[Rarebooks] FS: Superb 1st edition of Zebulon Pike's Expeditions. Philadelphia: 1810

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ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNCUT

Pike, Zebulon. AN ACCOUNT OF EXPEDITIONS to the Source of the Mississippi, 
and Through the Western Parts of Louisiana to the Sources of the Arkansaw, 
Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun Rivers... During the Years 1805, 1806, and 
1807. And a Tour Through the Interior Parts of New Spain... Illustrated by 
Maps and Charts. Philadelphia: C. & A. Conrad.1810. 8vo. 
(8),106,(10),(107)-278,(4),66,54,88pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Pike, 6 maps & 
charts (5 folding), and 3 folding tables. Orig. boards, uncut. Orig. 
printed spine label. An exceptional copy, as published but for the hinges being 
professionally reinforced (strengthened), and this copy with a printed library 
label (the Weeks Public Library, Greenland, New Hampshire) pasted to the 
inside front cover. Housed in a blue cloth folding box with red morocco spine 
label.     $35,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition of this key work of Western exploration; it is the first 
United States Government exploration of the Southwest. Additionally, "Pike's 
narrative marks the beginning of serious American interest in Texas" (see 
Jenkins, BASIC TEXAS BOOKS #163, for a long discussion). Wagner-Camp 9:1; 
Howes P373; Streeter sale #3125.