ADAIR, James

The History of the American Indians; Particularly Those Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: Containing an Account of Their Origin, Language, Manners, Religious and CIVIL Customs, Laws, Form of Government, Punishments, Conduct in War and Domestic Life, Their Habits, Diet, Agriculture, Manufactures, Diseases and Method of Cure, and Other Particulars, Sufficient to Render It a Complete Indian System. With Observations on Former Historians, the Conduct of Our Colony Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, Etc Also an Appendix Containing a Description of the Floridas and the Mississippi Lands, with Their Productions; the Benefits of Colonizing Georgiana and Civilizing the Indians; and the Way to Make All the Colonies More Valuable to the Mother Country. With a New Map of the Country Referred to in the History

London, Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in contemporary calf rebacked with the original spine with a new gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label, the original label loosely laid in; [xii], 464, [2, ads] pages. Complete with half title and the engraved folding map. GRAFF 10; HOWES A-38 ("Best 18th century English source on the Southern tribes, written by one who traded forty years with them"); SABIN 155 James Adair was a frontiersman and fur trader who lived among the Catawba, Chickasaw, and Cherokee for forty years, gathering first-hand information about the customs of these Indian tribes. He was one of the first white settlers to explore the Alleghenies. Bookplates of Lucy Foster and Francis Bayard Rives on front pastedown and endpaper, respectively. Contents clean with minor toning; some rubbing to joints. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021559

Catalogue: Native Americans

Keywords: Indians, Southern Americana, Native Americans, Americana, Exploration Southern Americana Native Americans Americana

HECKEWELDER, John

A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from Its Commencement, in the Year 1740, to the Close of the Year 1808. Comprising All the Remarkable Incidents Which Took Place at Their Missionary Stations During That Period. Interspersed with Anecdotes, Historical Facts, Speeches of Indians, and Other Interesting Matter

Philadelphia, M'Carty & Davis, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") bound in contemporary calf recently and sympathetically rebacked retaining the original gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xii, 17-429, [3] pages, including the errata leaf. Portrait frontispiece of Moravian missionary David Zeisberger. FIELD 678: "History of the noblest labors of the human race, for the civilization of a savage people, and at the same time the record of the most horrible crime perpetrated by a civilized people turned savages"; HOWES H-392: "Standard authority on the Moravian missions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc."; SABIN 31205: "Full and undoubtedly faithful record of all the details of the Mission, its wonderful success, and its appalling destruction. It is at once an interesting story abounding in veritable incidents, and a valuable history, fortified by impregnable facts. Early owner name on title page; moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Binding quite nice. Overall Very Good .

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Book number: 021483

Catalogue: Native Americans

Keywords: Americana, Native Americans, Moravians, Religion, Pennsylvania, Indians, Local History Americana Pennsylvania Native Americans Moravians

KEATING, William

Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &C. &C. Performed in the Year 1823... Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, and Colhoun

Philadelphia, Carey & Lea, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-3/4") volumes in contemporary calf with early rebacking; 16 (ads), xii, [2], [9]-439; vi, [5]-459 pages. Complete with half-title pages. Illustrated with a large folding map and 15 plates. The primary work on Stephen Long's second expedition, compiled by its geologist and historiographer. The excellent plates, engraved by Hill after the drawings of Samuel Seymour, illustrate scenes and Indians on the upper Mississippi. Includes vocabularies of several tribes. FIELD 949: "almost a cyclopedia of material, relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition; and their statements regarding the customs, character, and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes, are among the most valuable we have of those people"; GRAFF 2280; HOWES K-20; SABIN 37137: "statements respecting the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have"; WAGNER-CAMP 26b:1. Light, scattered foxing affecting a few plates; labels missing from spine. A Very Good set .

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Book number: 020559

Catalogue: Native Americans

Keywords: Native Americans, Exploration, Western Americana, Americana, Illustrated Books, Travel, Ohio, Michigan, Botany, Natural History Americana Western Americana Exploration Native Americans

STONE, William L

Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea, Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution, and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne, and Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the Peace of 1738 to the Indian Peace of 1795

New York, Alexander V. Blake, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in publisher's green cloth. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages, 5 portraits, 2 plans, 2 folding plates, and 1 facsimile, along with several text engravings. Complete with half-title pages. HOWES S-1040; NEW HOWES S-1047 "b": "Best biography of an American Indian. Light to moderate foxing, most of the text clean; tear with no loss to one of the fragile folding plates. Cloth a little marked, the first volume with the spine head frayed and the front cover holding by one cord. Good to Very Good .

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Book number: 020350

Catalogue: Native Americans

Keywords: Native Americans, Americana, Indians, Biography, Exploration, Travel, Illustrated Books, Military, American Revolution Native Americans Indians Americana American Revolution