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183712<p>3 volumes. Folio 507 x 365 mm. 120 hand-colored lithographed plates finished with gum arabic lithographed map leaf and 17 pp lithographed facsimile signatures of subscribers with two additional names added in manuscript to Pennsylvania subscribers. Original half-morocco upper covers gilt lettered "Indian Gallery / 120 Illustrations" lower spine lettered in gilt "L.A. Godey" yellow glazed endpapers rebacked retaining original spine hinges reinforced.</p><p><strong>Superb complete copy in its original binding of one of the most beautiful books printed in the United States which through 120 hand-colored plates preserves the memory of the Indian people.</strong></p><p>Provenance: Louis Antoine Godey 1804-1878 publisher of Godey's Lady Book spine stamped manuscript identification in another hand; Helen Godey Wilson 1879-1937 bookplates.</p><p>FIRST EDITION of "one of the most distinctive and important books in Americana" Reese.</p><p>In 1821-22 Thomas McKenney began assembling portraits of Native Americans that would eventually become part of a portrait gallery under the Smithsonian. He started by taking visiting Native American dignitaries to the studio of Charles Bird King in Washington who would paint their portraits in oil some copies for the dignitaries and some collected by McKenney. These portraits were eventually preserved in the War Department's "Indian Gallery" becoming part of the Smithsonian in 1858. The collection boasted 147 of McKenney's portraits of Native Americans alongside about 200 paintings by John Mix Stanley when it burned to the ground in 1865.</p><p>Thankfully beginning in 1829 McKenney had embarked on a project to preserve his oil portraits in lithography rescuing most of these important projects for posterity. In September 1829 he signed a contract to publish a work to consist of a history biographies and 120 lithographed plates. The works were issued serially in wrappers and the first volume was collected and published in 1836. By the time the 3rd volume appeared in 1844 15 years after the first contracts were signed the monumental work had consumed six publishers and employed 5 different lithographers.</p><p>"Its long and checkered publication history spanned twelve years and involved multiple lithographers mainly Peter S. Duval and James T. Bowen and publishers but the final product is one of the most distinctive and important books in Americana. Almost all the plates are portraits of individual Native Americans the majority painted from life by Charles Bird King" Reese.</p><p>This copy in its original contemporary binding is from the contemporary American publisher Louis A. Godey. Godey was most famous for the influential Godey's Lady's Book beginning in 1830 famous for their representations of women's fashion employing hand-tinted lithographic plates. With the first issue of the title pages in volumes 1 & 3 the second issue of volume 2; the plates in mixed states as usual. See Lane "A History of McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America" Imprint Vol. 27 no. 2 Autumn 2002 2-15. Howes M-129; Reese Stamped With A National Character 24; Sabin 43410a.</p> Edward C. Biddle and Daniel Rice and James G. Clark hardcover
184869369Philadelphia: Published by J. T. Bowen 1848. HALL James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington. Philadelphia: Published by J. T. Bowen 1848.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> McKENNEY Thomas L. and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington. In Three Volumes. Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen 1848-1850.<br> <br> First octavo edition. Three large octavo volumes 10 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 258 x 167 mm. iv 1- 333 1 blank; xvii 1 blank 9-290; iv 17-392 pp. With hand-colored lithographed dedication leaf "To the Memory of Washington" and 120 hand-colored lithographed plates "Lithd. & Cold. & Published by J.T Bowen Philada." mostly after Charles Bird King the plates heightened with gum arabic. Protective tissue guard sheets.<br> <br> Publisher's deluxe blue-black morocco binding. Elaborately stamped and tooled in blind and gilt. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Board edges gilt. All edges giltSome wear to spines. A few invisible repairs to hinges. Previous owner's old ink signature on top margin of title-page of each volume. Volume I with some minor dampstaining to lower blank margin. Volume II with some dampstaining to inner gutter. Dampstaining never affecting plates most likely because leaves were stained before the book was bound. A small closed tear to the bottom margin of plate "Oche-Fincew" in volume III not affecting engraving. Overall an excellent copy the plates very bright and clean.<br> <br> Originally published in twenty folio parts three folio volumes between 1836 and 1844 with 120 hand-colored lithographed plates. The first octavo edition appeared in 1848-1850 with the plates reduced. Several octavo editions were published between 1850 and the 1870s with varying numbers of plates some maintaining the original 120 and some abridged to contain as few as forty or fifty plates. All are highly desired today.