Voyages.- Wilkes (Charles) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838-1842, 6 vol. including Atlas, original cloth, Philadelphia, 1845.

Voyages.- Wilkes (Charles) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838-1842, 6 vol. including Atlas, text with 64 engraved portraits and plates, tissue guards, 9 double-page engraved maps, illustrations, some foxing, contemporary ink signature pasted in to front free endpapers, Atlas with 5 large folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured, original pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and marked, a few small worn spots to some covers, joints of Atlas split, [Hill 1867; Sabin 103994], large 8vo, Philadelphia, 1845.

⁂ First trade edition of the first official American scientific expedition by sea, covering the Southern Ocean and the American coastline. This is the third issue, of which only 1000 copies were printed (the first and second issues were limited to 100 and 150 sets respectively).