(AMERICAN INDIANS) Thomas McKenney [and James Hall] History

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Sale 2633 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 2,750

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Thomas McKenney [and James Hall]. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. 97 (of 100?) hand-colored lithograph plates. [2], iv, [3]-333; [3]-319; [5], 18-392 pages. 3 volumes. large 8vo, contemporary morocco with original owner's name gilt-stamped on front boards, minor wear; Volume II lacking the title page and plate list, plates generally quite clean and fresh; all edges gilt; original owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1870

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One of the later octavo editions of McKenney and Hall. Hall's name is here omitted from the title page. The title page boasts of "One Hundred Portraits from the Indian Gallery" down from the 120 of previous editions, but the number of included plates varies from set to set. Other recent sets at auction have included 95 and 101 plates. This set matches the plate list for Volumes I (40 plates) and III (11 plates), and has 46 (of 49?) plates in Volume II, which was bound without a plate list. Howes M129n ("aa"); this edition not in Sabin. Provenance: original owner Samuel Twybill Brown (circa 1828-1879) of Bergen Point, NJ, president of the Bowery Savings Bank, who died without issue; by descent to his brother's great-grandson, the consignor.