Item #14126 History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark 1804-5-6. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, James K. Hosmer.

History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark 1804-5-6

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904.

Two volumes, reprinted from the edition of 1814, with index and new Introduction by Hosmer. Large paper edition, #44 of 75 copies issued. Large 8vo, Japanese vellum over boards; pp lviii, 500, with frontis portrait, 2 maps, and a plan; xiv, 584, with frontis portrait and 3 maps. Bookplate of W.J. Holliday in Volume I. Spines soiled, corners bumped; internally fine, partially unopened. Reprints in whole the Biddle text of 1814. Hosmer's introduction offers a history of events leading up to the expedition and "the vast development that has flowed from it." Holliday Sale #690.

Item #14126

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