[Rarebooks] FS: Mrs. Eastman's work on Native Americans w/21 plates. Philadelphia: 1854

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(AMERICANA) Eastman, Mrs. Mary Henderson. CHICORA AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE CONQUERORS AND THE CONQUERED. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co. 1854. First edition. 4to. 126pp. Illustrated with 21 engraved plates with guard leaves, many depicting the lives and villages of Native Americans. Orig. embossed & gilt stamped blue cloth, worn at edges and extremities, with some minor soiling. A.e.g. Occasional foxing. Recto of the frontispiece plate with an amateur pencil sketch unrelated to the book's subject matter.    $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
New Howes E18. Also issued under the title, "The American Annual" with the same collation. Eastman is famous for her AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO of 1853.

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