Kinzie, Mrs. John H. (Juliette Augusta Magill)

Wau-Bun the "Early Day" in the North-West [The first and second editions]

New York; Chicago: Derby & Jackson; D.B. Cooke & Co., Publishers, 1856; 1857. First edition; Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, 13-498, [4]; [5], vi-xii, 13-498, [4] pp. Publisher's red cloth with borders and decorations in blind on each board, gold lettering and gold vignette on the spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Publisher's dark brown cloth with decorations and borders on the boards in blind, vignette and lettering in gold on the spine. Dark brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Both volumes are housed in a red clamshell case with black labels lettered and decorated with gold on the spine of the case, case produced by O'Connell & Gabriel. Both volumes illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the Kinzie residence (the first house built in Chicago) and with five additional plates, all of which are tinted lithographs. ANB, JoAnn E. Castagna "Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill". Buck 230. Caxton Club Chicago 101, #1. Eberstadt 113: 239, 122:223, 133:493. Howes K171. Larned 1799. Sabin 37941. The second edition is inscribed by Juliette Kinzie on the verso of the frontispiece (To Mrs. Spenser, with the kind regards of her friend and pupil The Author). The author and her husband moved to Fort Winnebago in Portage, Wisconsin in 1830 shortly after they were married. In 1834 the couple moved to Chicago where they were among the earliest settlers and remained prominent citizens of Chicago until their deaths. The present work is a combination of the author's first-hand experiences and a general history of the early days of white settlement in northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Kinzie's book is notable for its scholarly approach to and inclusion of Native people's history (the customs and culture of the Indigenous Americans who lived in the region at the time are described in her work). Very Good. Item #000013974

Each volume skillfully rebacked with the original spines laid down, each volume also with a bookplate on its front pastedown. Volume one's front joint with a repair, its leaves show light foxing. Volume two's textblock shows (at times heavy) foxing with an occasional dampspot.

Price: $1,350.00