Sale 2432 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, November 17, 2016

1 ● (ALASKA.) Pair of reports from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. 2 map plates, 124 photogravure and colored plates, numerous text illustrations. [2], xxxvii, [3], 183; [5], 186-383 pages. Volumes I and II (of 12). 4to, publisher’s gilt pictorial cloth, minimal wear; minimal dampstaining to three leaves inVolume II; uncut; early owner’s signatures on front free endpapers. NewYork, 1901 [400/600] Railroad mogul Edward Harriman funded and led this 1899 scientific expedition along the Alaskan coast, accompanied by a boatload of notable scientists, authors, and artists.These first two volumes are the most important and desirable for their fine photogravure plates, including 45 after photographs by Edward S. Curtis. Volume I (“Narrative, Glaciers, Natives”) was written by John Burroughs, John Muir, and George Bird Grinnell.Volume II (“History, Geography, Resources”) was by William H. Dall and others. 2 ● (ALASKA.) Group of 5 books on Alaska. 5 volumes, various sizes and bindings, condition strong. Vp, 1887-1930 [500/750] Filippi.The Ascent of Mount St. Elias. First edition in English; moderate foxing.Westminster, 1900 * Filippi. La Spedizione di sua Altezza Reale il Principe Luigi Amedeo di Savoia . . . al Monte Sant’Elia (Alaska). First edition; divot to front board. Milan, Italy, 1900 * Seton Karr. Shores and Alps of Alaska. London, 1887 * Sheldon.The Wilderness of Denali. New York, 1930 * Tarr and Martin.Alaskan Glacier Studies.Washington, 1914. 3 ● (ALASKA.) Group of 9 early photographs of Alaska by Albertstone, Byram, and Tancred. Various sizes and conditions, on original mounts. List available by request. Vp, circa 1890-1900 [150/250] 4 ● (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Catlin, George. Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. 3 color maps (one folding) among 180 numbered color plates. viii, 264; viii, 265, [1] pages. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, contemporary 1 / 2 morocco, minor wear; minor foxing. London, 1876 [1,500/2,500] The first edition with the plates printed in color. Howes C241 (“aa”). 5 ● (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Dixon, Joseph Kossuth. The Vanishing Race:The Last Great Indian Council. 80 rich sepia-toned photogravure plates after photographs by RodmanWanamaker. xviii, 231, [1] pages. 4to, publisher’s pictorial cloth, minimal wear; top edge gilt; internally clean. Garden City, NY, 1913 [300/400] FIRST EDITION . This handsome volume was produced to celebrate the groundbreaking of the National American Indian Memorial overlooking NewYork Harbor, a monument which was never completed. It documents a 1909 gathering of tribal leaders on the Little Bighorn River in Montana featuring sev- eral survivors of the Custer battle. Milton R. Slater (1918-2014) of Sleepy Hollow, NY was a longtime book collector who opened his account with Swann in 1953. Selections from his collection are noted with the initials (MRS). Images of each lot can be found at swanngalleries.com