PARKMAN, FRANCIS.. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century. Boston: Little, Brown, 1867, 1867.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. While the title page notes it as 'Part Second,' this is a single volume work, a continuation (or sequel) to 1865's Pioneers of France in the New World. BAL 15455. Publisher's cloth; very minor cloth wear; a fine copy. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to a family member, 'M.E.P. kind regards of F.P. May 26, 1867.' With the book label of Mary Eliot Parkman inside the front cover. Publication day was sometime in mid or late May, and the BAL notes another copy inscribed a day later, on May 27, 1867. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Francis Parkman. France and England in North America. A Series of Historical Narratives. Part Second. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1867.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Part Second (though a self contained single work.) 8vo. [2, blanks] [1, engraved map] lxxxix. 463pp. [2, blanks] Bound in the original publisher pebbled cloth with gilt titling. Signed by the author on the second blank: 'Compliments of F. Parkman.' VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, the occasional light handling mark of the cloth, front and back hinge ever so slightly pulled though holding strong, text-block shows just mild stiffness, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. As pictured.

Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.