Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

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Edward S. Curtis - Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai - Vintage Photogravure - Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches - Description: Edward S. Curtis <br>(1868 - 1952) <br>The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911 <br>Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder <br>Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai <br> <br>The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911. <br> <br>VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. <br> <br>TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. <br> <br>Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years. <br> <br>• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall. <br>Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present. <br>Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age. <br>Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.
Edward S. Curtis - Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai - Vintage Photogravure - Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches - Description: Edward S. Curtis <br>(1868 - 1952) <br>The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911 <br>Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder <br>Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai <br> <br>The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911. <br> <br>VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. <br> <br>TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. <br> <br>Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years. <br> <br>• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall. <br>Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present. <br>Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age. <br>Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.Edward S. Curtis - Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai - Vintage Photogravure - Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches - Description: Edward S. Curtis <br>(1868 - 1952) <br>The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911 <br>Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder <br>Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai <br> <br>The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911. <br> <br>VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. <br> <br>TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. <br> <br>Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years. <br> <br>• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall. <br>Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present. <br>Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age. <br>Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.Edward S. Curtis - Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai - Vintage Photogravure - Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches - Description: Edward S. Curtis <br>(1868 - 1952) <br>The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911 <br>Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder <br>Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai <br> <br>The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911. <br> <br>VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. <br> <br>TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. <br> <br>Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years. <br> <br>• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall. <br>Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present. <br>Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age. <br>Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.Edward S. Curtis - Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai - Vintage Photogravure - Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches - Description: Edward S. Curtis <br>(1868 - 1952) <br>The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911 <br>Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder <br>Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai <br> <br>The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911. <br> <br>VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. <br> <br>TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. <br> <br>Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years. <br> <br>• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall. <br>Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present. <br>Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age. <br>Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.Edward S. Curtis - Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai - Vintage Photogravure - Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches - Description: Edward S. Curtis <br>(1868 - 1952) <br>The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911 <br>Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder <br>Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai <br> <br>The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911. <br> <br>VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. <br> <br>TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. <br> <br>Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years. <br> <br>• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall. <br>Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present. <br>Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age. <br>Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.
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Title:
Complete Volume VII - Yakima, Klickitat, Salishan tribe of the interior, Kutenai
Date:
1910
Size:
Volume: 12.5 x 9.75 x 2.5 inches
Medium:
Vintage Photogravure
 
Description: Edward S. Curtis
(1868 - 1952)
The North American Indian Volume VII, 1911
Individual volume on Dutch Van Gelder
Yakima, Klikitat, Interior Salish, Kutenai

The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VII. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1911.

VINTAGE EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is an unnumbered edition of 272, on handmade Dutch Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant binding. Original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmark, with 75 vintage photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston by photographer Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan.

TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures. Over 200 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound.

Provenance: This volume was acquired from a private collector in Pennsylvania. It was in his collection for approximately 40 years.

• Condition: This original volume is in excellent condition overall.
Internally, the volume is very clean and bright overall. The pages are crisp, and the photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and detail. The silk bookmark is present.
Externally, the top-edge gilding is bright, with a few scuffs. The binding is strong and intact. The cover is excellent, leather bound showing minor, scattered scuffs and scratches, and minor wear at the corners. Commensurate to age.
Overall, this an excellent example of an early volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.
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