Rather well-preserved example of Steele's increasingly rare biography of Elder William Brewster [1566-1644], Mayflower Passenger and Elder in the original Plymouth Colony. Nicely illustrated and turning up less and less often. 

Steele, Ashbel. Chief of the Pilgrims: or The Life and Time of William Brewster, Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Company that Founded New Plymouth, the Parent Colony of New England, in 1620. By the Rev. Ashbel, Steele, A. M., Washington City, D. C. Illustrated with Five Steel and Four other Engravings. Philadelphia. J,. B. Lippincott and Co. 1857. 416pp.

A good + copy, bound in cloth, that is attractive, with chips as shown. Text is generally solid, with light to moderate foxing, and a bit stained at the foredge.