The Oregon Trail Sketches Of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life

BOSTON: Little, Brown and Company, 1905 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD PRINT SPINE. PARKMAN'S WORKS. FORMER OWNERS SIGNATURE IN FRONT, NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT AND CLEAN. Francis Parkman, Jr. (September 16, 1823 ¿ November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Bookplate to the preliminary pages. Illustrated with lino-cuts by Peter Pendrey. Maps to endpapers. Introduction by Martin Ridge. Very light fading to the openings of the slipcase. Robust, professional packaging… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1892.. xvi,411pp. Large octavo. Camel tan cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt, brown, black and blue, t.e.g. Frontis, plates and illustrations. Minute tear at fore-edge of leaf vii/viii, otherwise fine and bright, though wanting the dust jacket and slipcase. The first printing of the first edition illustrated by Frederic Remington, without the "List of Illustrations"… Read more about this item

Boston, 1892.. 411pp. Half title. Contemporary pigskin, spine gilt. Wear to outer front joint, spine scuffed and gilt stamping somewhat flaked. Internally very good. An unusual binding, evidently contemporary and possibly representing some sort of special issue. A curious issue of the happy combination of Parkman's prose and Frederic Remington's numerous illustrations. BAL 15484. DYKES, REMINGTON 888. HOWES P97.… Read more about this item

Little, Brown & Company. Fair. 1900. Leather. Volume XII of The Works of Francis Parkman, with no publication date, but 1900 as last copyright date. Brown, pebbled leather cover is worn at edges, and is partially-loose from board in back. Spine cover is chipped at top, but title is still legible. Binding is a little loose at… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 1973. Hardback. Fine/No dust jacket issued.. Peter Pendrey. Folio Society 1973. Book in near fine condition p23 bears a faint rectangular mark which appears to have been some colour transference from a book mark - the ghost of this mark is also visible on p22, 24 & 25. Slip case near fine - a little… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Folio Society, 1975 (second impression)/ 1973 (first thus). Octavo, 310 pages with numerous illustrations from lino-cuts by Peter Pendrey. Quarter cloth and papered boards; spine a little sunned; an excellent copy lacking the slipcase. Introduction by Martin Ridge.

Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1983. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [10], xx, [2], 3-333, [1]; original full brown gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy.

First English edition, printed in same year as U. S. edition. Illustrated by Fredric Remington. Rebound in half brown leather and green cloth boards, top edge gilt, original cloth covers and spine bound-in at rear, marbled endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Very Good. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, several small scuff marks along spine and upper… Read more about this item

Heron, 1969. 8vo. Original gilt decorated faux leather (Fine). Pp. ix + 380, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. Reprinted. 279 pages. Brown dust jacket over dark red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing… Read more about this item

The Folio Society. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1973. Hardcover. Slipcover included and in good condition. Light foxing to the fore-edge of the pages. - Book is in great overall condition. No writing or major blemishes. Minor wear. ; 309 pages .

New York: Gramercy Books, 1995. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Remington, Frederic. Light handling. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

(London: The Folio Society, 1973). With an Introduction by Martin Ridge and Lino-cuts by Peter Pendrey. 8vo; original cloth-backed decorative papered boards, with pictorial gilt spine; tinted top edge; papered slipcase; endpaper map; pp. 309; linocut illustrations. Trace of tape marks to free endpapers; cloth very slightly marked. Very good condition. First published in 1849, Parkman's… Read more about this item

Modern Library, 1949-01-01. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/ACCEPTABLE. 0x0x0. Presumed 1st edition; 366 clean, unmarked, tightly-bound pages; dust jacket has small creases and tears; cover is clean and sturdy with lightly bumped corners

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1910. Leather-bound. Fair. Three quarter leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Includes pictorial frontis with tissue guard and index. Missing parts of spine backstrap, else an intact copy.

Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. Limited Edition, full leather binding with elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. All edge gilt, ribbon in place, silk end papers (slight color faded at edge of papers) and nicely printed with clean, bright interior. Previous owner's (publisher printed) bookplate on flyleaf.… Read more about this item

New York: Gramercy Books, 1995. First Edition . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Size 9¼" x 6" 411 pages. Cream cloth covered boards with purple titles to the spine. Condition near fine, just the hint of a mark on the spine, else fine.

Oxford University Press, 1944,. 1944. Hardcover. hardback, small 8vo, viii,.280pp, map endpapers, edges browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, spine faded, Good / no dustwrapper .

MacMillan. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. xvi + 478pp, frontis, illustrated green cloth ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .