Item #260878 Autograph Letter, signed (“Frederic Remington”), to his publishers, Little, Brown. Frederic Remington.

Remington to His Publishers about Parkman's Oregon Trail

Autograph Letter, signed (“Frederic Remington”), to his publishers, Little, Brown.

New Rochelle, NY: September 22, [1892].

Price: $4,000.00


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1 p. pen and ink on paper, inlaid. 9 x 6-1/2 in. Remington to His Publishers about Parkman's Oregon Trail. Near fine with faint creases from prior folding.

Item #260878

Remington writes his publishers, Little, Brown, expressing his pleasure and thanks for their fine job in presenting his illustrated edition of Parkman’s The Oregon Trail. Reading in part: “I am delighted with it [The Oregon Trail]. To my mind it is the best cover I have ever seen. It’s absolute. The drawings 'come' in perfect shape and have been well arranged. I hope the book will be a tremendous success since I want to illustrate more of Mr. Parkman’s works … you have my thanks and gratitude for so well doing a book in which I shall always feel a great pride.”

During the 1880s, most of Remington’s illustrations were commissioned for magazines — The Oregon Trail was one of his earliest successes as a book illustrator.