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M'KENNEY,THOMAS L. and JAMES HALL. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle 1837 (vol. I), Frederick W. Greenough 1838 (vol. II), Daniel Rice and James G. Clark 1844 (vol. III). 3 vols., folio, 492 x 353mm. (19 3/8 x 13 7/8in.), twentieth-century red half morocco gilt, t.e.g., all text leaves fragile and many torn or perished from old damp, the plate leaves dull, some offsetting and some slight foxing, lacks list of subscribers. FIRST EDITION, 120 hand-finished color lithographed plates after Charles Bird King, one page of lithographed maps. Bennett, p. 79; Field 992; Howes M-129; Sabin 43410a. Sold not subject to return. (3)

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M'KENNEY,THOMAS L. and JAMES HALL. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle 1837 (vol. I), Frederick W. Greenough 1838 (vol. II), Daniel Rice and James G. Clark 1844 (vol. III). 3 vols., folio, 492 x 353mm. (19 3/8 x 13 7/8in.), twentieth-century red half morocco gilt, t.e.g., all text leaves fragile and many torn or perished from old damp, the plate leaves dull, some offsetting and some slight foxing, lacks list of subscribers. FIRST EDITION, 120 hand-finished color lithographed plates after Charles Bird King, one page of lithographed maps. Bennett, p. 79; Field 992; Howes M-129; Sabin 43410a. Sold not subject to return. (3)