The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by CATLIN, George - 1892

London: Published By the Author, At the Egyptiona Hall, Piccadilly. Very Good. 1841. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Moderate fraying to spine ends, volume one; moderate bumping, wear to leading corner tips; quarter piece spotting to lower leading corner volume two. Clear tape repair to top half of rear hinge volume one. Light spreckled foxing to pastedowns and endpapers; volume one with remnants of bookplate removal, volume two with bookplate of William Wentworth Clapham. Volume two, shows some stress at gutter, page 63 causing some separation. Overall bindings solid, text pages and plates very clean. ; Black cloth, lettered & decorated in gilt; color frontis illus. Vol. 1, color frontis map Vol. 2; two colored maps in text, one folding; illustrated with 176 plates containing 310 color illustrations. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 264 & 266 pages .

London: George Catlin, c. 1841. A handsome and fine example of this work in original decorative publisher’s cloth. Plates are crisp, clean and vibrant . Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Original publisher’s black cloth, rebacked saving the original spine. Gilt text and vignette on top cover. Gilt text on flat spine. Top edge gilt. , Notes: A scarce copy with plates 113 and 114 present. This copy does not contain the errata slip. Catlin began his journey in 1830 when he accompanied General William Clark on a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory. St. Louis became Catlin’s base of operations for five trips he took between 1830 and 1836, eventually visiting fifty tribes. Two years later he ascended the Missouri River more than 3000 km to Fort Union Trading Post, near what is now the North Dakota-Montana border, where he spent several weeks among indigenous people who were still relatively untouched by European civilization. He visited eighteen tribes,… Read More