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Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1956. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxxiv + 427 pp., b/w line drawings, frontis. During Thirty Years Residence Among the Indians in the Interior of North America. Limited edition #1111 of 2,000 copies. Ojibway Indians. Black cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. or better cond. There are a few tiny white spots on the covers & spine. They are very small and cosmetic only as the interior is very clean, no markings, not ex-lib. Two introductions, one by the editor Edwin James and one by Noel Loomis. One of the finest Indian captivity narratives.

New York: Garland Publishing Inc, 1975. First Thus. Octavo (22.5cm). Green cloth, titled in red on spine; [viii],426pp; black and white frontispiece. Lightly rubbed at head, tail, and corners, else Near Fine. The Garland Library of Narratives of North American Indian Captivities, vol. 46. Facsimile reprint of the 1830 original.

New York.: G.& C.& H Carvill., 1830. "Tanner, captured by the Indians when he was nine years old, lived as an Indian for about thirty years, thereafter making an unsuccessful attempt to re-assimilate himself in white culture. His narrative contains much information about the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies, and about Lord Selkirk's Red River colony" - Streeter, VI 3701. "Minute, vivid, but not altogether trustworthy, account of all phases of Indian life" - Howes J-42, who rates this edition a "b" in rarity. Field, 772, with a very lengthy note. This is the original, and best, edition. A second edition was printed in London. Bound as issued in cloth over boards, with contemporary owner's signature on front board and title page. A lovely, untrimmed copy, and scarce thus. The last copy to sell at auction brought $1464 in 2010. This copy is in better condition.. 23.5 cm. 426 pp. b/w frontipiece engraving. Line ills in text.

New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. JAMES, Edwin. . TANNER, John [author]. A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner. (U.S. Interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie,) During Thirty Years Residence Among the Indians in the Interior of North America. New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm). [1]-426, [2 blank] pp. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Tanner. Numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text. Part I is the Narrative by as told by Tanner to Edwin James, and Part II which is written by James, covers Native American customs, astronomy, music, poetry, medicine hunting, and includes a vocabulary of Chippewa words and phrases. Quarter contemporary (?) black cloth over drab brown boards. Spine with original printed paper spine label. Boards and edges lightly rubbed. Previous owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Some minor soiling and toning to pastedowns front glue. Scattered foxing as is usual of American… Read More