true first edition without the portrait of taylor and "by a western tourist" and not Smith



Title continues ".Embracing an Account of the Life and Exploits of this Celebrated Chieftain; the Black Hawk War; A Legend of the Illinois Tribe of Indians, Showing the Manner in which they became Extinct; A Succinct Description of the Wisconsin and Lake Superior Countries, and their Rich Minerals; The Massacre of Chicago, and Other Deeply Interesting Scenes of the West."


Gilt titles & decorative stamping on blue buckram binding. Clean exterior; light spotting to boards; spine ends & corners bumped. Good hinges; tight binding; clean, unmarked pages. Owner's name in pencil on FFEP. Mild foxing; onionskin overlay of frontispiece is loosened.