THE INDIAN RACES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: Comprising an Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races; a Description of Their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies;the History of Their Most Powerful Tribes, and of Their Most Celebrated Chiefs and Warriors; Their Intercourse and Wars with the European Settlers; and a Great Variety of Anecdote and Description, Illustrative of Personal and National Character.
New York: H.E. & S.S. Scranton, 1854. Leather. 720p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with gilt trim, and black cloth boards. Very good condition. Edges rubbed, most heavily at the corners and at the bottom of the spine. Edges of endpapers tanned. Foxing and occasional spotty staining on main pages, but text is otherwise unmarked and binding is secure. Item #174714
A history of Native Americans in an original 19th-century binding, and very scarce thus. Illustrated with numerous color plates, and additional ones in black and white.
Price: $300.00
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