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New York: Sheldon and Co., 1859. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Ex-library copy with usual markings, in poor condition. Brown cloth cover with decoration in blind and gilt shows moderate to heavy wear, tear, rubbing, bumped corners, cracked joints, and heavy loss on the spine ends. Pages are shaken, tanned, and foxed. 3 hand colored plates.

Nafis & Cornish, 1849. Early printing. Hardcover. Good. A good copy in the original pictorial red cloth decorated in gilt and blind (nicking to spine tips, some wear to cloth; binding shaken with some signatures pulling away). Illustrated with 8 lithographs by Sarony (frontispiece, engraved title, and 6 plates), all of which are present. Bookplate of B.W. Wooster.

New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Col, 1857. 345 pages with eight hand colored illustrations. Blind stamped, red cloth covers show general rubbing and are worn along edges. Spine cover is partially loosened and shows chipping at ends and joints. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine is faded. Gilt decoration on front cover is a slightly faded, though remains intact and clear. Text block has a crack near center, though contents remain tight. Hinges (internal) are good. Scattered light smudges and very light soiling. There is a poorly done, ink drawing, on the verso of the illustration titled "An Indian Chief. Contents are otherwise intact.. New Edition, Improved and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Fair-/No Jacket.

1843. MCINTOSH, John. THE ORIGIN OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. New York: Nafis & Cornish; St. Louis, MO: Nafis, Cornish & Co.,; Philadelphia: John B. Perry (1843). New edition, improved and enlarged. xxxv + (39-) 345 pp. 12mo., later brown library buckram with hand-lettered soine title. Ex-library with usual markings. Light stain to front cover, boards shelfworn. Some pencil margin notes, age-toning, occasional foxing. One hand-colored illustration facing p. 39 (Columbus landing). Fair to good, a complete reading copy.

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1859. New Edition, Improved and Enlarged. Hand-colored illustrations. xxxv, 345 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Three-quarter leather, marbled boards. Upper board detached, lower joint tender. Light waterstain to interior corners of leaves, not affecting text. Overall Good/Very Good. New Edition, Improved and Enlarged. Hand-colored illustrations. xxxv, 345 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo.

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1859. Early printing. Hardcover. Good- to good condition. Octavo. xxxv, (1), (39)-345, (1)pp. Blind & gilt stamped pictorial red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Illustrated with eight hand colored woodcut plates. New Edition Improved and Enlarged. The first edition was published in 1843 by Nafis and Cornish with only 311 pages. Binding with some wear along edges, some chipping and soiling, rubbed. Text with occasional soiling but still quite sound and an excellent reading copy.

Nafis & Cornish, NY, 1843. hardback. good conditio in somewhat worn brown cloth with chips at the spine ends. Binding is dulled. The book is foxed throughout.

NY: Nafis & Cornish, 1843. First. Hard Cover. First U.S. edition and first edition thus, revised and expanded from the Canadian edition. Octavo in brown blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt and decorated on front cover and spine with gilt renderings of Indians and teepees. 345 pages ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX HAND-COLORED PLATES. Uneven fading to the cloth but original gilt lettering and decorations still fairly bright; 1/2" split to the upper front gutter; front fly partially detached; offsetting to rear pastedown. Scarce.

New York: nafis & Cornish, 1843. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First U.S. edition and first edition thus, revised and expanded from the Canadian edition. Octavo in brown blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt and decorated on front cover and spine with gilt renderings of Indian arriors and teepees. 345 pages ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX HAND-COLORED PLATES. Scattered foxing throughout, more so to the plates; gilt stampoings bright, rubbing to the cloth and wear at the extremities. Scarce.

New York: Nafis & Cornish, 1843. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good Hardcover;/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Professorially rebound in polished half-leather to maroon cloth with new endpages. 12mo; 7.75 inches tall; 1 p. l., (i) vi-xxxv, (1) 37-311 p. 3 other plates included in pagination. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning with some foxing. A handsome book. First Edition, First Printing.. A treatise on the Asiatic origin of the North American Indian, with comparisons of physiognomy, language, religion, dress, rites.. [From the title page] With a Faithful Description of their Manners and Customs, both Civil and Military, Their Religions, Languages, Dress, and Ornaments. To which is prefixed a brief view of the creation of the world, the situation of the garden of Eden, the Antediluvians, the foundation of Nations by the posterity of Noah, the progenitors of the N. Americans and the discovery of the New World by Columbus. Concluding with a… Read More