MCKENNEY, THOMAS L.; and HALL, JAMES. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. 120 hand-colored lithographed plates. 3 volumes. Large 8vo, 265x171 mm, publisher's pebble-grain crimson morocco blocked in gold with ornamental frame on covers, spines in 6 compartments, lettered in 2 with ornamental tooling in the rest, few dark smudges on covers; 3 plates with larger subjects trimmed close, slightly affecting the imprint line but not the image, otherwise a clean, handsome set; linen slipcase. Monogram booklabel of K. E. H. on front pastedowns. Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1855
Third octavo edition of the classic work of American Indian portrait iconography, with color plates after paintings later destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire. The original edition in folio format was published in 1836-44. Bennett, page 79; Field 992; Howes M129; Reese 24; Sabin 43410.
