Indian Races Of North And South America: Comprising an Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races; A Description of Their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies; .

Published by Horace Wentworth, Boston, 1853

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8vo; 1-636, [ii], 639- [640] pages - the last page is mistakenly numbered 702, contemporary black leather covers, newly rebacked saving as much of the original spine as possible, new endpapers. An intriguing compilation, illustrated with 40 portraits and plates, most hand-colored, six or so in black-and-white, and half a dozen of animals ( such as an eagle, bison, grizzly bear, black squirrel, cougar) and portraits of Teumseh, Joseph Brant, King Philip, John Smith, Osceola, Samoset, and more. Note: the verso of p. 639 reads p.720, but should be 640. [ Sabin 8681]. Note: Field, in his INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY, pp. 49-50, of the 1857 edition opined "The last half of the title-page must have been written by the publisher and the illustrations drawn by his infant son, as the Preface and Text indicate too respectable a mind to have concocted such a farrago, involving at least half a dozen falsehoods regarding the plates, which are the most tawdry and offensive daubs." Field continued, "The work is fairly executed and contains much condensed information . . " Bennett's AMERICAN COLOR PLATE BOOKS (1800-1900) lists the later 1856 edition, and as having only 34 full-page plates.…

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Title
Indian Races Of North And South America: Comprising an Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races; A Description of Their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies; .
Author
Brownell, Charles De Wolf
Publisher
Horace Wentworth, Boston
Publication year
1853
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
New edition.
Seller catalogs
Americana, HISTORY::Latin America::Mexico, HISTORY::Latin America::South America, HISTORY::Native American, HISTORY::United States::19th Century

Thomas J. Joyce And Company

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Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera. …

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