[AMERICANA – EXPLORATION & HISTORY]. A group of 6 works, including:
GASS, Patrick. Lewis and Clarke’s Journal to the Rocky Mountains in the Years 1804, -5, -6; as Related by Patrick Gass, One of the Officers in the Expedition. Dayton, Ohio: Ells, Claflin, & Co., 1847. 8vo. Woodcut frontispiece by Grosvenor, full–page portrait spread of Lewis and Clarke, numerous full–page woodcut illustrations (margins and illustrations heavily foxed and toned, few plates crudely colored in a contemporary hand). Modern drab paper over boards, printed paper labels on spine, original spine label housed in pocket at rear (large tear with void on p. 229). Later edition of the original writings of the famous journey, written by Gass, soldier and valued member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. –– SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R. Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co., 1855. 8vo. Several woodcuts in text, 2 maps including frontispiece (one folding). Original brown cloth gilt (spine gently sunned, some fraying at extreme ends, old library label near foot, front hinge tender). FIRST EDITION. Howes S–192. –– SMUCKER, Samuel M. The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont… New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece (some spotting). Original blue cloth gilt (some darkening to extremes, few spots of rubbing to spine ends). FIRST EDITION. –– CAMPBELL, John Douglas Sutherland, Sir. A Trip to the Tropics and Home through America. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. 8vo. Half–title, frontispiece, title–page vignette. Original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. –– And two others, condition generally good.