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Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, by Thomas & Andrews and D. West, 1797. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Alexandre Benois. 351pp. 1797. Full leather binding 2 engraved plates. Cover worn and chipped, large pieces missing from rear board, interior missing front free endpapers and pages 343-350, paste-down endpapers partially torn away, frontispiece missing, 2 plates present and partially torn off, text and plates are age-tanned and occasionally moisture-stained, binding is tight and text is entirely readable. An imperfect copy, but rare edition in any condition.

Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1836. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. x, 374 +6pp ads. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title. Covers dampstained, portions of text mildly dampstained and slightly wavy, but text is overall sound, with an occasional margin spot. Binding is tight. Covers Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi,Michigan, and the territories of Wisconsin and Arkansas, and adjacent parts. Howes P-171, Graff 3235.

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1824. First American Edition . Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 339pp. Brown mottled calf, rebacked spine gilt ruled, gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear, chip to lower spine, minimal ex-library evidence, text is age-toned and occasionally foxed, pencil sketch and notations on endpapers, bindingis tight. The uncommon First American Edition published in Boston. Search for a Northwest Passage under Captain William Parry.