8vo (178 x 102 mm). (Browning throughout.) Contemporary sheep, smooth spine tooled and lettered in gilt (evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown, light rubbing to extremities). Provenance: early penciled notes on endpapers; John Talbot Gernon (morocco bookplate).

FIRST EDITION OF THE RARE MAYSVILLE IMPRINT. A miscellany of tales of the opening of Kentucky, which detail "the escapades of various frontier heroes, including Daniel Boone, William Crawford, and Francis Downing" (Siebert Sale). One of the primary sources of the Daniel Boone tale, the work went through multiple later editions. Thomson calls it "the most complete collection of captivities and adventures ever published in one volume." Ayer 189; Howes M-46; Sabin 43052; Siebert Sale 985; Streeter Sale III:1666; Thomson 745; Vaughan 191. RARE: According to online records, only 3 copies of the Maysville imprint of this work have appeared at auction since the Streeter sale.