Travels To The Source Of The Missouri River And Across The American Continent To The Pacific Ocean

by Meriwether Lewis William Clark

$21,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary grey paper boards, neatly rebacked with a printed paper spine label, custom red morocco-backed cloth box The first English edition of the great landmark of western exploration: a very rare example in original boards. First English and first quarto edition of the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent. The book describes the U.S. government-backed expedition to explore the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase,

• Binding: Hardcover

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