[Rarebooks] FS: Eastman's AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO, 1853, with fine steel engravings of Native Americans

[Charles Agvent]

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EASTMAN,  Mary  H[enderson]. THE  AMERICAN  ABORIGINAL  PORTFOLIO.
Philadelphia:  Lippincott,  Grambo & Co. (1853). First Edition.  Small
Folio  (9-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in the publisher's gilt-decorated blue
cloth.  Illustrated with an engraved title page and 26  steel-engraved
plates  by  Seth Eastman, the author's husband and one of  the  finest
artists  of  the frontier American West. The Eastmans depict in  words
and  pictures  from  their  own firsthand  experiences  the  life  and
manners  of  Native Americans in the 1840s. The plates  are  generally
bright  and  fresh with all tissue guards present. There are spots  of
foxing  here  and  there  to some of the text pages and  some  of  the
plates.  The  binding is completely original with no restoration.  The
spine  edges  and tips are somewhat worn and the spine is rubbed,  but
the  gilt is still visible. The covers are bright and strong.  Still a
Near Fine copy of this important title.                       $2500.00

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