<br> <br> "As early as 1824 the practice was begun of taking portraits of the principal Indians who came to Washington and depositing them in the War Department. They were chiefly painted by Mr. King an artist of high repute who has been remarkably successful in transferring to his canvas the strong lineaments of the Indian countenance. Col. M'Kinney sic who was for many years superintendent of Indian affairs at Washington and was thus brought in constant association with the principal men of the nations and tribes which sent representatives to the seat of government conceived the plan of making this rare and curious collection more valuable to the world by publishing a series of engraved portraits exactly copies and colored from these paintings. With each portrait is connected a biographical sketch of the individual whom it is intended to represent interspersed with anecdotes and narrations. The work contains also a historical account of the various Indian tribes within the borders of the United States" Sabin 43410a describing the 1836-1844 edition. "The original oil paintings of which the plates were copies were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire" Howes.<br> <br> Howes M-129 "the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed". Sabin 43411 describing the 1850 octavo edition. Field 992 1837 ed.<br> <br> HBS 69369.<br> <br> $18500. Published by J. T. Bowen unknown
185453994Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart 1854. Second octavo edition 3 volumes 120 brilliant hand-colored plates by J.T. Bowen mostly after Charles Bird King; a lovely set in publisher's full blindstamped brown morocco gilt-lettered spines a.e.g.; very neatly and professionally rebacked with the old spines laid down; the covers with minimal wear and the plates generally fresh and clean 2 plates and several pages in volume I with a tiny dampstain in the very top margin not affecting any text or illustration; a near fine sound copy. Originally published in three large folio volumes 1836-44. "These are the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed . The original oil paintings of which these plates were copies were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire" Howes. "The plates are accurate portraits of celebrated chiefs or of characteristic individuals of the race; and are colored with care to faithfully represent their features and costumes" Field. Field 992; Howes M129; Sabin 43411. D. Rice & A. N. Hart unknown
18387304Philadelphia:: F.W. Greenough 1838. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph drawn printed and coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No 94 Walnut Street Philadelphia. Folio 15 x 21.25 inches. Full sheet with minor edge tear on bottom right yet with rich original color. Matted in Rag Board. As the oil on canvas portrait of Chippeway Squaw & Child by Charles Bird King after painting by James Otto Lewis was destroyed by fire in 1865 this original hand-colored lithograph by JT Bowen is the only surviving rendering of this essential chapter of Americana. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century as the Native American people traveled to Washington DC to discuss their plight; the loss of their lands and destruction of their people they appealed to Thomas McKenney the then Chief to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in whom they found a sincere advocate in the efforts to improve the welfare of the Native American people. After meeting to discuss the situation McKenney invited every one of his guests to sit for formal portraits and included all members; not only the Chiefs but also the Warriors Braves and Women. A pioneer in the study of North American ethnology and superintendent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs under John C. Calhoun Thomas Loraine McKenney Chestertown MD 1785-1859 assembled in his War Department office a virtual archive of the American Indian; a large collection of books manuscripts artifacts and paintings that constituted the first museum in Washington DC. The core of the collection was a gallery of 150 portraits of prominent Indian men and women most of them painted by Washington artist Charles Bird King Newport RI 1785-1862 during official visits to Washington. In addition King copied and painted several portraits after James Otto Lewis 1799-1858. These portraits were later published as part of a mammoth lithography project that McKenney conceived of and launched with the aid of writer James Hall Philadelphia 1793-1868. Known as the History of the Indian Tribes of North America the publication features the portraits and biographies of 120 Indian men and women from McKenneys collection. The entire archive eventually ended up at the Smithsonian Institution where the portraits were destroyed by fire in 1865. ANB. 0300320 Single sheet matted in rag board F.W. Greenough, unknown
