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MURRAY, Charles Augustus, Sir (1806-1895). Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians, in the Remote Prairie of the Missouri, and a visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands. London: Richard Bentley, 1839.
2 volumes, 8o (227 x 142 mm). Half-title. 2 frontispieces. (Some scattered spotting.) Original plum ribbed cloth (spines darkened).
FIRST EDITION. "This is the first and best edition of a most interesting work, by an intelligent observer of the peculiarities of the Pawnees, before they had been modified by contact with the whites...We follow [Murray] with an unabated interest in his narrations of his adventures during a three months' tour in the Indian territory" (Field). Murray later befriended Catlin, and is depicted in his Indian Portfolio as the figure being chased by a bison. He organized Catlin's exhibition at Egyptian Hall in London. Field 1111; Graff 2938 ("Although Wagner-Camp mentions two plates in addition to the frontispieces, the latter are the only illustrations in the work"); Howes M-913; Rader 2460; Sabin 51490; Wagner-Camp-Becker 77. (2)
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FIRST EDITION. "This is the first and best edition of a most interesting work, by an intelligent observer of the peculiarities of the Pawnees, before they had been modified by contact with the whites...We follow [Murray] with an unabated interest in his narrations of his adventures during a three months' tour in the Indian territory" (Field). Murray later befriended Catlin, and is depicted in his Indian Portfolio as the figure being chased by a bison. He organized Catlin's exhibition at Egyptian Hall in London. Field 1111; Graff 2938 ("Although Wagner-Camp mentions two plates in addition to the frontispieces, the latter are the only illustrations in the work"); Howes M-913; Rader 2460; Sabin 51490; Wagner-Camp-Becker 77. (2)