PO-CA-HON-TAS : hand-colored frontispiece
THOMAS L. M'KENNEY. MEMOIRS, OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL. WITH SKETCHES OF TRAVELS AMONG THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANS. EMBRACING A WAR EXCURSION, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES ALONG THE WESTERN BORDERS. with: VOLUME II: ON THE ORIGIN, HISTORY, CHARACTER, AND THE WRONGS AND RIGHTS OF THE INDIANS, WITH A PLAN FOR THE PRESERVATION AND HAPPINESS OF THE REMNANTS OF THAT PERSECUTED RACE. BY THOMAS L. M'KENNEY [THOMAS LORAINNE McKENNEY]. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE.
New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846. First Edition. viii, [17]-340; vi, [9]-136 pp.; vol. 2 has hand-colored frontispiece of PO-CA-HON-TAS (Litho., Albert Newsam; Peter Duval.)
Bookplate: T. [Thomas] L. Clarkson on front paste-down with motto "Deo Fidendum" = "One must have faith in God"
Original publisher's cloth, gilt spine lettering and design, with blind stamped covers; some chipping and wear to points and spine ends; light to moderate foxing throughout. Binder’s name stamped in blind ,JENKINS| NY. at all corners.
Scarce FIRST EDITION: 14 engraved plates, including the facsimile and hand-colored frontispiece issued only with the first edition.
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Binding Condition: VG
- Overall Condition: VG
- Size: 8vo.
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