PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF A RESIDENCE OF THIRTY YEARS WITH THE INDIAN TRIBES ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIERS: with brief notices of passing events, facts, and opinions A.D. 1812 to A. D. 1842
Phila: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Good-. Item #1204119
1st printing. 703pp. No portrait this copy. Schoolcraft, after expeditions seeking the source of the Mississippi River, had various appointments, including Supt. of Indian Affairs in on Lake Superior & in Michigan. He "pioneered early anthropological and ethnological studies of the American Indian." (WCB). The copy should be rebound, but is plenty tight as a reading/research copy. A library re-backed it with basic materials & typed label; it has library marks/plates. Hinge broken after 1st signature (p. vi), but intact with the library's repair at front hinge. Back hinge cracked. WCB 203b, Graff 3699, Howes S190.
Price: $185.34