(INDIANS) McKenney Thomas L; and Hall James History of the I

Sale 1946 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 68,500

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Estimate: $ 70,000 - $ 90,000

FOLIO MCKENNEY & HALL SET (INDIANS.) McKenney, Thomas L.; and Hall, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. 120 hand-colored lithographed plates, uncolored lithographed map, 9 leaves of lithographed facsimile subscribers's signatures. Folio, publisher's 1/2 morocco with spine gilt extra and gilt lettering on the covers, minor wear and staining; hinges reinforced; moderate to heavy foxing to the text, varying degrees of foxing and offsetting to the plates from light to heavy, scattered minor dampstaining mostly in the margins affecting a few text leaves, the map and facsimile signature leaves in volumes one and three; bookplates removed from the front pastedowns with resulting minor staining. Philadelphia: Greenough, 1838; Rice and Clark, 1842; 1844

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With the following BAL states: State C of the title to volume one, State B of the title to volume two, State A of the title to volume three, State A of the War Dance plate, State F of the portrait of Red Jacket. BAL 6934; Howes M129; Reese, American Color Plate Books 24; Sabin 43410; Field 992; Bennett, page 79.<