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    25 February 1998

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    Lot 167

    [AMERICAN INDIANS -- HISTORY]. COLDEN, CADWALLADER. The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada. London, 1747. Engraved folding map. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, upper cover nearly detached, minor wear; minor browning and staining. Howes C-560; Sabin 14273 -- [ENGEL, SAMUEL]. Essai sur cette Question: Quand et Comment L'Amrique a-t-elle t peuple d'hommes et d'animaux. Amsterdam, 1767. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, minor wear; slight browning and staining. Howes E-147; Sabin 22568 -- [PAUW, CORNEILLE DE]. Recherches philosophiques sur les Amricains. Berlin, 1770. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, worn; minor browning and staining, several library marks. Howes P-141, Sabin 59242 -- DWIGHT, TIMOTHY. A Sermon, preached at Northampton, on the twenty-eighth of November, 1781. Hartford, [1781]. 8vo, later boards; browning and staining. Evans 17144; Howes D-610 -- BELKNAP, JEREMY. A Discourse intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Boston, 1792. 8vo, modern cloth gilt, original wrappers bound in, uncut; browning and staining. Evans 24085; Sabin 44311 -- ELLIS, WILLIAM. Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii or Owhyhee. London, 1826. Engraved folding map, 7 engraved plates. 8vo, modern cloth; slight browning and staining, several library marks -- CATLIN, GEORGE. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indian. London, 1841. Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved maps (one folding), and 308 (of 309) engraved plates. 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, lower cover detached, wear to spine; minor browning and staining. Howes C-241; Sabin 11536 -- HUBBARD, WILLIAM. The History of the Indian Wars in New England. Roxbury, 1865. 2 volumes, 4to, later green half morocco gilt, spines slightly faded. LIMITED EDITION, number 9 of 350 copies. Sabin 33453 -- BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America. New York, 1875. 11 engraved folding maps, 1 folding plate. 5 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, minor wear to spines and covers; minor browning and staining. -- FULTON, A.R. The Red Men of Iowa. Des Moines, 1882. 26 engraved plates. 8vo, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn; slight browning and staining, several library marks Howes F-411. (20)

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    [AMERICAN INDIANS -- HISTORY]. COLDEN, CADWALLADER. The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada. London, 1747. Engraved folding map. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, upper cover nearly detached, minor wear; minor browning and staining. Howes C-560; Sabin 14273 -- [ENGEL, SAMUEL]. Essai sur cette Question: Quand et Comment L'Amrique a-t-elle t peuple d'hommes et d'animaux. Amsterdam, 1767. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, minor wear; slight browning and staining. Howes E-147; Sabin 22568 -- [PAUW, CORNEILLE DE]. Recherches philosophiques sur les Amricains. Berlin, 1770. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, worn; minor browning and staining, several library marks. Howes P-141, Sabin 59242 -- DWIGHT, TIMOTHY. A Sermon, preached at Northampton, on the twenty-eighth of November, 1781. Hartford, [1781]. 8vo, later boards; browning and staining. Evans 17144; Howes D-610 -- BELKNAP, JEREMY. A Discourse intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Boston, 1792. 8vo, modern cloth gilt, original wrappers bound in, uncut; browning and staining. Evans 24085; Sabin 44311 -- ELLIS, WILLIAM. Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii or Owhyhee. London, 1826. Engraved folding map, 7 engraved plates. 8vo, modern cloth; slight browning and staining, several library marks -- CATLIN, GEORGE. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indian. London, 1841. Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved maps (one folding), and 308 (of 309) engraved plates. 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, lower cover detached, wear to spine; minor browning and staining. Howes C-241; Sabin 11536 -- HUBBARD, WILLIAM. The History of the Indian Wars in New England. Roxbury, 1865. 2 volumes, 4to, later green half morocco gilt, spines slightly faded. LIMITED EDITION, number 9 of 350 copies. Sabin 33453 -- BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America. New York, 1875. 11 engraved folding maps, 1 folding plate. 5 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, minor wear to spines and covers; minor browning and staining. -- FULTON, A.R. The Red Men of Iowa. Des Moines, 1882. 26 engraved plates. 8vo, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn; slight browning and staining, several library marks Howes F-411. (20)

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