NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
. Being letters and notes on their manners, customs, and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839. In two volumes. With three hundred and twenty illustrations, carefully engraved from the author's original paintings. Pp. xii+208+xii+304(last colophon), 180 coloured plates, including 3 maps (one folding), the title pages printed in red & black, appendices; roy. 8vo; pictorial red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt& black, the boards slightly scuffed, with light scratch to upper board of Volume II, edges slightly rubbed and fore-corners lightly worn; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedowns, the frontispiece loosening in Volume I, hinges cracking in Volume II, with signs of bookplate removal from lower pastedown same volume, a few tiny edge splits, occasional faint soiling; John Grant, Edinburgh, 1926. First edition thus. *George Catlin (1796-1872) spent several years studying the languages and customs of native Americans, making copious notes and studies for his paintings. In 1841, the first edition of his Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians was published. The 1926 edition is prized for the quality of its colour plates. Item #174504
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