BEFORE LEWIS AND CLARK: Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804. Introductory narrative

by the editor by A. P Nasatir

$200 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition · Signed

St. Louis, MO : St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation, 1952. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xv, 3 , 375; 13 , 376-853 pp. Five large folding maps and plans. Laid into volume one is a two-page single-spaced typed letter, signed by Nasatir, 4 November 1954, dealing with the legitimacy of Le Raye's Journal a few pencil marks through the text by the recipient . Very good. Original green cloth, gilt spine titles, illustrated dust jackets partly faded,

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