Description: THE OREGON TRAIL by Francis Parkman. Introduction by Howard R. Driggs. Illustrations by William H. Jackson. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co., 1931) Hardcover (No dustjacket as issued). Green cloth boards with full-color paste-on illustrated front cover. Illustration is clean with slight rubbing in a couple places. Gilt titling on spine. The boards have a few spots, some sunfading on back, corners bumped and lightly frayed. Tip and tail of spine are wrinkled and lightly frayed. Hinges and binding square and tight, no loose pages. Endpapers (identical front and rear) carry a 2-p spread map of the trail west from Kansas, clean, slightly tanned. Inside from flyleaf carries a prior owner's colorful bookplate. Full-color frontis "Fording the South Platte River" printed landscape orientation but bound on edge, as are the numerous additional illustrations (all clean, see photo examples) . Text pages clean, no markings or damaged pages noted; paper is very lightly tanned particularly at margins. 6.25" x 8.5" 388 p. Helpful introduction (see photo) by Howard Driggs, President of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association and Professor of English, New York University. The original illustrations by William H. Jackson were commissioned by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Signed: No
Publisher: Winston
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1931
Illustrator: Willliam H. Jockson
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Francis Parkman
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: American History
