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Parkman, Francis, Jr.
Estimate
3,500 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- printed book
The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Praire and Rocky Mountain Life. New York: Putnam, 1849
12mo (7 3/8 x 5 in.; 189 x 126 mm). Additional tinted engraved pictorial title-page and tinted engraved frontispiece after Darley by Childs; scattered foxing. Publisher's blue blindstamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered; some rubbing, spine faded, spine ends frayed. Half blue morocco gilt slipcase, chemise.
12mo (7 3/8 x 5 in.; 189 x 126 mm). Additional tinted engraved pictorial title-page and tinted engraved frontispiece after Darley by Childs; scattered foxing. Publisher's blue blindstamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered; some rubbing, spine faded, spine ends frayed. Half blue morocco gilt slipcase, chemise.
Provenance
Eliza A. Lambard (presentation inscription) — Arthur Poillon (bookplate) — Jay Snider (sale, Christie's New York, 21 June 2005, lot 255)
Literature
BAL 15446; Graff 3201; Grolier, American 58; Howes P97; Sabin 58801; Wagner-Camp-Becker 170:1b
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue description.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, second printing. Association copy, inscribed by Parkman's sister, Caroline, on an initial blank, "Eliza A. Lambard with the affectionate regards of her friend, Caroline Parkman, April 1849." Parkman suffered from very weak sight and Caroline Parkman was the chief copyist of this book. Carte-de-visite photographs of the two Parkmans are mounted to the upper pastedown.
Parkman travelled the Oregon trail in 1846, ostensibly to recover his health. the resulting account of his journey, and of the Indians and frontier settlers he encountered, is one of the great literary and historical narratives of American experience and "the classic account of the emigrant journey to the Rockies" (Grolier).