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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
by CATLIN, George
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. Hardcover. Fair. Second edition. Two volumes. Octavos. viii, 264; viii, 266pp., illustrated with three maps (one folding) and over 300 lithographic illustrations. Early owner's name "John L. Perry" in ink on title page of Vol. 2, with his small engraved bookplate on front pastedown of Vol. 1; later owner's pictorial bookplate on front flyleaf (verso) of Vol. 1, and front pastedown of Vol. 2; final owner's name in ink on each front free endpaper (dated 1945). Both volumes re-backed with most the original backstrips laid down, boards are faded and worn at the edges and corners, Vol. 1 text block is split (between pp. 112-113), one plate in Vol. 1 is detached, else a good sound set overall with modest toning and a few small tears at the edges of the endleaves. Housed in a handsome protective clamshell case with a leather spine label. George Catlin's monumental work in North American ethnology. The American artist and anthropologist visited forty-eight native tribes on his extensive tour of the American west and executed some six hundred paintings for this work. McCracken 8G; Howes C-241; Sabin 11536.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 551014
- Title
- Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
- Author
- CATLIN, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wiley and Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- Americana, Art/Illustration, WesternAmericana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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