The American Indians, Their HIstory, Condition And Prospects From Original Notes And Manuscripts

Buffalo: George H. Derby And Co., 1851. New Revised Edition of 1851. In a fine, black cloth binding applied in 1979 with a black gilt text label on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. Part of the original cloth over the rear board is pasted to the rear fixed end sheet. The contents are generally in very good condition with occasional spots of foxing throughout, an early prior owner's name at the upper fore corner of the title page. and a dampness stain in the lower fore corner of pages 13 through133 which does not impact on the readability of the text. A handwritten, pencil note on the rear end sheet states that the rebinding (truncated) was done in August of 1979 by Craftsman Bookbinders of Portland, Maine. Bound-in at the rear of the text is a prospectus for John Quincy Adams' book on Madison and Monroe. 495 pages of text. Illustrated by a frontispiece and seven plates. This title was originally published in 1845 in New York under the title: Oneota, Or Characteristics of The Red Race of America. (Howes, S-188) (Inventory #: TB30922)