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[AMERICANA]. EASTMAN, Mrs. Mary H. (1818-1887). Chicora and Other Regions of the Conquerors and the Conquered. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. 4to. Illustrated with 21 steel engravings including frontispiece. 126 pp. Publisher's full red cloth, boards decoratively stamped in gilt with central indented blindstamp, spine partially present (rebacked in modern red cloth preserving a small gilt-stamped portion of the spine, corners restored, hinges repaired, text and plates somewhat foxed). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK. “A beautiful book upon aboriginal manners and history, written by a lady and illustrated by her husband, both of whom were well fitted for the task by long residence among the Indians. The book was reprinted under the title, ‘The American Annual.' The same work appeared also as the ‘Aboriginal Portfolio.'" (Field). Field p. 118. Howes E18.