Add this copy of Account of an Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by Lloyd Zimmer Books & Maps rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chanute, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1905 by The Arthur H. Clark Company.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Volume IV ONLY of four volumes "Account of an Expedition..., " though volume XVII of the series "Early Western Travels, 1748-1846." 308 pages. Top edge gilded, and others remain un-cut. Cloth over spine is very slightly faded and corners are lightly bumped. There is a small tear in the cloth at the heel, and a small and light smudge on the cloth near the upper outside corner of the top cover. Overall a tight and otherwise clean copy.
Add this copy of Account of an Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky to cart. $2,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Argonaut Book Shop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1823 by H. C. Carey and I. Lea.
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Very Good. Book First edition. 2 volumes. Pp. [4], 5, [3], 503 + [6], 442, xcviii. Lacking atlas volume (which is often the case). Later three-quarter leather, marbled boards, scattered light foxing, minor age-toning, contemporary owner's name. A very good, attractive set. This notable government expedition (commanded by Major Stephen H. Long) supplemented earlier discoveries of Pike and Lewis and Clark." (Howes). Long was appointed by the government to explore the Yellowstone, but attempts to ascend the Missouri in a steamboat built for that purpose were unsuccessful. The expedition continued overland and finally crossed the plains through present-day Kansas and Colorado to the foot of the Front Range. The expedition failed to attain either of its objectives, reaching the headwaters of the Yellowstone and determining the sources of the Red River, but did add greatly to the geographical knowledge. This set contains the appendix, entitled Astronomical and Meteorological Records, and Vocabularies of Indian Languages, taken on the Expedition for Exploring the Mississippi and its Western Waters..., with a separate title page dated Philadelphia, 1822. The appendix (98pp. ), for which Thomas Say contributed a section on Indian language, is frequently lacking. [Graff: 2188; Howes I: J-41; Howes II: J-40; Streeter Sale: 1783; Wagner-Camp: 25: 1].
