Selling id: lightgate_books,
Rated by buyers 5.0
State: mint
How soon does it ship: Usually ships in 1-2 business days;
From: VT, United States
Remarks: 8 VOLUME HARDCOVER SET ~ 1969 FACSIMILE EDITION of the 1904 FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of The Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 ~ purple cloth, gilt-embossed, pictorial decorations ~ (Vol. 8 is the Atlas case of 54 maps and charts) ~ condition: vol one may have been read, all other vols unread ~ A FINE SET ~ Printed from the original manuscripts w/additional mss. material of Lewis and Clark, Floyd, and Whitehouse ~ hundreds of facsimiles, maps, plans, views, portraits, and the 1904 bibliography ~ original introduction by Thwaites gives comprehensive historical context ~ plus a newer introduction by Bernard de Voto ~ SHIPS INSURED ~ 'Thwaites ferreted out missing documents necessary to complete the journals; he deciphered the difficult handwriting and spelling of these frontiersmen; and he drew upon his skill to give an absolutely faithful reproduction to the originals' ~ SHIP 24 HRS ~ BUYING & SELLING FINE BOOKS SINCE 1976