18427307Philadelphia:: J.T.Bowen 1842. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph drawn printed and coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No 94 Walnut Street Philadelphia. Folio 14 x 20 inches. Untrimmed with rich original color. Archivally custom framed in 2.25 inch Walnut Burl Veneer with marquetry inlay. Triple matted in Rag Board with gilt French line decoration. Glazed with Conservation Glass. Sized to 22 x 26.5 inches. As stated in McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America: The Chippeway Chief Katawabeda was an orator of no small repute. Expert and ready in debate his speeches were marked by shrewdness ingenuity and subtlety of argument and by simple brevity and force of expression. As the oil on canvas portrait of Ka-Ta-Wa-Be-Da by Charles Bird King after James Otto Lewis was destroyed by fire in 1865 this original hand-colored lithograph by JT Bowen is the only surviving rendering of this essential chapter of Americana. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century as the Native American people traveled to Washington DC to discuss their plight; the loss of their lands and destruction of their people they appealed to Thomas McKenney the then Chief to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in whom they found a sincere advocate in the efforts to improve the welfare of the Native American people. After meeting to discuss the situation McKenney invited every one of his guests to sit for formal portraits and included all members; not only the Chiefs but also the Warriors Braves and Women. A pioneer in the study of North American ethnology and superintendent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs under John C. Calhoun Thomas Loraine McKenney Chestertown MD 1785-1859 assembled in his war department office a virtual archive of the American Indian; a large collection of books manuscripts artifacts and paintings that constituted the first museum in Washington DC. The core of the collection was a gallery of 150 portraits of prominent Indian men and women most of them painted by Washington artist Charles Bird King Newport RI 1785-1862 during official visits to Washington. In addition King copied and painted several portraits after James Otto Lewis 1799-1858. These portraits were later published as part of a mammoth lithography project that McKenney conceived of and launched with the aid of writer James Hall Philadelphia 1793-1868. Known as the History of the Indian Tribes of North America the publication features the portraits and biographies of 120 Indian men and women from McKenneys collection. The entire archive eventually ended up at the Smithsonian Institution where the portraits were destroyed by fire in 1865. ANB. 0300320 Custom Framed in Period Moulding. J.T.Bowen, unknown
18427306Philadelphia:: Daniel Rice & James G. Clark 1842. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph drawn printed and coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No 94 Walnut Street Philadelphia. Folio 14 x 20 inches. Untrimmed with rich original color. Archivally custom framed in 2.25 inch Walnut Burl Veneer with marquetry inlay. Triple matted in Rag Board with gilt French line decoration. Glazed with Conservation Glass. Sized to 22 x 26.5 inches. As the oil on canvas portrait of On-Ge-Wae. A Chippewa Chief by Charles Bird King after James Otto Lewis was destroyed by fire in 1865 this original hand-colored lithograph by JT Bowen is the only surviving rendering of this essential chapter of Americana. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century as the Native American people traveled to Washington DC to discuss their plight; the loss of their lands and destruction of their people they appealed to Thomas McKenney the then Chief to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in whom they found a sincere advocate in the efforts to improve the welfare of the Native American people. After meeting to discuss the situation McKenney invited every one of his guests to sit for formal portraits and included all members; not only the Chiefs but also the Warriors Braves and Women. A pioneer in the study of North American ethnology and superintendent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs under John C. Calhoun Thomas Loraine McKenney Chestertown MD 1785-1859 assembled in his War Department office a virtual archive of the American Indian; a large collection of books manuscripts artifacts and paintings that constituted the first museum in Washington DC. The core of the collection was a gallery of 150 portraits of prominent Indian men and women most of them painted by Washington artist Charles Bird King Newport RI 1785-1862 during official visits to Washington. In addition King copied and painted several portraits after James Otto Lewis 1799-1858. These portraits were later published as part of a mammoth lithography project that McKenney conceived of and launched with the aid of writer James Hall Philadelphia 1793-1868. Known as the History of the Indian Tribes of North America the publication features the portraits and biographies of 120 Indian men and women from McKenneys collection. The entire archive eventually ended up at the Smithsonian Institution where the portraits were destroyed by fire in 1865. ANB. 0300320 Custom Framed in Period Moulding. Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, unknown
