Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6. Philadelphia: [J. Maxwell at New York for] Bradford and Inskeep and Abm. H. Inskeep, New York, 1814 2 volumes, 8vo (8 ½ x 5 ¼ in; 215 x130 mm). 5 (of 6) engraved maps and plates; folding map supplied in photo-facsimile; light scattered spotting, less so in vol.1, modern owner's address label affixed to upper margin of vol.1 title with another on vol.2 pastedown; later endpapers of vol.2 chipped or torn with old taper repairs, newspaper obituaries of Clark's death glued to front end papers vol.1. Mid 19th century three-quarter black morocco and marbled boards, spines blind ruled and titled in gilt; disparate marbling between vols. 1 and 2, joints and extremities rubbed, vol.2 spine faded, boards generally edge worn with large spot of exposure to upper cover of vol. 1, two small wormholes to bottom of upper joint vol.2.
Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6. Philadelphia: [J. Maxwell at New York for] Bradford and Inskeep and Abm. H. Inskeep, New York, 1814 2 volumes, 8vo (8 ½ x 5 ¼ in; 215 x130 mm). 5 (of 6) engraved maps and plates; folding map supplied in photo-facsimile; light scattered spotting, less so in vol.1, modern owner's address label affixed to upper margin of vol.1 title with another on vol.2 pastedown; later endpapers of vol.2 chipped or torn with old taper repairs, newspaper obituaries of Clark's death glued to front end papers vol.1. Mid 19th century three-quarter black morocco and marbled boards, spines blind ruled and titled in gilt; disparate marbling between vols. 1 and 2, joints and extremities rubbed, vol.2 spine faded, boards generally edge worn with large spot of exposure to upper cover of vol. 1, two small wormholes to bottom of upper joint vol.2.
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