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Lot 261

Sale 5372 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
Apr 10, 2014 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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* 3 vols.


* 3 vols.
Native American Subjects:

Edwards, Jonathan, ed. An Account of the Life of the Late Reverand Mr. David Brainerd,... Missionary to the Indians. Edinburgh, 1765. 1st British ed, with Brainerd's journal while with the Indians. 8vo, 19th-century 3/4 brown morocco & marbled bds, gilt; scuffed, joints rubbed. Internally generally clean. Howes E-50; see Field 486. * Kellet, Alexander. The Mental Novelist. London: W. Lane, 1783. 2nd ed. Sm 8vo, contemp 1/2 brown morocco & marbled bds; front cover detached. Scattered mostly minor spotting, a few old ink annotations. Untrimmed. Howes K-32, "Includes narrative of Daniel Menzie's captivity among the Georgia Cherokees." * McCoy, Isaac. Remarks on the Practicability of Indian Reform, Embracing Colonization. New York, 1829. 2nd ed (with appendix added). 12mo, contemp calf & marbled bds. Scattered light to moderate foxing. Trimmed - some loss to numerals at heads. Howes M-70, one of the earliest suggestions for reservation system; see Field 985. All with bookplates to front paste-downs.

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