18427305Philadelphia:: F.W. Greenough 1842. First edition. Very Good. Very Good condition. Original lithograph drawn printed and coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No 94 Walnut Street Philadelphia. Folio 14 x 20 inches. Untrimmed with light foxing and offset yet with rich original color. Matted in Rag Board. As the oil on canvas portrait of Paddy-Carr by Charles Bird King was destroyed by fire in 1865 this original hand-colored lithograph by JT Bowen is the only surviving rendering of this essential chapter of Americana. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century as the Native American people traveled to Washington DC to discuss their plight; the loss of their lands and destruction of their people they appealed to Thomas McKenney the then Chief to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in whom they found a sincere advocate in the efforts to improve the welfare of the Native American people. After meeting to discuss the situation McKenney invited every one of his guests to sit for formal portraits and included all members; not only the Chiefs but also the Warriors Braves and Women. A pioneer in the study of North American ethnology and superintendent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs under John C. Calhoun Thomas Loraine McKenney Chestertown MD 1785-1859 assembled in his War Department office a virtual archive of the American Indian; a large collection of books manuscripts artifacts and paintings that constituted the first museum in Washington DC. The core of the collection was a gallery of 150 portraits of prominent Indian men and women most of them painted by Washington artist Charles Bird King Newport RI 1785-1862 during official visits to Washington. In addition King copied and painted several portraits after James Otto Lewis 1799-1858. These portraits were later published as part of a mammoth lithography project that McKenney conceived of and launched with the aid of writer James Hall Philadelphia 1793-1868. Known as the History of the Indian Tribes of North America the publication features the portraits and biographies of 120 Indian men and women from McKenneys collection. The entire archive eventually ended up at the Smithsonian Institution where the portraits were destroyed by fire in 1865. ANB. 0300320 Single sheet matted in rag board F.W. Greenough, unknown
1844W1843Philadelphia: Daniel Rice & James G. Clark 1844. Folio 18 3/8 inches by 14 1/2 inches print from the third and final folio edition. The print is in excellent condition with vivid coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen see the Smithsonian's copy for example. There are some smudges in the margins--well away from the image; there is one very small chip out of the bottom right corner in the margin and one 1/2" closed tear on the bottom edge. It is appropriate that McKenney and Hall identified this leader as "The Orator" because the Winnebago called themselves "Hochungra" which translates as "People of the Big Voice." Oratory was highly valued by tribe members and it was natural that they would send their best orator to speak for them in negotiations in Washington. Third Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Charles Bird King. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print. Daniel Rice & James G. Clark paperback
18373456Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle 1837. Very good. Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King 445 x 338 mm. Full-length standing portrait of male Sioux chief holding a rifle wearing brightly colored blankets feathered headdress necklace of grizzly bear claws and red leggings decorated with bird feathers. Very mild uniform age-toning professionally washed verso of upper left corner with Japanese tissue repair. Original lithograph - NOT a reproduction! Wa-Na-Ta ca. 1795-1848 was an influential Sioux Yanktona on the Minnesota River leader who fought against the Americans in the War of 1812 even leading a charge on Fort Sandusky whence his nickname. For his exceptional heroism he was received at the English court and promoted to Captain. After the war however he sided with the U.S. In 1825 he signed the Treaties of Fort Pierre and Prairie du Chien which established peace and territorial boundaries between the Sioux Chippewas Sac and Foxes and Ioways. He was murdered by his people who were upset with his leadership. Major Stephen H. Long met Wa-Na-Ta in 1835 and commented: "We had never seen a nobler face or a more impressive character."<br/><br/>When leaders of various tribes came to visit President Monroe in 1821 McKenney Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a defender of Native American interests commissioned artist Charles Bird King to paint portraits of the delegates in their choice of dress. Most of King's original paintings subsequently burned in a fire at the Smithsonian. The lithographs in McKenney and Hall's publication are the only extant record of the likenesses of many of the prominent Native American leaders of the nineteenth century. <br/><br/>See: Howes M129. Bennett American Nineteenth-Century Color Plate Books p. 79. Field 992. Lipperheide Mc4. E.C. Biddle unknown books
1846733371846. McKENNEY Thomas L. Memoirs Official and Personal; with Sketches of Travels among the Northern and Southern Indians; Embracing a War Excursion and Descriptions of Scenes along the Western Borders. Two volumes in one as issued. New York: Paine & Burgess 1846. 1st ed. viii 17-340; vi 9-136 pp. frontis. plates one colored errata tipped in at the rear. Orig. blindstamped cloth gilt-pictorial spine. Light wear to the spine ends. Scattered foxing to the text though the plates remain quite clean. Contemporary owner name on the front free endpaper. A very bright and presentable copy in very good or better condition. HOWES M-130. Field 993. Graff 2628. Clark III 70. Rader 2313. he second title page reads "On the Origin History Character and the Wrongs and Rights of the Indians with a Plan for the Preservation and Happiness of the Remnants of that Persecuted Race." McKenney was the Superintendent of Indian Trade from 1816-1822 and after that office was abolished was appointed as Superintendent of Indian Affairs under the War Department 1824-1830. He was fired by President Jackson for considering the Indian "our intellectual equal." However he was also in favor of ridding the Indians west of the Mississippi River. This is unarguably one of the first high quality first-hand reports published about our early involvements with American Indians. unknown
