How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon With Sketches of Life on the Plains & Mountains in Pioneer Days by Nixon, Oliver W. M.D. L.L.D / Introduction By Rev. Frank Gunsaulus - 1896-01-01

Star Publishing Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. .

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1895. Second edition. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 22 cm. 339 pp. Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout. From the private collection of noted book collector/dealer, Horst K. Joost. In good condition. No writing/markings within the interior text. Hinges tight. Evidence of removed adhesive labels on the fixed end pages. Light scattered spotting/foxing to the front/back matter. Moderate edge wear/bumping to the cloth covers.

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Star Publishing Co., 1895; same date on title and copyright pages, no additional printings indicated; 339pp., 18 illlustrated plates and one fold-out map of Whitman's route west. G/G+ hardcover. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; moderate amount of wear to green cloth boards, gilt titling/decoration remains bright and bold; illustrations and text also very good. No dust jacket, if issued. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1896. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; 339; eighteen black and white plates including an frontispiece and a map; green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, blue coated endpapers;. "This little volume is not intended to be a history of Oregon missions or even a complete biography of Dr. Whitman. Its aim is simply to bring out, prominently, in a series of sketches, the heroism and Christian patriotism of the man who rendered great and distinguished service to his country, which has never been fully appreciated or recognized."

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1896. Fifth Edition -- Illustrated. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. Pp. 339. Introduction by Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, DD, LLD. Frontis. illustration of Whitman leaving for his winter ride. With 16 additional illustrations. Fold-out map. Hinges starting, a bit. Bound in green cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. Cover a bit rubbed and dulled, with wear to corners. Despite detracting qualities, a quite presentable copy. Please see photo. Nixon, who died in 1905, jumped on the bandwagon to support the forces promoting Henry Spalding's Senate Document that memorialized the Whitman-Saved-Oregon legend. Nixon wrote this book as "swag" for a Whtiman College fundraising campaign. Despite the rash writing (written in one month (!), per Clifford Drury), this book became the bedrock of Whitman literature for an entire generation.Laid-in this copy is a 1964 brochure titled "Whitman Mission" published by the US Department of the Interior, one-sheet folded into five panels,… Read More

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1895. Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. 339 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight exterior wear. Fur Trade, overland travel, Oregon Trail, history of Oregon, etc..

Chicago: Star Publishing Co., 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Rear hinge tender. Scarce Oregoniana. Illustrated with engravings. Binding is cloth.

STAR PUB., 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. STAR PUB 1895 VG EX-LIB TEG. GRAY CLOTH PICTORAL BOARDS. MARIETTA, VG. FORMER OWNER'S SIGNATURE ON FEP. GREEN CLOTH BOARDS. GOLD LETTERING, DESIGN AND TEG. SOME WEAR AT HEAD AND HEEL OF SPINE. CHICAGO STAR PUB. (1895). Hard Cover. Ex-Library..