[Rarebooks] FS: Fine set of Stone's life of Indian renegade Joseph Brant. 2v. NY: 1838

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(AMERICANA) Stone, William L.   LIFE OF JOSEPH BRANT-THAYENDANEGEA. 
Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution, and Sketches of the Indian 
Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne. And Other Matters 
Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the 
Peace of 1783 to the Indian Peace of 1795. In Two Volumes. New York: 
Alexander V. Blake. 1838. 2 vols. xxxii,(2),426,(2),lxxiv;(2),viii,538,(iii)-lxiv 
pp. Each vol. with an engraved frontispiece and added engraved title with a 
vignette. Further illustrated with 3 engraved portraits, a large folding 
plan of Fort Schuyler, a large folding drawing of the principals in "Talk with 
the Indians," a facsimile letter, and a plate. Original green cloth, blind & 
gilt stamped. A fine set.     $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
Although this is the third known issue, the appendix of Vol. I contains a 
16pp. "Notes to the Fourth Edition;"and there is a similar paragraph in Vol. 
II. Furthermore, though this copy is indistinguishable from the last 1838 
edition, the spines bear the date of 1839. Sabin 92142; NEW Howes S1047.

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