Historical and Statistical 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, March 3d, 1847 (Parts 1 & 2) by Schoolcraft, Henry R.; Seth Eastman [Illustrator] - 1852

Historical American Indian Press, 1970-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardbound in good condition. Published by Historical American Indian Press; reprint of J.B.Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia (1857). Pages and binding are in good condition, clean and tight, with very minor shelf wear to edges. Cover has minor soiling at top front, and back cover has 6 pinholes, 4 of which have gone through the cover and two leaves. Spine surface shows a 1/4" long slender chip.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851. Book. Illus. by Eastman, S.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volume 1 only. Retired Library of Congress copy. Rebound in Oct 1968 in Maroon buckram by Dobbs Bros. with LOC Endpapers. Collated by Montana Pete. Limited library markings. Overall a very good copy. Heavy clear vinyl dust jacket. BC16H.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2014. Deluxe Limited Edition. Leather. Near Fine. Deluxe Limited edition, limited to 600 numbered sets, this being #200. 6 volume set, complete. A Near Fine set. Tall 4to., each volume approximately 560 pages, each volume lavishly illustrated with b&w and color plates, engravings, maps, and portraits. Uniformly bound in full brown leather, with title and design in black and gilt. Silk ribbon. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Some minor and incidental marks on the gilt edges. Volume 5 has a small bump on its bottom edge. Volume 6 has a small mark on its spine (see photo). Still, Near Fine set. A facsimile of the original edition first published under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and volumes printed in 1851-57.

Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.. Good. 1851-1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Six-volume set bound in later blue cloth with leather labels on spine. Cloth is lightly soiled and specked with numerous small dots of white. Binding is tight on all volumes. Interior generally clean with scattered areas of light foxing. Most tissues for plates are present. This is an ex-library set of first editions. As best as I can tell, EACH and EVERY plate, map and illustration and title page has a library stamp, often smack within the map or plate. If you can get past the issue of the library stamping, this would make an excellent research set for any library. "Henry Schoolcraft worked for years on the history and survey of the Indian tribes of the United States. It was published in six volumes from 1851 to 1857 by J. B. Lippincott & Co. Of Philadelphia. Critics praised its scholarship and valuable content by Schoolcraft, and the meticulous and knowledgeable illustrations. Schoolcraft… Read More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1851-1857.. Six thick folio volumes. Numerous plates and maps, many tinted or in color. Original publisher's cloth, front board and spine gilt, rear board stamped in blind. Volumes 1, 2, and 4 bound in green cloth; volumes 3, 5, and 6 in maroon cloth. Volumes 1, 2, 5, and 6 rebacked. All volumes ex-library, volumes 2-6 with call numbers on spine and contemporary numerical inscription on front flyleaf; volumes 2-5 with institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Contemporary inscription of artist Seth Eastman on front pastedown of volumes 2, 3, and 4; additional contemporary gift inscription from Commissioner of Indian Affairs George Washington Manypenny on front free endpaper of volume 5. Portion of contemporary inscriptions erased on front pastedown of volume 2 and front free endpaper of volume 5. All volumes with half title, volumes 1-5 with additional engraved titlepage. Old institutional library blindstamp on titlepages of volumes 2-5 and in margin of frontispiece in… Read More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1851-1857.. Six thick folio volumes. Numerous plates and maps, many tinted or in color. Uniformly bound in original publisher's cloth, front board and spine gilt, rear board stamped in blind. Volumes 1, 2, and 4 bound in green cloth; volumes 3, 5, and 6 in maroon cloth. Volumes 1, 2, 5, and 6 rebacked. All volumes ex-library, volumes 2-6 with call numbers on spine and contemporary numerical inscription on front fly leaf; volumes 2-5 with institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Contemporary inscription of artist Seth Eastman on front pastedown of volumes 2, 3, and 4; additional contemporary gift inscription from acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs on front free endpaper of volume 5. Portion of contemporary inscriptions erased on front pastedown of volume 2 and front free endpaper of volume 5. All volumes with half title, volumes 1-5 with additional engraved title. Old institutional library blindstamp on titlepages of volumes 2- 5 and in margin of frontispiece in volume… Read More

London: Lippincott, Gambo & Co., 1851-7. Cloth. Very Good. 13.5" by 10". Seth Eastman. A very scarce, signed presentation set of this important ethnographical work on Native Americans. This was the most extensive nineteenth century work on the subject and is beautifully illustrated throughout. The most extensive work on Native Americans published in the 19th-century containing "a vast mass of really valuable information" (Field). This title was commissioned by the US Congress. This set has an excellent association. All volumes belonged to Buckingham Smith. Buckingham Smith was a diplomat and historian of Spanish exploration in Florida and the Americas. Schoolcraft acknowledges his use of Smith's transcripts of documents held in the Archivo-General in volume III. Smith made these transcripts during his posting as secretary of legation in 1850-2. Schoolcraft also made use of Smith's translation of 'Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vava' for this work. Schoolcraft and several other contemporaries… Read More

SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R. Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1852-1857. Six thick folio volumes. Numerous plates and maps, many tinted or in color. Modern quarter leather and marbled boards, spines gilt with leather label. Light foxing and toning, some offsetting. Presentation inscription by George Moneypenny in first two volumes. Very good. The first edition (excepting the first volume, which is the second edition) of one of the most important and massive works concerning the American Indian, a foundation stone of ethnological studies in America, and by far the most extensive single work on the American Indian issued in the 19th century. Schoolcraft, the general editor, was commissioner of Indian Affairs for many years, and in an unparalleled position to assemble the data presented herein. Field, while criticizing the general layout of the work, says it contains "a vast mass of really… Read More