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Auction 173, Lot 484

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"Exploring with Lewis and Clark - The 1804 Journal of Charles Floyd"

Subject: References, Exploration and Surveys

Period: 2005 (published)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
7.8 x 12.1 inches
19.8 x 30.7 cm
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This is the first facsimile edition of the journal of Charles Floyd, a quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the only fatality of the group. The book reproduces his handwritten pages side-by-side with new transcriptions. Editor James J. Holmberg, curator of special collections for the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, contributes an introduction and annotations. The volume includes 85 illustrations, 65 of them in color, and 3 maps. Part of the American Exploration and Travel Series. 120 pp. Hardbound in brown cloth with gilt titles on front cover and spine and a dust jacket.

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Condition: A+

Still in original shrink wrap.

Estimate: $40 - $55

Sold for: $70

Closed on 6/5/2019

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