[Rarebooks] FS - The Indians, signed copy

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

MACLEAN, John. /THE INDIANS Their Manners and Customs/. Bound in 
publisher's original decorated cloth with gilt titling, and 
black-&-white illustrations. William Briggs, Toronto. 1907. 4th edition, 
hb cloth. Small 8vo, pp. 351.

/Inscribed, signed, and dated/ (Winnipeg, Nov. 19, 1918) by author on 
front free endpaper, to John L. Spiers.

The decorated front board shows a stamped design of an Indian on 
horseback (the horse pulling a travois), before a tipi beside which two 
Indian women stand. Elaborate gilt lettering and design above. The 
author's name is misspelled "McLean" on the front board. Maclean 
(1851-1928) was a Methodist missionary who worked among the Blood 
Indians near Fort MacLeod, Alberta, in the 1880s (Peel 1798). This title 
was first published by Briggs in 1889, and was re-printed, during the 
author's lifetime, three more times. Coles Publishing issued a cheap 
facsimile in 1970, and it was also re-printed in 2000 by Laurier Books. 
This is a fairly difficult book to find in the original edition, 
especially a signed copy. The boards of this copy are a bit soiled and 
stained to the front board, more so to the rear board; however the gilt 
lettering and stamped design are untouched. There is light rubbing to 
the tips. The contents are generally exceptionally clean and bright, 
except for pp. 103-144, which appear, at one time, to have been folded 
at the bottom margin. The hinges and joints are tight. Overall, still in 
good plus to just less than very good condition.

Price:  $95.00. (#30690)

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