The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. By Francis Parkman and published in London by Macmillan and Co. 1892. [16] + 411 pp. 9” x 6.25”. Hardcover full cloth.
Boards illustrated by Emily Gertrude Thomson. Instead Tenniel’s original illustrated were printed in this edition, coloured by Thomson. The Nursery “Alice”. Florence Jebb made friends with Caroll when still a child.
Boards illustrated by Emily Gertrude Thomson. Instead Tenniel’s original illustrated were printed in this edition, coloured by Thomson. The Nursery “Alice”. Florence Jebb made friends with Caroll when still a child.
1869 – Large bookplate on pastedown of 1869. Letter and Christmas 1871 publication tipped into 1869. Letter originally folded with crease lines. 1/2 title with a 1″ repair just along fore-edge. Light graphite “8” at bottom edge of 1.
Published by Macmillan and Co, this hardcover gem is a must-have for collectors and fans of literature and fiction.
Great Contemporaries. Macmillan, London, 1942, hardcover. 287 pages, navy blue cloth. Dustwrapper has a few edge cracks, is price clipped, but of special interest as the spine is very bright and not darkened with bright red titles.
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