Parkman, Francis, Jr.. PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE; OR, THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL and THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE: EMBRACING THE HISTORY STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE TERRITORIAL REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES AND CHIEF CITIES OF THE WEAST: THEIR CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, POPULATION, ECT. ETC. COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES. J. Miller, Columbus, Ohio, 1857.

Price: US$193.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo, 8.9 in. x 6 in., pp. 1-448, 449-640 (continuous pagination). Illustrated with engraved frontis to half title, engraving to half title, and eleven additional engravings. Burgundy-brown boards with gilt title and four double-bandlines to spine. Marbled edges. Shelfwear to edges. Several speckles of soiling to spine. Decorative green endpapers. Double-frame to text on pp.1-448. Six pages of "Table of Distances." Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Light, occasional spotting throughout. Spine and hinges tight. Note: Second title page on p. 449 includes the mispelling of "ECT." for ETC. ncludes "Preface to the Third Edition", which was originally published in 1852. This 1857 edition was published and sold exclusively by subscription.

Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.

Francis Parkman, Jr.. PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE; or, the California and Oregon Trail. J. Miller, Columbus, OH, 1857.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: 640p. A hardcover book that has been REBOUND with a new leather spine and marbled endpapers, preserving the original blind-stamped leather boards. Dampstaining and light foxing inside, but text is still quite legible, with no notes or underlining. The restored binding is quite sturdy. Includes an illustrated title page.

Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis, Jr.; Van Tramp, John C.. Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life; or, The California and Oregon Trail. [Bound with:] The States and Territories of our Western Empire: Embracing the History Statistics and Geography of the Territorial Regions of the United States, and of the Principal States and Chief Cities of the West.. Columbus, [OH]: J. Miller, 1857.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

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

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis Jr.. PRAIRIE AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE; or, the Colifornia and Oregon Trail. J. Miller, Columbus, 1857.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1857, 640pp, illus., marbled pg edges, starting after page 448, a new title page "The States and Territories of our Western Empire: Embracing the History Statistics and Geography of the Territorial Regions of the United States, and of the Principal States and Chief Cities of the West.", this section is set in a different type, but page numberation continues from 449-640, book has been rebacked, losing about 1" of the original cover w/ raised decorations, new eps, some wear to cover, no dj, foxing throughout, owner's name, a couple lines of notes to 1st pg of Preface, otherwise text is unmarked.

Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.