(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 Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke. 12mo, contemporary sheep-backed boards, worn, lacking most of paper on boards; tear on front free endpaper and final blank, dampstaining affecting early pages and intermittently elsewhere, browning throughout, occasional foxing, pages 251-262 detached from text block; early owner's inscriptions on title page and rear endpapers. Pittsburgh, 1807

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first edition of the earliest first-hand account of the lewis and clark expedition. It was the only authentic source for detailed information on the travels until the official History was published in 1814. "The first printing of a journal by a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition"--Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 3.1. "One of the essential books for an Americana collection"--Streeter sale V:3120. Graff 1516; Howes G77; Sabin 26741; Wagner-Camp 6:1.