[Rarebooks] FS: Expedition of Lewis and Clark

[Charles Agvent]

               LEWIS,  Meriwether  and CLARK, William. THE JOURNALS  OF
          THE EXPEDITION   UNDER  THE  COMMAND   OF  CAPTS.  LEWIS  AND
          CLARK....  New York: Limited Editions Club 1962. The Journals
          of the  Expedition  Under  the Command of  Capts.  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 by Order of  the
          Government  of the United States. Two quarto volumes  (7-1/2"
          x 11-1/4")  bound in decorated parchment-toned buckram with a
          map design  in  sepia and leather spine labels  hand-lettered
          and stamped  in  pure gold leaf. This is copy #1454  of  1500
          edited    by   Nicholas  Biddle   with  a   good   historical
          introduction  by  John Bakeless. Illustrated  with  portraits
          and 16  fine color plates after paintings by Carl Bodmer  and
          other contemporary  artists  as  well as  two  large  folding
          maps. Issued  unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in  Near
          Fine slipcase.                                        $500.00

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