Easton Press, Lewis and Clark "The Journals of the Expedition" Limited Leather Bound Collector's Set, 2 Vols [Very Fine]

Easton Press, Norwalk CT. 1993. Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark "The Journals of the Expedition Under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark to the Source of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of The United States."

A two volume complete matching set luxuriously bound in full genuine leather. Edited by Nicholas Biddle with an introduction by John Bakeless. Collector's Edition from the Easton Press Library of Military History.

Condition: Very Fine for both volumes. Tight spines with no marks, writings or stamps. No attached bookplates or indication of any removed. The condition is of the highest quality without any flaws.


Includes all the classic Easton Press qualities:

* Premium Leather
* Silk Moire Endleaves
* Distinctive Cover Design
* Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
* Satin Ribbon Page Marker
* Gilded Page Edges
* Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper
* Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
* Beautiful Illustrations


About

In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward—and that a “Voyage of Discovery” would be necessary to determine the nature of the frontier—President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. From 1804 to 1806, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, Lewis mapped rivers, traced the principal waterways to the sea, and established the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Together the captains kept this journal: a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the native tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, that has become an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history.