Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains Performed In The Years 1819 1820

by Edwin James

$4,750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Uniform half tan calf over marbled paper boards, spines with raised bands in six compartments, tooled in gilt, red and green lettering pieces in the second and third compartment, marbled endpapers. The first London edition of this cornerstone of Western Americana. Originally named the Yellowstone Expedition, the U.S. government expedition under Major Stephen Long was the most ambitious exploration of the trans-Mississippi West following those of Lewis and Clark

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