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.