The Oregon Trail by Parkman Jr Francis, First Edition (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: VG. Reprint. 287pp. Extremities lightly rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Slip Case No Dj as Issued. 1st Edition. A first printing of the Library of America Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Clean, straight green book is nice tight, clean copy, 280pp. w/map end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life 1912.

First printing of this edition. Near fine with light edgewear and a short corner crease to wrappers. This is the first edition containing Guthrie's introduction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 448 pp., This issue lacks frontis & all ads, Bound in Period Three-Quarters Brn Leather & Marbled Bds, Spine has Gilt Title & Horizontal Lines on Raised Bands, light foxing along some page edges else VG & tight, 1st ed (Howes, # P97, suggests that this "freak" variant was probably one of the 6 special copies sent by the publisher to Author") (Nice Shelf Appearance).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First thus. 448; 449-640pp. Hardcover, rebound in leather over cloth. Scattered foxing; one corner damp stained throughout the second title.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Owner pressed in stamp. The Collector's Library of the World's Best-Loved Books. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Original illustrated cloth, very good condition, bumped at top of spine, top half of rear joint splitting, front hinge very weak. TEG. Light bumping/chipping damage to fore edge. First edition, first printing (without list of plates) of The Oregon Trail as illustrated by Frederic Remington. Tissue guards on most of the Remington plates. A very nice copy of one of the most desireable editions of Parkman's master work. BAL 15484. Dykes, Remington 888. Howes P97. Graff 3202.

Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards, rubbed and worn. 448 pp. Likely first edition, first printing, rebound at the time. Foxing, generally light but heavier in some places. Text block split between pages 146 and 147. The verso of the title page has the copyright notice, but not have the printer's imprint. It appears that this is the third variant of the first edition as described by Wagner-Camp 170:1a (variant 3) as it contains neither the frontispiece nor ads at the rear which were included in other issues. It is not possible to determine this conclusively, however, as one of the defining characteristics of this state is its dark cloth binding which has been replaced in this copy. Howes P97 describes a "freak" variant of six special copies sent by the publisher to Parkman which contained no frontispiece, engraved title or ads, but there are no markings or provenance in this copy to show that this might have been one of those six copies. Field 1177: "Mr. Parkman had all the genuine love of adventure of a frontiersman, the taste for the picturesque and romantic of an artist, and the skill in narration of an accomplished raconteur. It is not too high praise to say that his pictures of savage life are not excelled." Parkman's narrative is one of the monuments of Americana which Bernard DeVoto called "one of the exuberant masterpieces of American literature." Wagner-Camp 170:1a. BAL 15446. Cowan, p.474. Graff 3201. Howes P97. Rader 2608. Mintz 359. Rittenhouse 450. Holliday Sale 853. Larned 2062. Field 1177. Flake 3277. Grolier American 100, 58. Streeter Sale 1815.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Points for this printing: ads 1-2 in front, 3-10 in rear; no imprint on frontis; frontis + 1/2 title illustration; no worn type on pages 436-7. Very light water stain beginning as a marginal sliver on page 130 and gradually growing to about 1/3 page by last page -- not a major defect. Some foxing, mostly to margins. About 1//2 of rear free endpaper missing. Tissue guard of frontis torn at binding. Covers generally faded and worn, spine title illegible. Small 1/2" hole at center front edge of spine. Corners bumped and worn. Binding is tight and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages.