Edward S. Curtis American, 1868-1952
The North American Indian, Volume VIII, 1911
An original Edward S. Curtis “Volume VIII, The North American Indian,” The Nez Perce, The Walla Walla, The Umatilla, The Cayuse, The Chinookan Tribes.
12 X 10 X 3.5 in.
This Volume VIII is a numbered volume copy from Set #84, C. C. Wothington, one of 195 original subscribers to “The North American Indian,” w ith seventy - five plates on Holland Van Gelder paper.
The condition of this Volume VIIIis excellent. Overall, this example of Volume VIIIpresents in extraordinary original condition. The pages all remain crisp and brilliant, the images all crisp and well inked with only the very slightest of foxing seen from the presence of the original interleaving tissue. Binding is solid, and when open the Volume remains crisp and tight. The spine and four corners of the front and back covers bound in brown morocco leather, covers are of laminated binders board with the central panel on each board covered with heavy cloth, presents in excellent original condition. Bound by H. Blackwell.