PARKMAN, FRANCIS. The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. Engraved frontispiece and

additional title after Darley by Childs. 12mo, original blue cloth, worn, recased with new endpapers; some foxing and spotting throughout, one corner repair; blind and gilt-tooled full calf folding case, depicting a map of the Oregon Trail. New York: Putnam, 1849 FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with one leaf of ads at front, and 4 leaves at end representing a separate signature. Terminal catalogue B, with 4 leaves paged 3-10 (no priority known)."...Parkman's most popular work, and it has become the classic account of the emigrant journey to the Rockies." -- Grolier/American 58. BAL 15446; Howes P97; Sabin 58801. ERRATA Lot 361: Rebound very skillfully with covers and spine laid down.