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WILKES, Charles (1798-1877). A group of 7 titles, including:
WILKES. Message from the President of the United States…In Relation to the Progress Which has Been Made with Regard to the Exploring Expedition. 24th Congress, second session. House document number 138. Washington, D.C.: Blare & Rives, 1837. 8vo. Extracted pamphlet. One of a series of rare congressional documents concerning the genesis and aftermath of the US Exploring Expedition. The document is on planning the expedition during the term of Andrew Jackson. The expedition had not yet begun when this pamphlet was published. Rosove 350-20A1 (“Very rare or rarer”). -- WILKES. Message from the President of the United States…In Relation to the Delay in the Outfit, &c., for the Exploring Expedition. House document number 147, 25th Congress, 2nd session. Washington, D.C.: Thomas Allen, 1838. 8vo. Modern cloth. Rosove 350-23.A1 (“Very scarce or rarer”). -- PHILBRICK, Nathaniel. Sea of Glory…The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842. New York: Viking, 2003. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY PHILBRICK.
And several others, condition generally very good or better.