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A good group of five works from the period of, and relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

A good group of five works from the period of, and relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Imlay, Gilbert. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory. New York: Samuel Campbell, 1793. 2 volumes, 8vo, map of Georgia et al., plan of “Rapids of Ohio”; lacking second title and map of Kentucky, leaf A2 “Advertisement” loose, mounted and repaired with linen and cellophane tape, some library stamps removed. Vol. 1 in modern calf, vol. 2 in 19th-century quarter calf; spine and corners worn, loose — Fisher, William. New Travels Among the Indians of North America; being a compilation … of Captains Lewis and Clark. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell for James Sharan, 1812. 8vo, woodcut portraits of Lewis and Clark; browned and stained. Buckram. Sabin 24509 — [Cramer, Zadok.] The Navigator, containing directions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, 1817. 8vo, woodcut text illustrations; some soiling and spotting, lower margin cut short. Red three-quarter leather. Library stamp of Free Public Library, New Bedford Massachusetts on title, penciled ms. exlibris of Silas Allen on front free endpaper. Sabin 17386 — Brown, Samuel B. The Western Gazetteer; or Emigrant’s Directory. Auburn, New York: H.C. Southwick, 1817. 8vo; some marginal dampstains, light browning. Contemporary calf; rubbed and scuffed. Sabin 8558 — [Cumings, Samuel. Western Pilot, containing Charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi.... Cincinnati: N. & G. Guilford, 1834.] 8vo, 3 engraved plates, text illustrations; title and pp. 1-4 lacking, two maps torn in lower portion with slight loss, browning and stains. Contemporary quarter calf; spine and joints worn. Sabin 17904

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