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Francis Parkman. The Oregon Trail : Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Little, Brown, and Company, 1892.

Price: US$17.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. General shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Francis Parkman, illustrations by Frederic Remington. THE OREGON TRAIL. Little, Brown, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 6 x 9 in. Tan cloth with gilt and figures. Frontis with tissue. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers have some faint spots and two very small ink scribbles, overall tanned, spine toned. Corners and spine ends worn. Text signature a bit pulled at pg 97 - binding is overall less than tight. Gift message and initials on ffep, text clean. Hist. Stax.

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis. Oregon Trail, The - Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Little, Brown, and Company, 1892.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Decorative leather front cover is still intact, but separating from text block. Spine is dried and faded. Binding is breaking. Edges and corners have wear. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Interior is clean and complete.

Seller: Wellfleet Books, Wellfleet, MA, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail. Little, Brown & Co., New York, 1892.

Price: US$52.00 + shipping

Description: 411p., illus. by Frederic Remington Covers detached, lacking backstrip, calfskin edition

Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis. THE OREGON TRAIL SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY-MOUNTAIN LIFE. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 411 pages. First thus with Remington illustrations. Front hinge cracked at back of front free endpaper; rear hinge cracked at pages 410 - 411; spine loose; top edge gilt; covers lightly soiled. Good only condition. (123)

Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.

PARKMAN, Francis. Frederic Remington. THE OREGON TRAIL Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.. Little, Brown And Company, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo; xvi, 411 pages, untrimmed; rebound in cloth imitating brown leather, edgeworn [Howes P97]. "The Wild West is tamed, and its savage charms have withered. If this book can help to keep their memory alive it will have done its part. It has found a powerful helper in the pencil of Mr. Remington, whose pictures are as full of truth as of spirit, for they are the work of one who knew the prairies and the mountains before irresistible commonplace had subdued them." - Preface to the Illustrated Edition. This work was a runner-up selection for PETER PARLEY TO PENROD.

Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 [author]; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 [illustrator]. THE OREGON TRAIL : SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY-MOUNTAIN LIFE. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, xviii, 411 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is brown without print. In mylar sleeve. Rebound with later spine leather, boards in brown leather with gilt illustration on front. Corners are worn and bare, stains on rear. Text block has gilt top edge. Repaired hinges. Penciled note on front pastedown and rear endpaper. Illustrated: b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1375708. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Francis Parkman. The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prarie and Rocky Mountain Life. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1892.

Price: US$167.06 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: OHLdr, Goldprägedruck, Goldkopfschnitt, Kanten bestoßen, Seiten nachgedunkelt---

Seller: Leserstrahl (Preise inkl. MwSt.), Oldenbüttel, Germany

Francis Parkman. The Oregon Trail. Little, Brown and Company, 1892.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1892. No Edition Stated. 411 pages. No dust jacket. Full leather decorative binding with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Top edge gilt. B&W illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Name plate to front paste down. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners.Large splits (approx. 6cm) to top of both joints, with smaller splits and some loss to spine ends and corners. Visible tanning to spine and board edges, with minor soiling and other marks across the boards.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Parkman, Francis. THE OREGON TRAIL, SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY-MOUNTAIN LIFE. Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 411 pp.+ Illus Frontis & Tissue guard, 9 Other Illus Plts, Many smaller Illus by Remington, Nicely Rebound in Brn Leather with Orig Blindstamped Gilt Title with Color Indian Designs on Front Cover &, the Orig Illus spine title has been laid down on spine with small areas to top & bottom showing new leather, TEG, some old tape repairs else VG & Tight, 1st ed of Issue Illus by Remington (Howes #97 with "aa" Rating)

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

Parkman, Francis and Frederic Remington (illus). THE OREGON TRAIL, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Little, Brown & Co: Boston, 1892.

Price: US$287.50 + shipping

Description: Illus by Frederic Remington, 9 x 6", nicely gilt-dec pict leather with Native American pictographs and gilt-sun publisher's binding, fairly well worn but still a strikingly attractive decorative binding.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis. The Oregon trail;: Sketches of prairie and Rocky-mountain life,. Little, Brown, and company, 1892.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Little, Brown, and Company; Boston, 1892. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good, full maroon morocco leather bound with some fading to spine and front board, 5 raised bands, 6 compartments, gilt lettering and gilt decorative design in spine compartments, marbled endpapers and pastedowns with some discoloration to endpaper margins, AEG with only few blemishes, gilt is fresh and bright, tight binding, interior and extremities tidy, tissue-protected frontis-illustration, gilt dentelles along board and spine edges, some shelf wear/rubbing to bottom board edges, without. A nice, clean and unmarked collectible. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 411pp., b&w illustrations and plates. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis. THE OREGON TRAIL SKETCHES OF PRAIRIE AND ROCKY-MOUNTAIN LIFE. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1892.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: xvi,411pp. Large octavo. Camel tan cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt, brown, black and blue, t.e.g. Frontis, plates and illustrations. Minute tear at fore-edge of leaf vii/viii, otherwise fine and bright, though wanting the dust jacket and slipcase. The first printing of the first edition illustrated by Frederic Remington, without the "List of Illustrations" added to the second printing. While also available in "deluxe" leather and parchment bindings, this cloth binding (when in fine condition) serves the decorations far better than those alternatives. BAL 15484. HOWES P97. DYKES (REMINGTON) 888.

Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

PARKMAN, Francis.. The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain life. . . Illustrated by Frederic Remington.. Little, Brown, and Co.,, Boston:, 1892.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. xx, 411, [1] pp. Frontisp., numerous plates (some colour-tinted), text illustrations. Khaki-coloured pictorial publisher's cloth, illustrated & lettered in blue, red, black & gilt, w/ Native American motifs on front cover & spine, t.e.g. (slight spotting & minor soiling to spine, slight dustsoiling, slight bumping to corners), still VG- copy. First Remington Illustrated edition of this informative and classic work on the fur trade, the Native Americans, and the pioneers over the Oregon Trail. Parkman notes in his preface that in place of "Indian teepees, with their trophies of bow, lance, shield, and dangling scalplocks, we have towns and cities. . . resorts of health and pleasure seekers. . . Paris fashions. . . this book can help to keep their memory alive. . . in the pencil of Mr. Remington." Howes, P97; Graff, 3202.

Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.

Francis Parkman. The Oregon Trail. Little Brown, 1892.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near Fine Copy In Decorative Light Brown Boards First Edition 1892/1892. Ink Ownership Inscription. Scarce Copy. Excellent Copy.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

Parkman, Francis. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: First Remington illustrated edition, fourth edition printed of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Second printing with the list of illustrations. Octavo, original publisher's full suede with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with numerous plates by Frederic Remington, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Provenance: from the library of Mabel Osgood Wright with her petite bookplate to the pastedown. Mabel Osgood Wright (1859-1934) was an American writer who wrote extensively on nature and birds. In very good condition. Parkman set out from St. Louis in April 1846 and subsequently toured the High Plains of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas. His reasons for the journey were to restore his health, to learn more about Native American life, and to gather information for his planned history of the conflict between the French and British in North America. He traveled along the Oregon Trail, turned south and followed the eastern edge of the Rockies, then returned via the Santa Fe Trail. Along the way he lived with a band of Sioux, closely noting their habits and customs, and met with a number of famous frontiersmen, including the legendary Jim Beckwourth. Parkman’s account of his travels is part history, part travel narrative and part adventure story. It is one of the great literary and historical narratives of the American experienceâ€"“the classic account of the emigrant journey to the Rockies” (Grolier, American 58).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Francis Parkman. 1892 Francis Parkman's France & England in N. America - INSCRIBED, 1st Ed, Pt. 6. Little, Brown and Company, 1892.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: rance and England in North America. A Series of Historical Narratives. By Francis Parkman, Author of "History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac," and "The Oregon Trail." Part Sixth: A Half Century of Conflict, Volumes I & II, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1892, first editions, 333 pp, 395 pp, part six only, inscribed by author Francis Parkman to Barrett Wendell in Vol. I, publisher's advert of Parkman's set including original prices, 8.25 x 5.5", 8vos. ***Also included with purchase is a letter from Evert Jansen Wendell (1860-1917) to his brother, Barrett Wendell dated May 1916. The letter includes an original photo of Francis Parkman, which Evert Jansen thought his brother, Barrett would enjoy having "to insert in your own copy of your own 'Cotton Mathers' of which he [assumedly Francis Parkman] spoke in terms of such unmeasured praise!" Original envelope also included. In good condition. Cloth boards scuffed at edges & worn at corners. Cloth at heads and tails of spines beginning to chip/fray - exposed binding. Gilt lettering, deco, and ruling chipping in a few small places, but overall bright and clean. Author inscription found on tipped-in paper on Vol. I's front paste-down: Professor Barrett Wendell, with cordial regards of Francis Parkman, 10 May, 1892. Vol. II's front paste-down exhibits a bookplate from Barrett Wendell, whom Parkman inscribed the set to. Wendell bookplate also found on vol. I's front paste-down, under tipped-in inscription. Front gutters are fragile in both volumes, with some exposed binding. Text-blocks are clean, no known marginalia. Very light toning present. Bindings intact - front boards fragile. Please see photos. Francis Parkman Jr. (1823-1893) was an American historian, best known as the author of "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" and his monumental seven-volume "France and England in North America." These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a professor of horticulture at Harvard University and author of several books on the topic. Barrett Wendell (1855-1921) was an American academic known for a series of textbooks including "English Compositions," studies of Cotton Mather and William Shakespeare, "A Literary History of America," "The France of Today," and "The Traditions of European Literature." Among Wendell's younger brothers were Gordon Wendell, philanthropist and athlete Evert Jansen Wendell, and actor Jacob Wendell. Wendell graduated from Harvard in the class of 1877 with Abbott Lawrence Lowell, who was a later president of Harvard. In 1880, he was appointed Instructor in English at Harvard & he later became an Assistant Professor of English from 1888 to 1898, and a Professor of English from 1898 to 1917, after which he was professor emeritus. This is only Part 6 (in two volumes) of a multi-part history of the European colonization of North America. Complete as Part 6, but incomplete as a set (Missing Parts 1-5).

Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

PARKMAN, Francis. REMINGTON, Frederic (illus.).. The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.. Little Brown, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: 411 pp. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. 8vo, publisher's decorated full leather in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. BAL 15484. Small ink name and address to front pastedown; slight separation at gutter just before the frontispiece; moderate wear to the extremities of the spine and corners, but a bright example of this binding. The scarce jacket lacks the front flap and half of the lower 3" of the spine, and has some light chipping and creasing, and some neat internal repairs.

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

PARKMAN, Francis. REMINGTON, Frederic (illus.).. The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.. Little Brown, Boston, 1892.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: 411 pp. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth in dust jacket. First edition, second printing with list of illustrations. BAL 15484. A fine copy in a fresh, unchipped jacket with some overall darkening. Very unusual in this beautiful condition.

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