Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1887. Ten volumes. Octavo. Green cloth. Black lettering and embellishments on the cover. Gilt lettering and black embellishments on the spine. Blind stamped back covers. Trimmed edges, faintly dust soiled. Minor bumping and shelf wear to the boards. Corners rubbed. Stains to the tail edge of two of the volumes. Internally, clean and tight copies in overall good condition. Titles included in this set include The Jesuits in North America, lxxxix, (3), 463 pp. Tears on the foreedges of two pages that do not affect the text. France and England in North America, xxiv, 473 pp. La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, xxv, (3), 483 pp. The Oregon Trail, xii, 381 pp. Montcalm and Wolfe, Vol I., xvi, (4), 514 pp. Montcalm and Wolfe, Vol. II, x, 502 pp. The Old Regime in Canada, xvi, 448 pp. The Conspiracy of Pontiac, Vol. I, xx, 367 pp. The Conspiracy of Pontiac, Vol. II., vii, 384 pp. Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV, xvi, 463 pp. These volumes are illustrated with both fold out and full pages maps. Francis Parkman (1823 â€“ 1893) was an American historian. Parkman is best known for his epic seven-volume history of France and England in North America and for The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. These works are included in this set, and they are prized both as literature and as historical documents. Parkman was also a horticulturist, and served a professor of horticulture at Harvard University. Please note that additional charges for shipping this ten volume set will apply. 1887

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 143945
Title: Parkman's Works [Ten Volumes]
Author: Parkman, Francis
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1887
Keywords: Historian|Oregon Trail|Jesuits|Montcalm|Rocky Mountains|Louis XIV|Pontiac|Wolfe|La Salle|North American|French|France|Canada|Britain|British|United States|America|Indigenous|Iroquois
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