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[AMERICANA]. CATLIN, George W. (1796-1872). North American Indians. Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. 8vos. Profusely illustrated throughout with 320 color plates. 2 volumes. 298; [304] pp. Bound in publisher’s full burgundy cloth, front boards and spines decoratively stamped in gilt and black (spines sunned and worn, some wear, soiling to boards, a few gutters starting, text toned, foxing throughout). Near fine. FIRST GRANT EDITION. First published in 1841, this title was “...the basis for much Plains ethnology.... Today [Catlin’s] work is criticized for its unrelenting Romanticism, but it is treasured by historians and anthropologists alike, who value his attention to details and brave dedication to his task” (Tyler, Prints of the American West, pp. 46-55). See Howes C241.