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Sih-Chidä & Mahchsi-Karehde. Mandan Indians
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Sih-Chidä & Mahchsi-Karehde. Mandan Indians

by BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

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Paris, Coblenz and London, 1841. Aquatint engraving by Hürlimann after Bodmer, state with date added to London imprint 'April 1th [sic.] 1841'. A fine full-length double portrait by Bodmer, composed from sketches made during the winter of 1833-1834 during the travelers sojourn at Fort Clark, on the banks of the upper Missouri River. On the left stands Sih-Chidä (`Yellow Feather') a young warrior who was fascinated by the work of the two foreigners. His portrait was carried out over three days in early December 1833. In it, he wears the beaded hair brows with long strings of dentalium shells and beads, a member of the Dog Society, the cluster of feathers at the back of his head may be an insignia of that group. Around his neck is draped a tippet of otter fur, the ends fringed with quill-wrapped leather. His heel-trailers are made of otter fur lined with red cloth and represent battle exploits. On the right is Mahchsi-Karehde (`Flying War Eagle'), who at just over six feet was the tallest of the… Read More
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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters &...
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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters & Notes Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes now Existing [Two Volumes]

by Catlin, George

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First edition printed in color
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition printed in color. Publisher's red pictorial cloth decorated in black and gilt. Very good copies, boards slightly scuffed and bumped, Vol. II rejointed, recased, and endpapers renewed, plates and text bright.. viii, 264 pp; viii, 266 pp. Illus. with 180 chromolithograph plates (incl. 3 maps, 1 folding) many with multiple images. Sm. 4to. The classic work on the American Indian covering all aspects of their lives with the images taken from the close to 600 paintings Catlin produced while visiting nearly fifty tribes. First published in 1841, this is the first edition to have the plates printed in color (though a few hand-colored copies were produced earlier). "One of the most original, authentic, and popular works on the subject. Humboldt characterizes the author as 'one of the most admirable observers of manners who ever lived among the aborigines of America'," (Sabin). Howes C241. Lipperheide 1618. Pilling 689. See Sabin 11537 (1866). Streeter Sale 4277… Read More
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[American Indians] Die Indianer Nord-Amerikas und die während eines achtjährigen Aufenthaltes...
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[American Indians] Die Indianer Nord-Amerikas und die während eines achtjährigen Aufenthaltes unter den wildesten ihrer Stämme erlebten Abenteuer und Schicksale . . . mit 24 vom Verfaffer nach der Natur entworfenen Gemälden [Hand-Colored] [Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians]

by CATLIN, George (1796-1872)

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Brussels and Leipzig: Carl Muquardt, 1848. First Edition thus. Near Fine. Translated into German by Dr. Heinrich Berghous. Imperial 8vo: x,[2],382pp, with 24 tissue-guarded hand-colored plates. Contemporary quarter calf, flat spine in five compartments, lettered and decorated in gilt, stamped in blind; marbled covers, edges and end papers. An excellent copy, binding tight and unmarred, moderate foxing (mostly marginal) to about half of text leaves but plates completely clean and richly colored. Continental editions of Catlin are quite scarce, and this offers reduced-scale versions of the plates in the North American Indian Portfolio at a fraction of the cost. Howes C 243b. Sabin 11539. Pilling 684. Graff 630. First German Edition (published originally in different form, in London, 1841), a hybrid of Catlin's two best known works, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (1841) and North American Indian Portfolio (1844). The text of this edition is an… Read More
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Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains...
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Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America

by CATLIN, George (1796-1872)

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London: C. and J. Adlard for George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, 1844. Folio. (23 x 16 1/2 inches). [Pp.1-2] letterpress title (verso blank); [pp. 3-4] To the Reader; pp.[5-]20 text. 25 hand-colored lithographs, on thick paper, after Catlin, drawn on stone by Catlin (2) or McGahey (23), printed by Day and Haghe. Publisher's half brown morocco and brown cloth boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, pale green endpapers, within a chemise in a modern red quarter morocco clamshell box First edition, hand-colored issue, of Catlin's Portfolio, a key work for any serious collection of Western Americana. Catlin published the first two issues of the North American Indian Portfolio simultaneously in late November 1844. The first issue was hand-colored, and the second had tinted plates. Catlin originally envisaged publishing a series of linked but separate portfolios, each with its own theme: religious rites, dances, costumes, etc. The first series was the only one that was ever published, and its production proved… Read More
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Travels through the interior parts of North America in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768
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Travels through the interior parts of North America in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768

by Carver, Jonathan

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London: Printed for the Author, 1778. First edition. Bound in 3/4 calf with raised bands and gilt titles, decorative endpapers. Published London: Printed for the author, 1778. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", xvi, [17]-543, [1] pp. errata page, two folding, engraved maps that are fully hand-colored, plus four plates - Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, An (Indian) Pipe of Peace, and two plates of native peoples. Includes a Chippewa vocabulary. Large bookplate of Otto Oren Fisher on front pastedown. Jonathan Carver (1710-1780) was an explorer, mapmaker, author, and one of the first white men to explore and map areas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Part of a small expedition to map uncharted territory west of the Mississippi, he visited many of the Native American groups residing in the area. He "penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution" (Howes). While French explorers had been in the area earlier, they did not leave behind detailed maps or… Read More
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Three voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific and...
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Three voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific and narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole…four volumes, with plates

by PARRY, William Edward

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1835 1ed William Parry North Pole Voyages Eskimos Navigation Arctic Exploration

