The Literature of the Middle Western Frontier (complete with dust jackets) by Rusk, Ralph Leslie - 1926

New York: Columbia University Press, 1926. NOT a library discard. 2 volumes, complete. Near Fine condition in Good dust jackets. Jackets are largely intact but tape-reinforced on their blank side. Although the jacket spines are uniformly sun darkened, all lettering remains clear and distinct. NOT price clipped ($7.50 set). NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1926. Second Printing corrected, and with an additional 3-page Preface (to the Second Impression) by the author. Includes a 326 page bibliography of works published before 1841. Uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. All gilt remains bright and shiny having been protected by the dust jackets since Day 1. From the dust jacket: "A literary history reflecting the growth of civilization in the Middle West from the end of the seventeenth century to 1840 - with chapters on cultural beginnings, travel books, newspapers and magazines, controversial writings, scholarly writings and schoolbooks, fiction, poetry, drama, and the vogue of British and western writers on the frontier." This 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. . Second Printing corrected. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good dust jackets. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1 via media mail. 2 volumes. 897pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.