1837W1844Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle 1837. Folio 18 3/4 inches by 14 1/4 inches lithograph from the first folio edition. The print is in excellent condition with vivid hand-coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen. There is a dime-sized stain in the bottom margin--well away from the image; there is a very narrow line of glue residue along the binding edge--again well away from the image. In 1825 Mahaskah's father also named Mahaskah had traveled to Washington where he negotiated a treaty and had his portrait painted by Charles Bird king. In 1837 "Young" Mahaskah made the same trip because the United States had not lived up to the terms of the treaty. He too had his portrait painted by King and apparently he was wearing the same bear claw necklace that his father had worn. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Charles Bird King. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print. E. C. Biddle Paperback
1846005928New York: Paine & Burgess 1846. Two Volumes bound in One viii 340 pages and vi 136 pages respectively First Edition distinguished by the collation of Volume I original blind-stamped cloth with decorative gilt titling to spine all edges gilt wear and exposure to spine head and tail tips lightly bumped and exposed Has a total of 15 plates which includes a frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume 1 and one colored frontispiece portrait of Pocahontas in Volume 2 a facsimile of a letter from Dolley Madison to the author and 12 engraved illustrations by F.O.C. Darley occasional scattered foxing. Spine loose. Inscribed by the Author. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paine & Burgess hardcover
18433458Philadelphia: James G. Clark 1843. Very good. Hand-colored lithograph after Charles Bird King 496 x 355 mm "Drawn Printed & Coloured at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Estblishment 94 Walnut St." Full-length standing portrait of male Seminole chief carrying a rifle wearing striped fringed wrap skirt striped shirt red sashes around neck and waist red feathered headdress silver arm bands shin-high moccasins with buttons and medal around neck. Very mild uniform age-toning professionally washed some short tears in extreme outer margins closed 1" piece from upper left-hand corner torn away without loss. Preserved in a mylar sleeve. Original lithograph - NOT a reproduction! Tuko-See-Mathla also called John Hicks was an influential Native American leader elected head of his tribe in an election supposedly rigged by U.S. agents. He opposed U.S. slave raids into Florida separate schools for Indians and efforts to move Seminoles from their land. Despite his efforts however he eventually moved back to Alabama and was finally killed by tribesmen who opposed U.S. policies.<br/><br/>When leaders of various tribes came to visit President Monroe McKenney Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a defender of Native American interests commissioned artist Charles Bird King to paint portraits of the delegates in their choice of dress. Most of King's original paintings subsequently burned in a fire at the Smithsonian. The lithographs in McKenney and Hall's publication are the only extant record of the likenesses of many of the prominent Native American leaders of the nineteenth century.<br/><br/>See: Howes M129. Bennett American Nineteenth-Century Color Plate Books p. 79. Field 992. Lipperheide Mc4. James G. Clark unknown books
18461003572 volumes in one large 8vo original blindstamped cloth expertly rebacked with original gilt decorated lettered spine laid on errata slip tipped in at rear illustrated with 14 plates and facsimile letter viii 17-340; vi 9-136 pp. Some staining to cloth dampstain to first 125 pages and final 30 pages. This work presents travels in the Midwest and south by the co-author of the great illustrated book on the North American Indians and also gives accounts of the political life in Washington at that time. McKenney’s stories on political life in Washington during the Monroe Adams and Jackson administrations paint a striking picture of corruption. Lots of good material on the Indians and travels on the Mississippi and the second part of this work presents a series of lectures on the Indians. Howes and Graff call for 13 plates but this copy has 14 including a hand colored portrait of Pocahontas. Paine and Burgess hardcover
1850630271850. KANE Thomas L. The Mormons. A Discourse Delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: March 26 1850. Phila.: King & Baird 1850. 2nd ed. 92pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly chipped rear wrapper lacking else a very good copy. HOWES K-8. Flake 4524. Wagner-Camp 185:2. Streeter 2289. Kane approached by the Mormon leaders for aide accompanied them on the trek west. Later he was sent by President Buchanan to persuade them to accept federal control over the Utah Territory. "Kane provided the most sympathetic appraisal of the Mormon migration. His account.is unusual well-written. It opens with a vivid account of his arrival in the recently abandoned city of Nauvoo. Repeatedly Kane contrasts the orderly beauty that the Mormons had created with the destruction perpetrated by the patriotic rabble who routed them from their homes. He depicts in particular the mysteriously beautiful temple which the mobe had 'as a matter of duty sedulously defiled and deface'"--Flake. unknown
