North American Indians, Being Letters and Notes on their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839 [Vol. I + Vol. II, Complete]
by Catlin, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/N/A
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh, Scotland: John Grant, 1903. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in dark red ribbed cloth, elaborately illus./lettered in gilt and black on front covers and spine panels, top text block edges in gilt. Modest shelf wear with some rubbing evident at corners and spine extremities. Moisture contact has resulted in dye lightening (to a light pinkish-red) at the following points: (Vol. I) top front corner and along most of top front edge, top rear corner and upper rear cover, including upper rear fore-edge; (Vol. II) lower front corner, including lower portions of stamped decoration, lower rear cover. The dye has bled onto (Vol. I) the top corners of front pastedown and the first several leaves, (Vol. II) the bottom corners of front pastedown and flyleaf, and the first several and the last several leaves. Beyond this issue, which is entirely cosmetic, both volumes display only modest actual wear and do not display dampstaining per se, with light puckering to cloth at several points. Former owner signature on front flyleaf of Vol. I, front pastedown of Vol. II. Endpapers of both volumes modestly toned/foxed, interiors otherwise clean and fully intact beyond dye discolorations already noted. Bindings slightly shaken but generally firm. xi,298 + xii,304 pp., w/ 400 illustrations, "carefully engraved from the author's original paintings," color folding map at p. 1 of Vol. I. Cosmetically evaluated as Good only due to moisture blemishes, otherwise VG or better with no substantial condition issues; a conservative restoration could match the dye color and significantly improve overall appearance at minimal cost and effort..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029520
- Title
- North American Indians, Being Letters and Notes on their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839 [Vol. I + Vol. II, Complete]
- Author
- Catlin, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Grant
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Leaves
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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