Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 268

Price Realized: $ 1,105
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(WEST.) Go Ahead! Davy Crockett's 1837 Almanack of Wild Sports in the West. Numerous illustrations. 46, [2] pages. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, crude early stitching; corners rounded, moderate wear including 1 1/2-inch tear on title page, foxing and toning, 2 leaves in tasteful facsimile (pages 23/24 and 35/36). Nashville, TN: heirs of Col. Crockett, [1836]

Additional Details

The third annual Crockett almanac, and the first issued after his March 1836 death at the Alamo. It concludes with a description of the "Battle of San Antonio de Bexar, Heroism and Death of Col. Crockett," illustrated with two full-page wood engravings. Drake 13413; Reese, Celebration of My Country 177.