Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

4 c   (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. 4to, publisher’s pictorial cloth gilt, minor wear, rebacked; inked-over library stamp on second title page, catalogue numbers on verso of titles. London, 1876 [800/1,200] The first edition with the plates printed in color. Howes C241 (“aa”). 5 c   (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Catlin, George. Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio. 31 color plates. [25] pages. Folio, publisher’s 1 / 2 calf; contents clean; #430 of 950. New York: Abbeville Press, 1989 [400/600] Facsimile reprint of the 1845 edition, including 6 additional plates from the London edition of 1844. 6 c   (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Dixon, Joseph Kossuth. The Vanishing Race:The Last Great Indian Council. 80 rich sepia-toned photogravure plates after photographs by Rodman Wanamaker. xviii, 231, [1] pages. 4to, publisher’s pictorial cloth, light stain along bottom of rear board, otherwise minimal wear; internally clean; 1931 gift inscription on page [viii]. NewYork, 1913 [400/600] 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 several survivors of the Custer battle. 4 5