The Heart of the Alleghanies or Western North Carolina; Comprising Its Topography, History, Resources, People, Narratives, Incidents, and Pictures of Travel Adventures in Hunting and Fishing and Legends of its Wilderness
Raleigh NC: Alfred Williams & Co, 1883. First Edition. Octavo; 386pp, woodcut illustrations (some of the illustrations by William A. Walker), plates, frontispiece (Valley of the Noon-day Sun), Dr. W.C. Kerr's folded map (w/1/2" closed tear) of Western North Carolina at rear followed by advertisements for Western North Carolina businesses of the day. A near fine copy in original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (extremities lightly worn and rubbed, first five leafs lightly creased, corners bumped), floral endpapers, hinges solid; all edges stained red. Item #22309
"Extensive account of a hunting and sight-seeing journey into the western North Carolina mountains . the authors had a good sense of geography and took pains to describe the countryside." - Clark New South #506).
Price: $350.00