Rather rare in any state, Jethro Jackson [ed.] had the rather innovative idea of publishing a series of original works by Western authors multiple times and from multiple publishers over a series of years, mixing up the etchings, and treating them as entirely new. The contents, other than etchings, are essentially identical.
An interesting grouping.
Jackson, Jethro. [Ed.] The Family Treasury of Western Literature, Science, and Art. Columbus. Published by J. & H, Miller. 1859. 356pp.
Jackson, Jethro. [Ed.] The Family Treasury of Western Literature, Science, and Art. St. Louis. Published by H. Miller. 1860. 356pp.
Jackson, Jethro. [Ed.] The Family Treasury of Western Literature, Science, and Art. Columbus, Ohio. Gilmore & Segner. 1866. 356pp.
Contents include:
Liberty and Revolutions by the Milford Bard; A Sketch from Nature by Charles Dingley; The Majesty of the Ocean by Proteus; National Postures; The Christian Student by W. C. R.; The Cloud-Realm by Lizzie; The Fine Arts and the Spirit of the Age; Woman's Sphere; The Borken Household; The Hebrew Minstrel's Lament; Poetry no Fiction; Uncle Sam and His Boys. A Tale for Theologians; The Progress of Ridicule; Poverty; The Genius of Columbia; The Beauty of Liberty; Influence of the Fine Arts on the Moral Sensibilities; Female Faith; Patriotism; Miseries of an Invalid; The Pilgrim's Progress; Lines on Seeing a Bird Brought from New Orleans; Fine Engraving of "The Widow" in Front of a Tombstone with Attractive Masonic Relief; The Romance of America; The Dignity and Importance of Agricultural Pursuits by Leonard E. Lathrop; Rheumatic Miseries; The Root Beer by Alice Carey; The West and Western Literature by D. F. Quinby; etc.
All good - to good with moderate foxing, a bit shaken and handled; one with the cloth spine overbound as shown.
