PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain. NY, 1895. LIMITED EDITION, of the "first government exploration of the Southwest."
3 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in vol.I, folding facsimile letter, 7 maps (including 6 folding into vol. III rear pocket). (Some toning and light marginal chipping, maps with a few short tears crossing image.) Original green cloth gilt, uncut (slight rubbing and fading). Provenance: Clarence Meador Groshell (ca 1894-ca1976) (bookplate laid in); Shepard Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah (bookseller's ticket); Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (bookplates, sold Bloomsbury, 20 November 2009, lot 107).
LIMITED EDITION, number 948 of 1,150 copies, on "Fine Book Paper" of the "first government exploration of the Southwest" (Howes). This new edition was first reprinted in full from the first edition of 1810; with "copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike, new map and other illustrations, and complete index” (Rittenhouse). Bradford 4415; Buck 65; Graff 3290; Howes P-373; Rittenhouse 467 (“Scholars have preferred the 1895 edition for its annotations, clarity, and appended documents").