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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.: ... Written during Eight years' Travel (1832-1839) amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America. ... Fourth Edition.
by CATLIN, George
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- Hardcover
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Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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About This Item
CLASSIC IN NATIVE AMERICANS
2 vols. very tall 8vo. (in fours) viii, 264; viii, 266pp., 3 maps (of which 1 folding), 177 plates (with over 300 drawings), original dark brownish grey cloth, sides decoratively blind blocked, spines gilt lettered, very neatly recased with the original endpapers reused (with a contemporary Belfast bookseller's ticket), plates foxed throughout and some foxing to the text (mainly marginal or to leaves adjacent to the plates), else a very good copy.
Each volume inscribed on the title page "Andrew Cowan/ 1846".
First published in London in 1841.
2 vols. very tall 8vo. (in fours) viii, 264; viii, 266pp., 3 maps (of which 1 folding), 177 plates (with over 300 drawings), original dark brownish grey cloth, sides decoratively blind blocked, spines gilt lettered, very neatly recased with the original endpapers reused (with a contemporary Belfast bookseller's ticket), plates foxed throughout and some foxing to the text (mainly marginal or to leaves adjacent to the plates), else a very good copy.
Each volume inscribed on the title page "Andrew Cowan/ 1846".
First published in London in 1841.
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- Bookseller
- P & B Rowan
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55041
- Title
- Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.
- Author
- CATLIN, George
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published for the Author by David Bogue
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Size
- tall 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Americana Native Indians Social Illustrated
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