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PARKMAN, Francis, Jr.. The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.. George P. Putnam, New York, 1849.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: 448 pp. 8vo, recently rebound in full calf, preserving the original gilt-lettered spine label; in a custom slipcase. Bound without ads; but probably one of 500 copies of the second printing. Battered type on pp. 436-7. Light foxing throughout; but a tight, sound copy.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis, Jr.. THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL: BEING SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE ALND ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE. George P Putnam, NY, 1849.

Price: US$3950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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)

Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Parkman Jr. , Francis. The California and Oregon Trail being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. George P. Putnam & Company, New York, 1849.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 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

Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.