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March Premier Auction: Day 2

Sat, Mar 25, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Mon, Mar 27, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Lot 707

[The History of the Indian Tribes of

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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North America], Three Volumes Philadelphia, 1858, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs, containing 120 lithographic portraits and frontispiece, Thomas Lorraine McKenney and James Hall, published by D. Rice and A. N. Hart, Philadelphia, 1858, contemporary cross-grain morocco with decorative panels on covers, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, fourth reprint of the first octavo edition, 11 x 7-1/4 in.. Notes: The Royal Octavo edition, The American Moroccan binding of this work of Native American history objectively is one of the most important works ever published on the American Indian.. Provenance: Ex -Collection of James Lee, Asheville, North Carolina; By bequest

Condition

scattered foxing to text leaves, lithographs generally clean and in good color