Bidspirit auction | 1901. Parkman, Francis. The Oregon

1901. Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail. Little, Brown, and Company. Author's Edition. - A 1901 edition of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman, published by Little, Brown, and Company in Boston. This volume is designated as the Author's Edition on the title page and features illustrations by Frederic Remington, including full-page plates titled The War Whoop and The Trapper. The text is printed by the University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. The book is bound in tan cloth with brown decorative stamping; the front cover depicts a Native American shield, spear, and pipe, while the spine features a dreamcatcher motif with the title, author, and publisher names. The volume includes a dedication to Quincy Adams Shaw. The front flyleaf bears a purple ink stamp reading ROSCOE. WIXSON in capital letters. The rear flyleaf contains handwritten pencil notations reading 64, 62, 61, 65. The book is in poor condition with significant structural failure. The front and rear internal hinges are completely cracked, exposing the interior webbing (photos 4, 12). The front cover is nearly detached from the text block (photo 4). The spine cloth shows wear and fraying at the head and foot (photo 3). The internal pages exhibit light toning throughout, with occasional foxing and staining visible in the margins, particularly noted on the illustration plates (photos 6, 10). A corner crease is present on the front flyleaf (photo 4). The external cloth binding shows general soiling and light staining consistent with age (photos 1, 2, 3).