Sale 672: Rare Americana, including California & the West (#672) 05/02/2019 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 289 of 455:
Indian Wars of the United States, 1858  

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$200 - $300

Title:
Indian Wars of the United States, from the Discovery in the Present Time. With accounts of the orgin, manners, superstitions, &c. of the Aborigines.

Author:
Moore, William V. [Frost, John]

Place:
Philadelphia

Publisher:
Leary & Getz

Date:
1858

Description:

328, [32] ad pp. Profusely illustrated with 90 plates and 6 hand-colored plates as well as hand-colored frontispiece and half title, with small woodblock illustrations throughout. (8vo), 22.5x14 cm. (9x5¾"), rebacked leather, spine tooled in gilt.

Sabin 50455 notes that the author is actually John Frost, adding "this is the first work of its prolific author, if such a term can be applied to a notorious pilferer." Sabin 26039.


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Condition:
Rebacked, wear and rubbing to covers and extremities with some loss; both hinges repaired, foxing, toning, tape repairs and tears; overall good.


 
Item number:
306695
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