Oct 05 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2647 -

Sale 2647 - Lot 20

Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
EDWARD S. CURTIS.
The North American Indian. Volume III.
Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Lavishly illustrated with 78 (of 78) sepia-toned photogravure plates on Japanese tissue of Curtis' landmark photographs of Native Americans, this volume including Teton Sioux, Yanktonai, and Assiniboin. The plates include a fold-out map and 6 hand-colored plates. Large 4to, 3/4 gilt-lettered morocco; top edge gilt; with the silk bookmark. Roth 36; Parr/Badger I 73; Hasselbad 48; Auer 94. ONE OF A PLANNED EDITION OF 500 COPIES.
(Cambridge, MA): (The University Press), 1908

Provenance: A Private Collection, New England