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The Southwestern Expedition of Zebulon M. Pike
by Pike, Zebulon M.; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1925. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected engraved portrait frontispiece and fold-out map. Pike's narrative was originally published in Philadelphia in 1810 as "An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers; performed by Order of the Government of the United States during the Years 1805, 1806 and 1807, and a Tour through the Interior Parts of New Spain, when conducted through these Provences, by Order of the Captain-General, in the Year 1807." . Former owner's signature stamp on ffep, otherwise unmarked; gilt bright, corners sharp, boards clean, text block tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 23. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxii, 239 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8468
- Title
- The Southwestern Expedition of Zebulon M. Pike
- Author
- Pike, Zebulon M.; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Lakeside Classics;, Rare Books;, TRAVEL;, Adventure;, Exploration;, United States;, Pike's Peak;, American West;, Zebulon Pike;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure;
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Palatine, Illinois
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- 12mo
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- Fine
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