[AMERICANA]. BELL, Solomon [pseudonym of SNELLING, William Joseph (1804-1848)]. Tales of Travels West of the Mississippi. 12mo. Illustrated with numerous engravings (double-page map is lacking). Publisher?s cloth-backed boards, later (?) burgundy gilt morocco lettering label (spine chipped and worn, boards worn, soiled, hinges just starting, text toned, soiled (mainly at upper margins), foxed, ownership inscription on half-title). FIRST EDITION. This is the first children?s book printed in the United States about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the trans-Mississippi region. Howes S739. Sabin 85429.