The North American Indians, Being Letters and Notes on the Manners, customs and Conditions of the North American Indians, Written During Eight Year's Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-39

1913. CATLIN, GEORGE. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS BEING LETTERS AND NOTES THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CONDITIONS, WRITTEN DURING EIGHT TRAVEL AMONGST THE WILDEST TRIBES OF INDIANS IN NORTH AMERICA, 1832-1839. IN TWO VOLUMES. With Three Hundred and Twenty illustrations,carefully engraved from the author's original paintings. Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart and Company, 1913. (identical to the First edition, New York, 1841, published under title: Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians Two large 8vo volumes in the beautiful original burgundy cloth lettered in gilt and black with ornate gilt and black cover and spine designs; top edges gilt . VOLUME I: Original red cloth with gold gilt equestrian Indian warriors on front cover with gilt spine designs with figures, top edges gilt, ix [3], map, 298 pp., frontis. [full-color drawing of Catlin painting a Chief in an Indian village], illustrated with color plates, including the color map of Indian localities in 1833. . VOLUME II: Original red cloth with gold gilt equestrian Indian warriors on front cover with gilt spine figures, top edges gilt, xiii 303 pp., frontis. [color map of United States Indian Frontier in 1840], illustrated with color plates, including the color map of U.S. Indian Frontier in 1840, appendice. fine, bright, tight copy; plates and maps perfect and complete.