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Leopold Classic Library, 2016-05-08. Paperback. Used: Good.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Little, Brown and Company, 1924. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Boston, 1924; Two Volumes; blue cloth covered boards; edges and corners scuffed; title blocks pasted to back strips; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on front end papers; Interior is clean and unmarked; From the collection of John Shy, Professor at University of Michigan.; front hinge split, vol. II; 529 and 560 pages. Additional shipping charges may be required due to the size and weight of book.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1883-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8 volume set. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over colorfully marbled boards. All edges marbled. 3 vols leather spine labels are chipped. All volumes have minor shelf wear. The bindings are generally sound. The hinge of the Count Frontenac volume has a crack. The pages are unmarked. Includes the following works by Francis Parkman: The Oregon Trail, The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada (2 vols.), France and England in North America: The Pioneers of France in the New World, La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, The Old Regime in Canada, The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century, Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV.

Little Brown, Boston MA,, 1924-32. 12 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 12 frontispieces (original tissue guards captioned in red) and many maps; original blue buckram, backstrips with printed paper labels (one label chipped but wholly legible; all save three volumes with spare label tipped-in at rear paste-down;), a few hinges tender (but all bindings sound), backstrips unevenly faded where library labels have been removed, else a very good, bright, clean set. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-downs and small blind stamp on front free endpapers. The set comprises: Vol. I: Pioneers of France in the New World; Vol. II: The Jesuits of North America; Vol. III: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West; Vol. IV: The Old Regime in Canada; Vol. V: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV; Vol. VI: A Half-Century of Conflict I; Vol. VII: A Half-Century of Conflict II; Vol. VIII: Montcalm and Wolfe I; Vol. IX: Montcalm and Wolfe II; Vol. X: The Conspiracy of Pontiac I; Vol.… Read More

1902. 17 Volumes [complete set of 16 Volumes plus the often missing Biography]. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1902 - 1904. Octavo. More than 6000 pages. Frontispiece with tissue-guard to each Volume. Photographic illustrations and occasionally maps within the text. Original Hardcover (blue publisher's cloth with original spinelabels and as a special ephemera treat in each Volume are two spare spine-labels tipped into the rear [In case of rebinding or fading of the exisiting spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some rubbing). From the library of Hans Christian Andersen - Translator Erik Haugaard, with Haugaard's Exlibris to the pastedown of each Volume. Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1894. Twelve volumes, published 1893-1894. The Oregon Trail, 1 vol.; The Conspiracy of Pontiac, 2 vols.; FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA; Pioneers of France in the New World, 1 vol.; The Jesuits in North America, 1 vol.; LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West, 1 vol.; The Old Regime in Canada under the Regime of Louis XIV. 1 vol.; Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, 1 vol.; A Half-Century of Conflict, 2 vols.; Montcalm and Wolfe, 2 vols. Uniformly bound in half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards, ornately decorated gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at some corners, a quite handsome set, uncommon in current commerce in fine bindings. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Printed in 1893 - 1894.
Complete in 12 volumes.
The bindings are original

Bound in quality morocco leather bindings. Gilded spines. Raised hubs. The top edges are gilded. Marbled end papers. Printed on quality paper, with wide margins. Large font. Fold outs.
VERY GOOD condition. Supple leather. The hinges are fully attached. Internally, these are very fresh, and appear free of foxing. There is an early bookplate. No writing. Fold out maps are fully intact. This is an exceptional set, produced from the highest quality materials. This set displays beautifully. Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his work have met with criticism. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a Professor of Horticulture at Harvard… Read More