Title - The Forest and the Fort

Authors - Hervey Allen / Pages - 447

Publishing – The book was first copyrighted by the author in 1943 and published in 1943 as a hardcover book by Farrar & Rinehart.

This book – The first paperback publication of this book was by Dell Books in 1952. Though the only date in this book is the 1943 author’s copyright secured prior to the hardcover publication, this book, Dell No. D110 was first published in 1952. As no subsequent printing dates are noted on the copyright page of this book, this is one of the 1952 Dell Book No. D110 first printings.

From the front end page - “Warrior, Savage, Giant–with Muscles Like Fluid Oak...” “That was Salathiel Albine...a man as big as the flaming frontier he fought for...strong as the bond of blood between brothers...fearless in battle–and in love! Though raised as a Shawnee, Sal’s heart still beat with the blood of his white fathers. And as men battled for a narrow corridor of earth, Sal sought to master the ways of the white man–and woman! He learned much from the lovely hostage Jane Sligo, from courageous Captain Ecuyer, from the bawdy flame-haired vixen, Bustle McQuiston. But he learned most from the dark forests and the black mountains of the Allegheny country...where he helped to build a new nation and to hold the lifeline between the Forest and the Fort.

Condition - The book is clean, complete and tightly bound. The cover is unfaded. Front cover has noticeable but mild creases that are barely evident on the inside of the front cover. Creases on the back cover are lengthy but mostly hidden against the illustrated background and as these creases are inward toward the support offered by the spine edge the overall cover firmness is not significantly affected. The spine edge has stress creasing as expected with the thickness of the book. The spine edge is fully intact with all print clear and legible. There are no markings in the book. Pages are age toned but supple. An about one-half to three quarter portion of the front end page is torn away at the pages upper outer corner and two other pages have very small edge tears. There are no missing, loose, creased or marked pages. The book is in good+ condition.