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Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company Territory, and Back Again

Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company Territory, and Back Again

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Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company Territory, and Back Again

by Kane, Paul (1810-1871)

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London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859. First Edition. Paul Kane. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (216 x 133 mm). xviii, 455, viii pages, shaken. Publisher's half leather with marbled paper boards (worn). Illustrated with chromolithographic portrait frontispiece, large folding map, numerous text wood engravings, and an additional seven full-page color lithographs (eight in total, including the frontis). Color plates and folding map are clean and bright. Light browning to inner margin of frontis portait, not affecting image Provenance: Bookplate of William H. Claflin Jr., with inscription in ink from his wife Helen dated June 8, 1930 on front pastedown. "Travels largely confined to Canada but visits to Wisconsin and Oregon and account of the murder of Dr. Whitman are included." [Howes K7].

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Title
Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company Territory, and Back Again
Author
Kane, Paul (1810-1871)
Illustrator
Paul Kane
Book Condition
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Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1859

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Shaken
A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Marbled Paper
Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...

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