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Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806

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Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904-5. 8 volumes, 8vo, recent maroon gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, text volumes (1-7) with 44 plates and maps in total including frontispieces, atlas volume (8) with 54 maps, all folding, several on multiple sheets (nos. 38 and 39 on one sheet), title-pages with ink- and blindstamps of Harvard College Library dated 27th December 1916 and pencilled inscriptions 'Gift of William Farnsworth' ('Withdrawn Dec. 1994 to Gifts and Exchange Division' according to laid-in catalogue note), volume 5 with closed tear to frontispiece, maps in atlas volume on thin paper, several consequently with splits along folds (e.g. 13, 15, 32.1, 35, 39), frequent tape reinforcement along folds (e.g. 2, 14, 30, 52-3), map 4 with closed tear. Together with 3 others (not collated: Olin D. Wheeler, The Trail of Lewis and Clark 1804-1904, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904, 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, plates; Sir Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827, 3 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, rebacked retaining old labels; and one similar) Qty: (15)

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Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904-5. 8 volumes, 8vo, recent maroon gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, text volumes (1-7) with 44 plates and maps in total including frontispieces, atlas volume (8) with 54 maps, all folding, several on multiple sheets (nos. 38 and 39 on one sheet), title-pages with ink- and blindstamps of Harvard College Library dated 27th December 1916 and pencilled inscriptions 'Gift of William Farnsworth' ('Withdrawn Dec. 1994 to Gifts and Exchange Division' according to laid-in catalogue note), volume 5 with closed tear to frontispiece, maps in atlas volume on thin paper, several consequently with splits along folds (e.g. 13, 15, 32.1, 35, 39), frequent tape reinforcement along folds (e.g. 2, 14, 30, 52-3), map 4 with closed tear. Together with 3 others (not collated: Olin D. Wheeler, The Trail of Lewis and Clark 1804-1904, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904, 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, plates; Sir Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827, 3 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, rebacked retaining old labels; and one similar) Qty: (15)

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