Gilmore, James R.

The Advance-Guard of Western Civilization

New York: D. Appleton, 1888. First Edition. Boards. Maroon boards, gilt lettering on front and spine. Front cover also has illustration at top showing European-American man in cabin. On bottom is an illustration of an American Indian and teepees. Wear to extremities, hinge separating at top. Front free endpaper has gift inscription and white spots on brown paper. Frontispiece picture of author with tissue guard. A series of lectures about colonists settling the American South and Southwest, including wars with Indian tribes. 343 pp. including two ads for other history books. Good +. Item #336

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