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Trappers Of New York or a Biography pf Nicholas Stoner & Nathaniel Foster; Together With Anecdotes Of Other Celebrated Hunters, And Some Account of Sir William Johnson, and his style of Living. By Jeptha R. Simms, Author of The History of Schoharie County, And Border Wars of New York. "He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky." - Pope. Albany: Printed By J. Munsell. 1850. Stereotyped.Black cloth boards. Gold gilt stamp of a bear in a trap on the front board. Wear to the boards, edge and corner wear, corners exposed. Some chipping of the boards. Bottom and top spine bands are not present. Heavy chipping/exposure of the spine's edges. Pages have small sporadic stains, no foxing. There is some toning and smudging within. Four plates counted within the book. Previous owners name neatly penned to the end page.
