THE BLANKET INDIAN OF THE NORTHWEST.
by Shields, George O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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VINELAND, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
N Y, N Y: Vechten Waring,. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Sepia; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; First Limited Edition, 1/500 unnumbered copies, signed by Shields on large bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Tall 8vo, brick-red buckram, gilt lettering, color frontis for total of 4 colour plates, T. E. G. , 322 pages, untrimmed and partly unopened, 28 sepia plates mostly from photographs, primarily portraits of noted Indians. Spine slightly darkened. Covers good with minor wear, text clean, light aging. U. S. IANA S413 a. ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE BLANKET INDIAN OF THE NORTHWEST.
- Author
- Shields, George O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Vechten Waring,
- Place of Publication
- N Y, N Y
- Date Published
- 1921
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Indian;
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Buckram
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- Jacket
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