North American Indians in Early Photographs by Fleming, Paula Richardson; Luskey, Judith - 1986

New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Slight rubbing along edges and creasing to head and tail of spine. Tan pictorial dust jacket is wrapped in Mylar and not price clipped. Minor creasing on edges and sunning to spine of jacket. Tight binding and clean interior. Name of previous owner, artist Pete Plastow, in pencil on first free end paper. Includes nearly 300 black and white photos. This book features many previously unpublished photos from the Bureau of American Ethnology collection (part of the Smithsonian Institute) that document the changes in Native American ways of life, from cultural clashes and violent conflicts in the early 19th century to the establishment of the reservation system. ; B&W Photographs; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 256 pp .