London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1954. liv, 504pp, 6 maps plus double-page map showing the route of Lewis and Clark, three appendices, index. Illustrated ex libris plate laid down on the front flyleaf with prev owner's signature and a date above the plate. Two newspaper cuttings loosely inserted. Prelims, endpages, lower- and fore-edges lightly foxed. Upper page edges tinted. Blue cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket which has nicks at the spine head and foot. For this edition the original edition of seven volumes has been reduced to one. Lewis and Clark were the first two men to cross the American continent from the Missouri to the Pacific. From the blurb, 'Their journals are full of curious information about Indian habits and customs and about animals and plants.'. First UK Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Maps By Erwin Raisz. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017925
Title: The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Author: DeVoto, Bernard (editor)
Illustrator: Maps By Erwin Raisz
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First UK Thus
Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: Exploration Missouri to Pacific Discovery NorthWest Passage Meriwether Lewis William Clark Exploration Botany Collection of Animal Specimens Indian Tribes Peace Rocky Mountains Columbia River Adventur
Bookseller catalogs: Americana & Canadiana; Travel & Exploration;
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