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History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States. Two Volumes

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States. Two Volumes

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History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States. Two Volumes

by Allen, Paul; M'Vickar, Archibald. [Meriwether Lewis and William Clark]

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Franklin Square, New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated, but ownership inscription dated March, 1895. Two volumes, hardcovers, full green cloth with blindstamped ruled borders and publishers device to front and rear covers, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, 6-1/4" tall, 371 + 395 pp., folding map as frontispiece to volume one. Bump to top front corner of vol.1, minor turning in to bottom corners, slight wear to spine ends, ownership inscription to each volume, very clean, solid, and present well. "M'Vickar's edition is a selection of passages reproduced verbatim, with linking commentary by the editor." Coues states that most editions of this text consisted of 250 copies (Beckham et al,"Literature of the L & C Exp." p. 181) The closest date to the 1895 inscription is 1891.

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History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States. Two Volumes
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Allen, Paul; M'Vickar, Archibald. [Meriwether Lewis and William Clark]
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Hardcover
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Harper & Brothers, Publishers
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Franklin Square, New York
Date Published
1891
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