Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
by Catlin, Geo
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Published by the Author, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes. 4to. viii, 264;viii, 266pp. Original deep blue-green cloth, coated endpapers. Folding map in Vol. I, and two full page maps in Vol. II. Errata slip present in Vol. I. Illustrated throughout. Even though the standard references call for 312 plates (based on the number of the final plate), Streeter notes (p. 1352) that there are in reality 308 plates plus the frontispiece. This copy has 307 plates, lacking plate 252, and not counting the plates that are intentionally lacking.
First issue, with "Frederick" on p. 104.
Cloth is well worn with hinge repairs and nearly perished paper labels; three endpapers have been replaced or reset; Vol. II lacks the rear free endpaper. Only a good set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21696
- Title
- Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
- Author
- Catlin, Geo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1841
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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