Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clarke

J. Christie

1817

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The First Dublin Edition of the History or the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke.

  • Volume II of II only.
  • Meriwether Lewis (American).
  • William Clark (American).
  • Edited by Paul Allen and Nicholas Biddle.
  • History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clarke, 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. 
  • Dublin: J. Christie, 1817.
  • Quarto.
  • [2], xii, [5], 4-643 pages, plus 3 plates ('Great Falls of Columbia River'; 'Great Shoot and Rapid'; and 'Mouth of Columbia River').
  • In contemporary brown leather half binding with marbled paper boards, gilt borders along leather elements, spine paneled with gilt decoration and titling, marbled text block edges, housed in a new archival mylar sleeve.

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Boards show rubbing and chipping along all edges and at the fore corners, with sections of exposed board.

Scuffing and toning to covers.

Front board detached; splitting at the rear joint.

Spine is cracked, with chipping at the head and tail; end bands present.

Text block is moderately worn and darkly toned along the edges.

Faint penciling on endpapers; contemporary pen ownership inscription on second free endpaper, which is mostly illegible.

Interior lightly toned and foxed, with sparse marginal chipping and tears throughout.

Faint, sparse pencil marginalia present.

Small ink stain on page 349 over text.

 

Product is used.

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First Edition

Language

English

Subject

American History, Americana, History, Travel and Exploration, Fine bindings

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