History of the Indian Tribes of North America

by Thomas L. McKENNEY, Charles Bird King James Hall

$120,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

19th-century half-Morocco to style over marbled boards, spines gilt. Within individual chemises and slipcases. First edition of this Americana highspot, a profusely illustrated record of prominent nineteenth-century Native Americans, which was the grandest color-plate book issued in the United States up to the time of its publication. Reese Thomas McKenney, a Quaker, was Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1816-1822. While in this post he became concerned for

• Binding: Leather

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