McKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785-1859) -- HALL, James (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle (Vol. I); Daniel Rice and James G. Clark (Vol. II); 1836, 1842. Mixed edition.
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McKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785-1859) -- HALL, James (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle (Vol. I); Daniel Rice and James G. Clark (Vol. II); 1836, 1842.
2 volumes (of 3, lacking volume 3), folio (508 x 356 mm). Text only (lacking all plates, offsetting to tissue guards, some spotting or staining). Contemporary half calf (rebacked preserving portions of original spines, some other repairs and light wear).
Mixed edition of the text only of History of the Indian Tribes of North America, which U.S. Superintendent of Indian Trade Thomas McKenney's wrote to create a lasting record of the Native American tribes whom McKenney believed were vanishing as settlers moving west.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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