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Minneapolis MN / Austin TX: Ross & Haines, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Very clean ex-library copy with no spine label, no pocket, no stamps other than small one at bottom corner of title page. Previous owner's name on first white page and inside rear cover. 3 1/3 x 1 1/2 inch rounded piece lacking from bottom edge of rear panel of DJ (DJ now in mylar protector). ; Fold out map intact at front. Biography and Original Photos by Earle R. Forrest. This is copy #1619 / 2000. With geographical and explanatory notes. ; Ex-Library; 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 "; 317 pages.

Paperback / softback. New.

Rarebooksclub.com, 2012. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. New.

Grabhorn Press for Carl Hoffman, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. > PAPERBACK 1938 reprint by Grabhorn Press for Carl Hoffman from the edition printed for Matthew Carey in 1812. Two engravings. 6 thread-bound pages in yellow wraps with gold gilt titling. Covers are clean and intact. Thread binding sound. Pages are bright and free of marks.

Minneapolis MN: Ross & Haines, 1958. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. DJ has two areas at bottom of spine of DJ where tape had been removed resulting in whitish spots. Smudges along spine of DJ (DJ now in mylar protector). ; Map intact. "Under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, From the mouth of the River Missouri through the interior parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the years 1804, 1805, 1806." with geographical and explanatory Notes. Biography and original photos by Earle R. Forrest. ; 317 pages.

Mathew Carey, 1810. Second edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Brown leather boards with title in gold over black label on spine. Boards are worn, frayed and scuffed. Previous owners name and notations to paste downs and endpapers front and rear. Text is noticeably foxed throughout, with some edge tears, soil and margin notations. All 6 illustrations are present, one has chips missing from the edges, illustration is intact. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. Full title: A Journal Of The Voyages And Travels Of A Corps Of Discovery Under The Command Of Capt. Lewis And Capt. Clarke Of The Army Of The United States, From The Mouth Of The River Missouri Through The Interior Parts Of North America To The Pacific Ocean, During The Years 1804, 1805 and 1806. Containing an authentic relation of the most interesting transactions during the expedition, a description of the country, and an account of its… Read More

GASS, Patrick. A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of A Corps of Discovery, Under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke [sic]...From the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1810. 262pp. plus six woodcut plates. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with leather label. Neatly rebacked, retaining original label. Small loss in the margin of page 255, affecting a few words of text. Light foxing and toning, a bit heavier in spots. A good copy. WAGNER-CAMP 6:4. GRAFF 1518. SABIN 26741. HOWES G77. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 20185. STREETER SALE 3123. LITERATURE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 3.4(b).The second American edition of the first published first-hand account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. This edition is desirable because it is the first to contain illustrations, which are crude but striking. Gass was one of the sergeants of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He kept a daily journal during the journey,… Read More

Philadelphia:: Printed for Matthew Carey,, 1811.. Third edition.. original full sheep.. Corners of the binding and the text block rubbed; some light scuffing; some inoffensive light soiling to text. Old ownership signature and notation ("His lerning piece" on front free endpaper; blank leaf at rear torn with a triangular loss; but a very attractive copy. . 12mo,. Illustrated with six engravings.. Wagner-Camp 6:6.

Pittsburgh. Printed for David M'Keehan & London, Re-Printed for J. Budd, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Pall-Mall. 1808. 8vo, 21.8cm, the First London edition. iv.381,16p., (ads., for Longman's catalogue, dated June l, 1808), in the original quarter-vellum backed light blue fine grain linen over boards, black stamped spine title, slight shelf wear on the boards, vellum slightly dust worn (maybe less than normal), all edges untrimmed (deckled), small brown stain (2.5cm) on the front cover, contemporary manuscript notes on front free endpaper, old signature at upper comer of front paste-down. as well as later signature of W[ilberforce] Eames, eminent bibliographer, librarian, and collector of Americana. This first English edition is scarcer that the first American edition of the previous year, with better typography and on better paper. With wide margins this is a tall copy and totally uncut. (cgc). WCB 6:2. Graff I517. Howes G-77 ("best edition"). Sabin 26741. Beckham, Eric, et… Read More

1811. GASS, Patrick. Journal of the Voyages and Travels of A Corps of Discovery, Under the Cpommand of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke[sic]...During the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806....Philadelphia: Printed for Matthew Carey, 1811. 262pp. plus six plates including frontispiece. Contemporary calf, spine label. Boards and spine worn slightly, hinges expertly repaired. Remnants of red wax on front and rear pastedowns (perhaps originally used to secure paper wrapper for binding?). Mid-19th- century ownership inscription of Joseph E. Smith, 1847, on front free endpaper, additional ink inscription on front pastedown. Slight agetoning and soiling. A good copy. SABIN 26741. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 22891. WAGNER-CAMP 6:6. HOWES G77. GRAFF 1520. LITERATURE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 3.6. Third American edition, after the first of 1807, of the first published first-hand account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The illustrations, first published by Matthew Carey in an edition issued in two states the previous year,… Read More

London: J.Budd, 1808, octavo, 381 pages, 2 pages advertising present, 8 1/16 x 5 inches, full contemporary calf with covers fine bordered in blind, spine in six compartments with raised bands, the bands highlighted with gilt roll and flanked with a dark band, lettered with gilt in second compartment the others with repeat decoration in blind, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Sir Thomas Munro, 1th Baronet, General, Governor of Madras (armorial bookplate) The first English edition ( after the first American edition of 1807) with the first account of the Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis to the western (pacific) ocean. Because of the delay of the publication of the official account, Gass's journal was first to appear and as such was eagerly taken up by readers starved for information about Lewis and Clark's important expedition. Gass's London journal was printed on much better paper stock and larger format than the American edition, making this edition much more fine and durable. Patrick Gass was a… Read More

1807. GASS, Patrick. A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke [sic] of the Army of the United States, from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan, Publisher and Proprietor, 1807. 262pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf-backed boards. Boards rubbed worn, foxed and soiled. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on endpapers, titlepage, and foredge. Very good. Streeter Sale 3120. Graff 1516. Sabin 26741. Hill 685. Shaw & Shoemaker 12646. Smith 3465. Wagner-Camp 6:1. HOWES G-77, "b." Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 3.1. Reese, Best of the West 29. First edition of the earliest published firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark expedition: "one of the essential books for an Americana collection" (Streeter). The origins of Gass' journal are explained in an April 7, 1805 letter from… Read More

Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan, Publisher and Proprietor, 1807.. 262pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and patterned paper boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed and worn, with about half of the paper on the rear board perished, corners exposed, spine a bit chipped, calf along joints cracked. Corner of front free endpaper torn away with old tape repair along gutter. Two small ink letters added to titlepage at an early date, small marginal corner chip to one leaf, a few leaves trimmed close to text. Tanned and occasionally foxed, as usual. Overall in very good condition, in a contemporary binding. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. A very nice, unsophisticated copy of the first edition of the earliest published firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark expedition: "one of the essential books for an Americana collection" (Streeter). The origins of Gass' journal are explained in an April 7, 1805 letter from Meriwether Lewis to President Thomas Jefferson:… Read More