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Lot 172
Sale 5567 - Books, Prints & Ephemera
May 23, 2003
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$15,000 -
20,000
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$17,000
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Lot Description
3 vols. 3 vols.
McKenney, Thomas L.; Hall, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848-1849-1850. First octavo edition. 8vo, orig. richly-gilt publisher's full green morocco, inner dentelles gilt, a.e.g.; edges scuffed, spine ends & corners of vols. 2 & 3 rubbed, covers occasionally scuffed, front hinge of vol. 3 stressed, a few early signatures in vol. 3 coming loose. With hand-colored lithographic dedication & 120 hand-colored lithographic plates; scattered light foxing, feet of a few plates trimmed by publisher's binder, offsetting to many tissue guards, 2 tissue guards with pencil scrawl. A generally bright & well-colored set of the plates in generally bright publisher's binding.
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