18333457Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle 1833. Very good. Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King 445 x 338 mm. Head-and-shoulders portrait of female Oto wife of Chief Shaumonekusse long black braids with hair parted at center white and black beaded ear loops four necklaces silver bracelet ruffled blouse or dress top white and black fur or shawl loosely wrapped around her shoulders one delicate hand showing. Very mild uniform age-toning professionally washed. Original lithograph - NOT a reproduction! Hayne Hudjihini or Eagle of Delight ca. 1804-1822 accompanied her husband to Washington D.C. in 1821 and so delighted those she met that she was loaded down with presents and King painted several portraits of her. She was thought to be the most beautiful of all the Native American wives who visited Washington. Unfortunately she died of measles shortly after her return home. A portrait of her hangs in the White House Library.<br/><br/>When leaders of various tribes came to visit President Monroe McKenney Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a defender of Native American interests commissioned artist Charles Bird King to paint portraits of the delegates in their choice of dress. Most of King's original paintings subsequently burned in a fire at the Smithsonian. The lithographs in McKenney and Hall's publication are the only extant record of the likenesses of many of the prominent Native American leaders of the nineteenth century.<br/><br/>In our lithograph the two small silver portions on the nose of the sitter have combined with sulfur and oxydized to black. In other copies these portions are white. <br/><br/>See: Howes M129. Bennett American Nineteenth-Century Color Plate Books p. 79. Field 992. Lipperheide Mc4. E.C. Biddle unknown books
184624009<p><strong>1846 Chippewa INDIANS 1ed Thomas McKenney Memoirs Cherokee POCAHONTAS Portrait</strong></p><p>Thomas McKenney's "<em>Memoirs</em>" is one of the best mid-19th-century accounts of travels among Native American Indians! Published in 1846 "Memoirs Official and Personal" describes McKenney's adventures on the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers interactions with the Winnebagoes living among the Cherokee and Creek peoples and his attempts at improving the living conditions of Indians through political persuasion. Note that this first edition contains numerous full-page engravings including the highly coveted hand-colored illustration of Pocahontas!</p><p>Larned's perspective on this book is important:</p><p>"McKenney was appointed superintendent of the US trade with the Indian tribes…. He had great faith in the fundamental worth of the Indian and has much to say in regard to the 'abominable abuse of power' of the government with the Indians. In 1826 he made an extensive trip in order to negotiate a treaty with the Chippewa Indians."</p><p>Item number: #24009</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>McKENNEY Thomas L</p><p><strong><em>Memoirs official and personal : with sketches of travels among the northern and southern Indians</em></strong></p><p>New York: Paine and Burgess 1846. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; 2 volumes in 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – viii 17-340</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – vi 9-136</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Graff 2628; Rader 2313; Howes M 130; Larned 660</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Brown cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~9.5in X 6.25in 24cm x 16cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Very rare and desirable </p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24009</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Paine and Burgess hardcover
186453217Paris: Leiber 1864. First edition. 12mo. vii 287 pp. illustrated from engravings. Contemporary half morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards. Slight rubbing at the tips with the previous owner's ink signature on the first blank leaf; the owner has also written his name "C. CABOCHE" across the top edge. Else a fine and bright copy. An early text on the chemicals used in the photographic process.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 1818. WorldCat lists only nine copies. <br/><br/> Leiber hardcover books
1850373021Philadelphia: King & Baird 1850. First Edition. 84 pp. 8vo. Later half brown cloth tipped in. First Edition. 84 pp. 8vo. A sympathetic account of the Mormon removal from Illinois to Utah. <br /> "Most sympathetic Gentile appraisal of Mormon conduct. Kane describes their trek to Utah in which he participated." Howes. Flake C.J. Mormon bib. 4523 Sabin 37011; Howes K 8; Wagner Camp 185 King & Baird unknown
