Limited Editions Club Edition of The Oregon Trail, Signed and Illustrated by Maynard Dixon

Francis Parkman; Maynard Dixon, illus. THE OREGON TRAIL. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. Limited edition; no. 133 of an unspecified number of numbered copies. Signed by Maynard Dixon on the colophon, as issued. Full leather decorated and lettered in blind, with all edges stained blue and pictorial endpapers; in original glassine jacket, chemise, and slipcase. Large 8vo; xxii, 297, [1]pp. Edited from his notebooks by Mason Wade.

Book in slipcase 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.

Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) was an illustrator and painter whose work focused on the landscape and people of the American West. His work is held in several museum collections, and is now celebrated at the new The Maynard Dixon & Native American Art Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

Discoloration, light wear, and small spot of residue to lower board; text block with expected light offsetting from illustrations and minor handling wear, otherwise near pristine; glassine with a few chips and tears, and typical darkening at edges; chemise with light wear including darkened spine, a couple of minor imperfections, and cracking at lower joint; overall mild wear to slipcase (mostly at corners); an easily very good copy in like jacket, chemise, and slipcase.