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GASS, Patrick (1771-1870). A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke... from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer for David M'Keehan, 1807.
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GASS, Patrick (1771-1870). A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke... from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer for David M'Keehan, 1807.
12o (168 x 102 mm). Half title. (Lacking front fly-leaf, some browning and spotting, two leaves with tears, one touching text, a few leaves with pencil marks, one leaf trimmed close touching text.) Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards (rubbed, worn). Provenance: Thomas Nicholson (ownership inscriptions in ink and pencil on half title, last text leaf and blank leaf); Winifred W. Nicholson (ownership inscription in ink dated 1830); Minnie Garrett (ownership inscription in pencil).
FIRST EDITION of the first full account by a Lewis and Clark expedition participant. Born in Pennsylvania, Patrick Gass "became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally, he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades" (Wagner-Camp-Becker 6:1). Graff 1516; Howes G-77; Sabin 26741; Shaw 12646; Smith 3465; Streeter sale V:3120.
12o (168 x 102 mm). Half title. (Lacking front fly-leaf, some browning and spotting, two leaves with tears, one touching text, a few leaves with pencil marks, one leaf trimmed close touching text.) Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards (rubbed, worn). Provenance: Thomas Nicholson (ownership inscriptions in ink and pencil on half title, last text leaf and blank leaf); Winifred W. Nicholson (ownership inscription in ink dated 1830); Minnie Garrett (ownership inscription in pencil).
FIRST EDITION of the first full account by a Lewis and Clark expedition participant. Born in Pennsylvania, Patrick Gass "became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally, he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades" (Wagner-Camp-Becker 6:1). Graff 1516; Howes G-77; Sabin 26741; Shaw 12646; Smith 3465; Streeter sale V:3120.