettering on the spine and black lettering on the front board. 332 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Whatever is incredible in this story is true. The tale I have to tell will seem strange to those who know little of the social life of the West at the beginning of this century. These sharp contrasts of corn-shuckings and camp-meetings, of wild revels followed by wild revivals; these contacts of highwayman and preacher; this melange of picturesque simplicity, grotesque humor and savage ferocity, of abandoned wickedness and austere piety, can hardly seem real to those who know the country now............" ------ from the Preface.. First Edition. Brown Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.