Oct 18, 2011 - Sale 2257

Sale 2257 - Lot 40

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
CURTIS, EDWARD S.
The North American Indian. Volumes XIII and XIV.

Together, 2 volumes. Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Volume XIII lavishly illustrated with 36 (of 75) sepia-toned photogravure plates on vellum and Volume XIV with 38 (of 75) photogravure plates on Van Gelder paper. Large 4tos; unbound; each lacking several text pages. Roth 36; Parr/Badger I 73; Hasselbad 48; Auer 94. one of a planned edition of 500 copies.
(Norwood, Massachusetts): (The Plimpton Press), (1924)

Additional Details

with--"Canyon de Chelly." Photogravure on a white buff wove paper, 11 1/4x15 1/4 inches (28.6x38.7 cm.), with Curtis's copyright, the printer's name, title and plate number printed on recto. 1904; printed later.