Notes M D Holmes (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 8vo. (v) 328 pp. Color illus title page framed in gold on black cloth, good+; color illustrated frontis; exclusive illustrations drawn for the Oregon Trail Memorial Assn by William H. Jackson, green map decoration endpapers w/tanning along spine; pages lightly tanned, good+; no dust jacket. Jackson, William H. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lovely copy. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. The color pastedown on the front cover showing a three masted whaler and an oared sloop shows no scratches, no edge wear.Pages are tight clean with no marks. There is a gift presentation for perfect attendance at junior church services on the verso of the color frontispiece. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows light wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector. This is a volume in the John C. Winston " The Children's Bookshelf." Abridged: lacking all of Melville's zoological details about whales/. Anton Otto Fischer (illustrator).…