8vo (186 x 111 mm). (Some spotting and browning.) Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt-lettered on upper cover and spine (some very slight staining, corners bumped, otherwise bright). Provenance: Alfred J. Cox (bookplate); a few annotations in pencil on rear pastedown. 

FIRST EDITION. "It is apparent that Armstrong spent most of his time in Oregon west of the Cascade Mountains. Seven of his chapters are devoted to this area, with two chapters on the Willamette Valley alone. One chapter only is given to Eastern Oregon. Armstrong concludes the work with brief vocabularies of Chinook Jargon and the Nootka dialect" (Wagner-Camp 283a). Graff 87; Howes A-318; Streeter Sale 3330.