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LOT #290
H. R. Schoolcraft's "Indian Tribes of the United States" Book Collection
(4) volumes including volumes #1, #3, #4 and #6 having publisher gilt stamped cloth; apparent 1st editions, Lippincott, Grambo & Company, Philadelphia 1851, 1853, 1854 and 1857; illustrated by S. Eastman, Capt. USA, each volume illustrated with duotone and color plates, engravings, maps and portraits; references: Sabin L. 77849, Howes S-183; together with Frances S. Nichols’ “Index” published by the Smithsonian, Bulletin #152, 1954
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Hammer Price: $500
Dimensions: Height: 12 3/4 inches, Width: 10 1/2 inches, Depth: 3 inches (each volume)
Condition: Good, overall moderate to heavy wear to bindings consistent with normal use and age; missing volumes #2 and #5; splits to cloth at most hinges, some repaired with tape; losses to spine ends; bumped corners having wear-through; fading and soil to cloth; volume #4 lacks (2) pages of index and rear fly leaf; assembled set having varying cloth colors and names to (2); interior hinges split volumes #4 and #6; volume #1 plate #30 loose but present; occasional chips and bent corners to pages; occasional foxing and toning of plates, missing tissue guards, accidental marks (but no notes or marginalia noted); occasional pulled signatures but bindings holding
Disclaimers: not subject to page-by-page inspection for completeness
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Sales Tax: Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)