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First edition illustrated by Frederic Remington of Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail
PARKMAN, FRANCIS. ILLUSTRATED BY FREDERIC REMINGTON.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company 1892.
First Remington illustrated edition, fourth edition printed of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Second printing with the list of illustrations. Octavo, original publisher’s full suede with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with numerous plates by Frederic Remington, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Provenance: from the library of Mabel Osgood Wright with her petite bookplate to the pastedown. Mabel Osgood Wright (1859-1934) was an American writer who wrote extensively on nature and birds. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142850
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First Edition of Francis Parkman's The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
PARKMAN, FRANCIS.
The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.
New York: George R. Putnam 1849.
First edition, first issue of Parkman’s classic account of his journey across North America on the Oregon Trail in the scarce original cloth, one of 1,000 copies issued in March 1849 (Howes, 97). Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles in sans-serif font to the spine, tissue guarded tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Carr Darley, with the ad leaf preceding the frontispiece present. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. From the libraries of famed bibliophile Joseph Halle Schaffner with his bookplate to the pastedown and newspaper publisher James Strohn Copley with his bookplate to the interior of the chemise case. Rare. A completely unrestored example with noted provenance.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 117084
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Rare First Printing of Francis Parkman's The California and the Oregon Trail
PARKMAN, FRANCIS.
The California and Oregon Trail.
New York: George P. Putnam 1849.
First edition, first printing of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Carr Darley. This is the scarce first issue in cloth, with ad leaf preceding the frontispiece. Publisher’s catalogue in the rear and binding with PARKMAN set in sans-serif type on the spine. A good example with the crown and foot of the spine showing wear and wear to the bottom boards, without the usual restoration. Contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco case.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 2720