Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Ninety-Five of 120 Principal Chiefs from the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney; James Hall - 0

Ross & Haines, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited. Hardcover in jacket 1 of 1,500 copies..

Ross & Haines, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited. Hardcover in jacket 1 of 1,500 copies..

Indian Tribal Series, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Charles Bird King. Quarto, softcover, VG in beige pictorial wraps. 22 pp. Indian tribal series. The M'Kenney-Hall portfolios. Cover of Ma-Has-kah b & w photos throughout of Indian paintings (which were lost in fire at Smithsonian). Articles on Eskimo Country and Osage Peace medal at back. One in Indian Tribal Series.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. The cover shows some edgewear with discoloration. The binding is sound. The frontispiece has been removed.

EP Publishing Ltd, 1972. HARDCOVER. Good. . 3 volume set complete. Dust jacket and edges shows minor tanning. Pages are clean and intact.

Edinburgh: John Grant Publ, 1934. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. Volume 3 only, near fine in blue boards with embossed illustration on front cover featuring two Native American riders, no dust jacket as issued; gentle softening to head and heel of spine, "Property of Max Factor & Co." stamped on half-title page else a remarkably clean tight square unmarked copy; all color plates are present, bright and intact with their corresponding identifier tissue-guard overlays; both rear fold-out maps are clean and present; a very attractive well-preserved copy with original gilt top edge and unrubbed gilt lettering on spine; brightness of endpapers suggests they have possibly been replaced

Philadelphia:: J.T. Bowen,, 1848.. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph; printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Octavo (6.75 x 10 .5 inches). Matted in Rag Board. As the oil on canvas portrait of Se-Loc-Ta: A Creek Chief was destroyed by fire in 1865, the original hand-colored lithographs by JT Bowen are 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… Read More

Philadelphia:: D. Rice and A.N. Hart,, 1849.. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph; printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Octavo (6.75 x 10 .5 inches). Matted in Rag Board. As the oil on canvas portrait of Wat-Che-Mon-Ne: An Ioway Chief known as The Orator, was destroyed by fire in 1865, the original hand-colored lithographs by JT Bowen are 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… Read More

EP Publishing, 1972. Very good. Edinburgh. Slight sunning on top edge. Dust jacket of volume 1 torn in one place with cellotape used. Ex libris of former owner on inside cover of all volumes., Republished by EP Publishing from the 1933/1934 edition published by John Grant. 1st in this edition. Dust jacket: Good.. With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. In 3 volumes [Illustrated]

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1836. Hand-coloured lithograph. A fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important [works] ever published on the American Indians' (Field),` a landmark in American culture' (Horan) and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. Also known to his tribe as The Sacred Pigeon-hawk Which Comes Walking, Little Crow was a noble Sioux chief of the Kaposia band, which resided on the east bank of the Mississippi. He fought for the British in the War of 1812 and traveled to Washington in 1824 as the leader of a Sioux delegation. His grandson, the renowned chief Little Crow, was a key leader in the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862 in Minnesota. The Sioux, one of the most formidable and largest tribes, which included a substantial aboriginal population, inhabited the North American Plains and Prairies. McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America' has long been renowned for its faithful portraits of Native Americans.… Read More