(LEWIS AND CLARK) Gass Patrick A Journal of the Voyages and

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(LEWIS AND CLARK.) Gass, Patrick. A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke. 8vo, original boards, tastefully rebacked with plain paper; endpapers renewed, uncut, pressed flower stain affecting first 18 pages. [2] pages of publisher's ads, shorter than other leaves. In 1/4 morocco tray case. London, 1808

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An attractive copy of the first english edition, and best edition (according to Howes). Gass''s journal was the only authentic source for detailed information on the expedition until the official history was published in 1814. Graff 1517; Howes G77 (b: "obtainable only with considerable difficulty"); Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 3.2; Sabin 26471; Wagner-Camp 6:2. Provenance: Laird Park sale, lot 140; collection of Roger Hollander. No other copy of this edition has appeared at auction since 1998.