Sunday, January 23, 2022
LOT #291

Native American Indian Antiquarian Book Assortment

(19) mostly illustrated hardcover items including (2) copies of Schoolcraft’s “Notes on the Iroquois”, Albany, 1847; Howe’s “Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey”, Albany, 1844; “Houses and House-Life of The American Aborigines” by Lewis H. Morgan, Washington DC, 1881; (2) copies “Indigenous Races of the Earth” by Nott and Gliddon, Philadelphia, 1857 with (1) retaining fold-out map; “The Indian Miscellany” by W. W. Beach, Albany, 1877; “The Iroquois Book of Rites” by D. G. Brinton, Philadelphia, 1883; “Primitive Man in Ohio” by Warren K. Moorehead, NY and London, 1892; Brownell’s “Pioneer Heroes of the New World”, Cincinnati, 1856; the 15th edition of Drake’s “Aboriginal Races of North America”, NY, 1880; French language volume #1 of “Le Grand Voyage Du Pays Des Hurons” by Sagard Theodat, wraps, Paris 1865; volume #1 “Congress International des Americanistes”, Paris 1875; and “Archaeology of the United States” Samuel Haven, Philadelphia, 1855, wraps, and additional related works

Estimate: $400 - $600

Hammer Price: $400

Dimensions: Height: 11 inches, Width: 8 inches, Depth: 2 inches (each Nott and Gliddon)

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use; a few ex-library, many having rubber stamps and other marks; occasional soil, splits at hinges, creasing and chipping of page edges; a Nott and Gliddon having detached boards and lacking spine, the other having detached front board and lacking map; a Schoolcraft split at binding and lacking spine, the other rebound; rebinding to Morgan, Howe, Beach, Drake; new wraps to Haven

Disclaimers: not individually inspected for completeness; plates and maps called for may not be present

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Sales Tax: Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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