ACCOUNTS OF TWO ATTEMPTS TOWARDS THE CIVILIZATION OF SOME INDIAN NATIONS, IN NORTH AMERICA.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate General Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Phillips and Fardon, 1806. Marbled endpapers. Two volumes bound in one. Covers rubbed, spine chipped. Rear cover attached only at top 2". Contains two accounts of meetings of Friends, where they discuss promoting "the improvement and civilization of the Indian natives". The first account was printed in Philadelphia, the second in Baltimore, then reprinted in London. Moderate foxing. See Sabin 7848 and 7849. 50pp. and 43pp. . First English Editiion. 1/2 Calf Over Marbled Boards.. Moderate General Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001875
- Title
- ACCOUNTS OF TWO ATTEMPTS TOWARDS THE CIVILIZATION OF SOME INDIAN NATIONS, IN NORTH AMERICA.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate General Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First English Editiion
- Publisher
- Phillips and Fardon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Size
- Thin Octavo
- Keywords
- AMERICANA, NATIVE AMERICANS, FRIENDS, QUAKERS, AMERICAN INDIANS
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glenn Books
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Prairie Village, Kansas
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- Spine
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- Marbled boards
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Calf
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