Search Results: how marcus whitman saved oregon by oliver nixon

Chicago: Star, 1895. 6th ed.. hardcover. Book: Fair. 8vo.. 339 pp. 6 x 8 1/2. Black cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. Moisture damage to back cover, last few pages of book. Corners bumped. No dj.

Star Publishing, January 1895. Hardcover. Used - Good/No Jacket. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decoration. Stains on front cover. Ex-library with library markings. Black and white frontispiece, with 18 additionl illustrations and a foldout map. Sketches of life on the plains and mountains in pioner days by Oliver W. Nixon. Introduction by Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus. No publication date.

Star Publishing, 1895. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Wentworth Press, 2019-02-25. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x0.

Chicago: Star Publishing, 1895 339 pp with 19 B&W plates plus one frontis and one fold-out map. Contemporary gift inscription on front frre page. Text is clean and unmarked. Both hinges cracked. Dark green cloth boards are rubbed at extremities.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Star Publ. Co.,, 1895-01-01. Second Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Signed by Author. Binding showing extensive wear to boards. Very loose hinges. Torn endpapers. Former owners signature on first flyleaf. Inscribed by Nixon on the; signed by him on the dedication page, but the signature is mostly missing having been torn away.

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.

Star Publ. Co., Chicago, 1895. Sixth edition. Hardcover. good. signed by author. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark green cover has some wear on spine ends. Signature of author on the dedication page. Name on first white endpaper. 339 pages.

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

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

Paperback / softback. New.

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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 Publications. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 339 pages; Very minor rubbing and wear to covers. .

Chicago: Star Publications. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 339 pages; Green cloth binding with minor rubbing, soiling, and wear. .

Chicago, 1895. 339pp. plus plates. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Slight edge wear, else about fine. Second edition of this laudatory history of Whitman's role in the Northwest and his assassination.