189343923Denver: Published by Thomas L.Smith Under the Authority of the Denver Real Estate and Stock Exchange 1893. 1893. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original color decorated wrappers ix 10 -88 xi-xvii 1 pp. illustrations from photographs frontispiece portrait advertisements plus two inserted slips. An illustrated pictorial tour and history of Denver designed to entice settlers to the city. Indeed this volume was issued under the auspices of the Denver Real Estate and Stock Exchange and the two inserted slips are from realty and mortgage agents as are many of the advertisements. The text includes a history of Denver by Mayor Platt Rogers as well as articles on real estate schools hospitals and manufactures. The photographically-derived illustrations include a panoramic view of the city noteworthy public buildings attractive homes hotels theatres churches the Chamberlin Observatory and the "Columbine School." OCLC locates a total of ten copies. Covers lightly soiled separation along the front hinge at the spine ends interior clean else a very good copy. Scarce. Published by Thomas L.Smith, Under the Authority of the Denver Real Estate and Stock Exchange, 1893. unknown
1865W2803Philadelphia: Rice Rutter & Co. 1865. Original hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen after the painting by Charles Bird King. From the final octavo edition published 1865-1870. The image size is approximately 6" by 9 3/4" on a heavy sheet of paper measuring 11" by 7 3/8". The print is in near fine condition: clean and bright with vivid coloring. Toko-see-mathla was a prominent Seminole chief between the first and second Seminole Wars. He was called John Hicks by white settlers He moved his people to the area called Hicksville! that is now Madison County Florida after Andrew Jackson forced them out of the Tallahassee area. Thomas L. McKenney who from 1816 until 1830 headed what was to become the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioned Charles Bird King to paint portraits of Native American delegates visiting Washington D.C. He also had King paint copies of other portraits that had been painted by James Otto Lewis. The result was a gallery of portraits of both great chiefs and lesser personages that was intended to serve as an important part of the historic record of the era. After leaving government service McKenney arranged to have the portraits copied by Harold Inman for the purpose of creating a series of hand-colored lithographs. In collaboration with James Hall McKenney produced the monumental History of the Indian Tribes of North America that included 120 hand-colored lithographs after the paintings of King and Lewis as well as an historical essay by Hall and biographical material on most of the Native Americans pictured. Portions of the folio edition were published by various publishers during the period 1837-1844 and were followed by several octavo editions. Although hailed as an artistic success and an important contribution to Native American ethnology the high production cost of the lithographs and relatively low sales during an economic recession combined to make the venture unprofitable. The less expensive octavo editions were a financially unsuccessful attempt to salvage the situation but still an artistic success. In 1865 a fire at the Smithsonian Institute destroyed most of the original paintings; so the only original pictorial records remaining are the hand-colored lithographs published for McKenney and Hall. They are considered to be one of the high points of 19th century Americana. Original. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by Charles Bird King. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Art Print. Rice, Rutter & Co.
182726341Baltimore: Fielding Lucas. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1827. First Edition :. Hardcover. octovo hardcover new binding with black labels on spine tight new endpapers clean unfoxed text else NFINE. Contains 29 illustrations two of music ; most are chippewas: Indians women and chiefs. As field agent McKenney had intimate knoledge of the Great Lakes Indians. A classic ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 494pp pages . Fielding Lucas hardcover
1846101423New York: Paine and Burgess 1846. First edition. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo. Frontispiece to each volume vol. II with hand-colored portrait of Pocahontas heightened with gum arabic facsimile letter 11 plates. viii 17-340; vi 9-136 pp. Errata slip at rear. Publisher's brown cloth spine titled and decorated in gilt; spine ends chipped tears to cloth along front joint tips worn through front hinge tender heavy foxing to first and last few gatherings. Ex-Newberry Library copy with a few pencil markings on verso of title and deaccession label on pastedown Travels among the Native Americans beginning in 1816 with McKenney's appointment as Superintendent of the United States Indian Trade by President Monroe and including his later post as first head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The second volume is titled On the Origin History Character and the Wrongs and Rights of the Indians. PROVENANCE: Edward Everett Ayer bookplate presenting this volume to the Newberry in 1911 and small library label on rear pastedown REFERENCE: Graff 2628; Howes M130 Paine and Burgess hardcover
1889764391889. ROSSER Thomas L. The Cavalry A.N.V. Address. Baltimore: The Sun Book and Job Printing Office 1889. 1st ed. 43pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. printed wrappers. Faint scattered foxing else very good or better. Rare Worldcat locates only four copies. Not in Dornbusch. An appreciation of the cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia by the noted cavalry general. unknown