A rare, 1835 edition of William Parry's personal account from his voyages to the Northwest Passage. He was one of the first explorers to reach the North Pole, setting the record for the furthest north any human had reached! Parry recounts his interactions with Eskimos, navigations through fog and ice, viewing meteorological phenomena including the Aurora Borealis, and discovering new birds and plants.

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"Abstracts from the author's journals of his three voyages to the Canadian arctic waters; of his attempt to reach the North Pole and his account of the Eskimos."

This rare, early edition of Parry's 'Voyages' was printed in four volumes, each with fine full-page illustrations depicting the adventures of the ships Fury and Hecla.

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PARRY, William Edward
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Information, Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United...
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Information, Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States:Collected and Prepared Under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Per Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847

by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (1793-1864)

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5 volumes. xiii+[13]-+568 pages with half-titles, additional engraved title-page, tables, 76 engraved plates which include scenes and views, 3 full-page maps, 17 plates of artifacts engraved in colors, and 15 with original hand-color. xxiv+[17]-608 pages with half-titles, additional engraved title-page, tables, 78 engraved plates (five folding), including view and scenes, 6 maps, 23 plates of artifacts engraved in color (some finished by hand), 5 engraved plates with original hand-color, and 2 tables of Cherokee alphabet. xviii+[19]-535 pages with half-titles, additional engraved title-page, tables, 45 engraved plates with views and scenes (3 folding), including: 4 maps, including: that Showing the location of the Indian Tribes within the United States and a Map of Oregon Showing the location of Indian Tribes, both 1852 and with original hand-color in outline, and 22 plates of artifacts engraved in color. xxvi+[19]-667 pages with half-titles, additional engraved title-page, tables, 41 engraved plates,… Read More
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Bless Me, Ultima
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Bless Me, Ultima

by Anaya, Rudolfo A.

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Rudolfo Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima. TQS, Quinto Sol Publications, Inc. Berkeley, CA. Softcover. Copyright 1972, 25th Printing Thus, 1991 SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. ABOUT RUDOLFO ANAYA: Rudolfo Anaya was an American author. Noted for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Altima, Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature. We consider offers.
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Colección de los autos de notificación como visitador general de Nueva Vizcaya en Sonora y...
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Colección de los autos de notificación como visitador general de Nueva Vizcaya en Sonora y Sinaloa.

by ISTURIZ, Gabriel de

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México (Varios lugares), 1685. 317x219mm. (12½x8½").. [Manuscrito]. México, varios lugares de la frontera norte, 1685-1686. En folio (317 x 219)mm. (1), 23 folios, 1 bl. En total 97 Autos redactados, algunos con tinta azul, en papel timbrado. Firmas autógrafas de Gabriel de Istúriz y Jacinto de Fuensaldaña en todos los autos. Sin encuadernar, cosido con hilo, dentro de carpetilla. posiblemente la fuente historiografica original mas importante para el conocimiento de los primeros años de la colonizacion en la frontera norte de mexico. Importantísima colección de los autos del visitador general Gabriel de Istúriz a los pueblos y haciendas que consigna, todos firmados de su mano, que sin duda complementan el manuscrito de la crónica del viaje a la provincia de Sonora que se conserva en los Archivos del Parral (México). Los pueblos, misiones y haciendas que visita durante su viaje entre 1685 y 1686 son: Mátape, Real de Minas de San Miguel Arcángel, pueblo de Guepaca, pueblo de Aconche… Read More
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Letters and Notes on the Manners Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. In Two Volumes
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Letters and Notes on the Manners Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. In Two Volumes

by Catlin, Geo.(rge)

