Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Description: pp. xxii, 297 + full page color plates of American Indians, Buffalo hunting and Mountain Men by Maynard Dixon. Numerous text drawings printed in red. Top edge red. Tall 8vo. Original full linen binding. Front cover and spine decorated in reds and browns. Original slip case. Slip case has a worm hole and the book has a small hole throughout the copy. Hardbound. A beautifully printed and affordable version of the original Limited Editions Club publication. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W82 0.0
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Francis Parkman. THE OREGON TRAIL. The Heritage Press, 1943.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Description: 297p. A decorated cloth hardcover book in fine condition with a slipcase in good condition. The edges of the case are worn and one is beginning to crack, but the case remains in one piece. The book is sturdy and unmarked; appears barely read. Edited from Parkman's notebooks by Mason Wade; Illustrations by Maynard Dixon.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Originally written by Parkman to describe his journey with his cousin, both just out of college, across the American West beginning from New York in 1846. This book was edited from Parkman's journals by Mason Wade, with gorgeous watercolor & sepia-toned woodcut illustrations throughout by Maynard Dixon. First printing of the Heritage Press edition, reprinted from the original 1943 Limited Edition Club printing. In publisher's light brown cloth with gilt decoration to front/lettering to spine, this hardcover book is in VG+ condition: generally clean & tight & square, with slight rubbing & fading to extremities. Former owner's name stamp inside front cover, else unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail. Limited Editions Cub, New York, 1943.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leather bound book has pulls to ends of spine, rubs to edges and corners, pictorial end papers. This is number 841 of a limited series and is signed by the illustrator. Book contains both full color illustrations and smaller sepia ones.
Seller: Amanda Patchin, Boise, ID, U.S.A.
PARKMAN, Francis. THE OREGON TRAIL. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1943.
Price: US$231.30 + shipping
Description: Large octavo (6-5/8" x 10") bound in full tan saddle leather with title and decorations by Maynard Dixon burnt into the leather. Edited from the author's notebooks by Mason Wade with an introduction by him. Illustrated by Maynard Dixon with pen drawings and paintings in color. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One of the more fragile books of the press. Light foxing to the endpapers, the text is clean and fresh; mild wear to the corners and the heel of the spine, the head of the spine with a fingernail-sized chip and the remaining leather slightly pulled away. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.