8vo. Tinted frontispiece and additional pictorial title after Darley by Childa; 8pp. publisher's ads at end. Original blind-stamped grey-blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities sunned). Provenance: Samuel E. Raynor (book label and shelf label).

FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK; A LANDMARK IN WESTERN LITERATURE. This is the second printing with no advertisements on pp.1-2, terminal catalogue paged 1-6, 8, and with battered type on the left and right side of pp.[436] and 437, respectively. "Parkman's work may be the most familiar piece of western travel writing to modern readers, describing his experiences on the Oregon Trail and in Wyoming and Colorado in 1846. The exciting adventures of the young Boston Brahim loose on the plains makes excellent reading, especially his account of life with the Sioux in the Black Hills" (Reese). BAL 15446; Best of the West 109; Cowan p. 474; Grolier American 58; Howes P-97 ("b"); Sabin 58801; Streeter sale 1815; Wagner-Camp 170:1b. A VERY BRIGHT COPY IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH.