Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, By Captains Lewis and Clark...; As Laid Before the Senate, by the President of the United States. In February, 1806, and Never Before Published in Great Britain.
London: Richard Phillips, 1807. First UK Edition. Leather bound. 5 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 116 PP. Very Good. Item #3521
"The Sibley-Dunbar descriptions of the Texas-Louisiana frontier game the first formal and satisfactory picture of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase" (Howes)
Full title: Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, By Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar; with a Statistical Account of the Countries Adjacent
First British Edition in very attractive recent fine binding. First English edition of the first book to give any report of the Lewis & Clark Expedition activities. Folding table intact. Half-leather over marbled boards with gilt stamped morocco spine label. PO bookplate to front pastedown. A few interior ink stains. Lengthy pencil bibliographic details on the FFEP that could be erased. An extremely attractive copy overall. 5 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 116 PP. VG. .
Price: $3,500.00