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.... Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan, 1807.
12mo (164 x 103 mm). Contemporary sheep. Binding heavily worn, chipped at corners, joints cracking, front free endpaper with old ink and pencil ownership inscriptions (torn with loss), lacking final blank (stub remaining), wear (some heavy) and browning to page edges.
Provenance: Daniel and Thomas Barby (ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper and half-title, dated 1825).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION BY A PARTICIPANT. The official report was not published for another seven years. 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 6:1). Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 3.1; Graff 1516; Howes G77; Sabin 26741; Shaw 12646; Smith 3465.
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.... Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David M'Keehan, 1807.
12mo (164 x 103 mm). Contemporary sheep. Binding heavily worn, chipped at corners, joints cracking, front free endpaper with old ink and pencil ownership inscriptions (torn with loss), lacking final blank (stub remaining), wear (some heavy) and browning to page edges.
Provenance: Daniel and Thomas Barby (ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper and half-title, dated 1825).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION BY A PARTICIPANT. The official report was not published for another seven years. 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 6:1). Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 3.1; Graff 1516; Howes G77; Sabin 26741; Shaw 12646; Smith 3465.
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