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London: Published By the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly , 1841. "Written During Eight Years Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America in 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36. 37, 38, and 39. With 400 Illustrations carefully engraved from His Original Paintings." Two volumes in contemporary bright red cloth with decorations and lettering in gilt and black at front covers and spines. With decorative end papers. Very Good, spines slightly sunned and with slight lean, hinges starting with rear hinge Vol. I open, all hinges holding well. At first blank end page both vols. an 1890s prior owner name and prior owner inscription detailing provenance. Fold-out map at frontis Vol. I and frontis map and map at p. 259 Vol. II are Fine. The First Edition of Catlin's self-published classic, 2nd issue, with error "Frederick" for "Zedekiah" on page 104, line 26 of Volume I corrected. Alll illustrations in black and white. No errata slip found. Interior pages clean and… Read More
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The Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians
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The Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians

by George Catlin

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Very good set of Catlin's classic account of his travels and sojourns with the Native American peoples from 1832-1839.Second edition with colour illustrations featuring 312 full-colour engravings on 180 plates (not the "400 Coloured Plates" described on the title page and spines). Includes three maps in colour.The illustrations show portraits of chiefs, warriors, medicine men and women, buffalo and horse hunts, rituals, religious ceremonies, dances, war games, sports, etc. The Native American peoples described include Choctaw, Blackfoot, Ojibwe, Comanche, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sioux, Seminole, etc. There are several self-portraits of Catlin (Frontispiece, Plates 62 and 132). First published in 1841 with uncoloured plates, it was published with coloured plates for the first time in 1876. Although the title page lists "1841, Egyptian Hall," and there are no other dates printed in the book, it is believed this set dates from 1892-4.In publishers black cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt vignette… Read More
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Family Records; Containing Memoirs of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B., Lieutenant E. W....
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Family Records; Containing Memoirs of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B., Lieutenant E. W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel William De Vic Tupper, with Notices... To Which are Added The Life of Te-Cum-Seh, a Memoir of Col. Havilland Le Mesurier &c

by Tupper, Ferdinand Brock

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Guernsey : Printed and Published By Stephen Barbet, 1835. With half-title, 2 (plate), [vii]-xii, 218 pp. Bound in original tan cloth, paper label at spine, original buff end papers. About Very Good, 3/8" loss of cloth top edge of spine, 1/4" loss at base, half-title page with top 1/3 neatly excised, Contents page detached, foxing mostly associated with 3 lithograph plates and end papers. Frontispiece plate of Brock's Monument on Queenston Heights, Upper Canada. Other plates are of Good Harbour inr Candia and Medal Presented to John Tupper, Esq. by William and Mary. An uncommon Guernsey imprint, one other copy in current commerce. Sabin 97449. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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International Congress of Americanists
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International Congress of Americanists

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A full run of the ICA from 1875 through 2012 lacking only one volume, XIV 1908 from the Vienna conclave. One hundred volume titles in all. The set has been collected over the course of 30 years. There are no facsimiles. As you see from the images, the condition of the volumes varies, but all content is present and clear. Thousands of papers on archeology, ethnology, anthropology, sociology etc. all pertaining to the indigenous tribes and colonial peoples of the Americas from distant pre-history to the present. Thousands of maps drawings and photographs. The Congress was begun in 1875 in Nancy, France and alternated every three years between a site in the Americas and Europe. Serious enquiries only, please. I will be happy to forward the full list in Excel and to discuss condition of individual volumes. There will be a shipping and handling charge based on buyer's location and preference of carrier. I strongly recommend that potential buyers visit to inspect in person. The collection is in Santa Fe, NM.
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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters &...
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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters & Notes Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes now Existing

by George Catlin (1796-1872)

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2 volumes. viii+[folding map]+264 pages with color frontispiece and 114 color plates. viii+266 pages with frontispiece color map, 312 color plates, maps and appendices. Quarto (10" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and black to spine and cover with gilt hed page ends. (Howes C241. Lipperheide 1618. Pilling 689. Streeter Sale 4277. Field 260. Wagner-Camp 84:4) First edition to have the plates printed in color. First published in 1841.
George Catlin was an American adventurer, lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American Frontier. Traveling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the Plains Indians. His early work included engravings, drawn from nature, of sites along the route of the Erie Canal in New York State. Several of his renderings were published in one of the first printed books to use lithography, Cadwallader D.… Read More
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Nord-Amerikas Indianer och de, under ett åttaårigt vistande bland de vildaste af deras...
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Nord-Amerikas Indianer och de, under ett åttaårigt vistande bland de vildaste af deras stammar, upplefvade äfventyr och öden

by CATLIN, George

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1848 INDIANS 1st ed George Catlin on Native Americans Sioux Illustrated Swedish

Originally published in 1841, George Catlin's 'Letters and Notes on American Indians' covers the lives, customs, hunting cultures, and societies of Plains Indians. Catlin, a painter and author, was the first white man to depict these Indians in their native territories, whilst on his travels to the American West.

This 1848 first Swedish edition of 'American Indian's was published Stockholm and features 21 full-page engravings depicting scenes of Indian culture and customs, bear hunts, Indian battles, and much more! These illustrations were published as a collection later following the success and popularity of this work.

According to Wagner-Camp,
"Catlin illustrated his book with line-cut reductions of his original paintings, and in the text described his adventurous years among the Indians. He recorded his observations of ceremonies, dances, hunting methods, forms of warfare, and the ways of daily living among the… Read More
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