[Rarebooks] FS: LEC Journals of Lewis & Clark illustrated with color plates after Bodmer and others

[Charles Agvent]

 From our newly updated catalog of LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB books and 
ephemera containing 601 items:

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 #1110 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.  Bump  to bottom front corner of slipcase. Fine in  most  of
glassine and Near Fine slipcase.                               $450.00


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