Description: Excellent copy of the Limited Editions Club Lewis and Clark, illustrated by Carl Bodmer. Two large quarto volumes bound in decorated parchment-toned buckram with a map design in sepia and leather spine labels hand-lettered and stamped in pure gold leaf gilt. Copy #959 of 1500. Fine condition. Hardcover. Carl Bodmer (illustrator). Two quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in decorated parchment-toned buckram with a map design in sepia and leather spine labels hand-lettered and stamped in pure gold leaf. Edited by Nicholas Biddle with a good historical introduction by John Bakeless. Illustrated with portraits and 16 fine color plates after paintings by Carl Bodmer and other contemporary artists as well as two large folding maps. Copy #323 of 1500 copies, issued unsigned. Spines slightly darkened. Near Fine in an intact, Good or better slipcase with rubbing and soiling.
Price: 145 USD
Location: Decatur, Georgia
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Binding: parchment-toned buckram
Place of Publication: The Connecticut Press/Hartford
Illustrator: Carl Bodmer and George Bird King
Special Attributes: Limited Edition
Signed: No
Author: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Topic: Journals of an expedition
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 1962