Native Americans from Donald Heald Rare Books

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co, 1860. 6 volumes. Large 4to. (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches). Complete. 331 steel-engraved and lithograph plates on 329 sheets, 136 of the plates are hand-colored, with numerous woodcuts across 4,026 pages in six volumes. Vol. I: [2] [i]-xxviii 11-575. 76 plates, 32 colored. 594 pp. Vol. II: [2] [i]-xxiv 17-614. 79 plates,… Read more about this item

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: George Catlin, 1832. Watercolor. Watercolor over graphite, heightened with white gouache on cream wove paper, inscribed "Chief of the Ottoes" in the bottom right-hand corner, and numbered "117" in the top right-hand corner. Image: (9 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches). Framed: (18 x 14 1/2 inches). An early, previously unrecorded watercolor study of a Native American… Read more about this item

London: J.E. Adlard for Henry G.Bohn, 1866. In two volumes; 8vo. (9 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches). Deluxe issue of the 'tenth edition.' [Vol. I] viii, 264; [Vol. II] viii, 265, (1) pp. Illustrated with 313 hand-coloured etchings on 180 plates, including 3 hand-coloured maps (1 folding). Publisher's red half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spines in six compartments… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Hand-coloured lithograph, mounted on card within ink-ruled frame. Image size: 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches. Card size: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. A fine image of a dramatic scene from Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio,' one of the most important accounts of Indigenous American life. This arresting image is compellingly described… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Hand-coloured lithograph mounted on card within ink-ruled frame. Image size: 11 15/16 x 17 11/16 inches. Card size: 17 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches. A fine image showing a scene of "a beautiful and exciting game" from Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts of Indigenous American life. "Amongst… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Hand-coloured lithographic plate mounted on card within ink-ruled frame. Image size: 17 5/16 x 12 inches. Card size: 21 13/16 x 17 3/4 inches Hand-coloured lithograph mounted on card within ink-ruled frame. Image size: 17 5/16 x 12 inches. Card size: 21 13/16 x 17 3/4 inches. Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, one of… Read more about this item

London: C. & J. Adlard for George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, 1844. Hand-coloured lithograph, on thick paper, after Catlin, drawn on stone by McGahey, printed by Day & Haghe. Image size: 12 1/8 x 17 9/16 inches. A fine, dynamic image from the First Edition of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio,' one of the most important accounts of Indigenous American… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Hand-coloured lithograph mounted on card within ink-ruled frame. Image size: 11 11/16 x 17 15/16 inches. Card size: 17 11/16 x 21 7/8 inches. A fine image of the Buffalo Dance, an important practice of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains from Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Hand-coloured lithograph mounted on card within ink-ruled frame. Image size: 12 x 17 1/4 inches. Card size: 17 5/8 x 21 15/16 inches. A fine image of the Buffalo Dance, an important practice of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains from Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts of… Read more about this item

London: C. & J. Adlard for George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, 1844. Hand-coloured lithograph, on thick paper, after Catlin, drawn on stone by McGahey, printed by Day & Haghe. Small paper losses at lower corners. Image size: 12 1/8 x 17 7/8 inches. A dynamic scene of the Snow-Shoe Dance from the First Edition of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio',… Read more about this item

London: C. & J. Adlard for George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, 1844. Hand-coloured lithograph, on thick paper, after Catlin, drawn on stone by McGahey, printed by Day & Haghe. Image size: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches. A fascinating depiction of a collaborative method of hunting from the First Edition of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio,' one of the most… Read more about this item

London: C. & J. Adlard for George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, 1844. Hand-coloured lithograph, on thick paper, after Catlin, drawn on stone by McGahey, printed by Day & Haghe. Image size: 12 1/8 x 17 9/16 inches. A fine image from the First Edition of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio,' one of the most important accounts of Indigenous American life. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1836; Daniel Rice, 1838; and James G. Clark, 1844. Folio; 3 vols. (20 1/16 x 14 1/4 inches). 120 hand-colored lithograph plates, map, and 17-page subscriber list present. State "A" of volumes one and three, state "B" (issued with part 16) of volume two. 19th-century half-Morocco to style over marbled boards, spines gilt. Within individual… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: Addis Gallery, 308 Pennsylvania Ave, 1867. Albumen photograph. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.). Albumen photographic print on contemporary mount. An official diplomatic portrait of Chief Solomon Iron Nation, signatory to numerous major treaties with the US Government, taken while in D. C. to negotiate on behalf of the Lakota. Photographed by Antonio Zeno Shindler, an… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Gambo & Co. [vols. 1-4] or J.B. Lippincott & Co. [vols. 5 and 6], 1857. 6 volumes, large 4to. (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 inches). Half-titles. 5 steel-engraved additional titles (additional title to vol.VI not issued), 1 steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Schoolcraft vol. VI, 1 folding letterpress table, 329 engraved or lithographed plates, plans and maps (i.e… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: James Otto Lewis, printed by Lehman and Duval, 1836. Folio. (17 3/4 x 11 inches). First edition. Publisher's blue paper wrapper for No. 5, letterpress prospectus advertisements for parts 1, 2, and 3, 72 lithograph plates after Lewis hand-colored by Lehman and Duval, and a rare publisher's blue paper wrapper testimonial leaf [From the Numerous Notices of the… Read more about this item

Paris, Coblentz and London, 1842. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Himely. Prince Maximilian and his party left Fort Union on 6 July aboard the 60-foot keelboat Flora and eventually arrived at Fort McKenzie on 9 August 1833. The present view recalls the events of 5th August when the keelboat stopped opposite an Atsina camp at the mouth of the Judith… Read more about this item

Paris, Coblenz and London, 1842. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Salathé after Bodmer, blindstamp. Bodmer here pictures beavers and their lodge seen on 17 July 1833 whilst the party made their way from Fort Union up the Missouri River to Fort McKenzie. As there was no steamboat traffic beyond Fort Union they traveled aboard the keelboat Flora. The Flora made… Read more about this item

Fort Laramie, Wyoming: A[lexander] Gardner. 511 Seventh Street, Washington DC, 1868. Albumen Silver Photograph. Albumen silver photograph on letter-pressed beige board mount with gilt decorative border joined by print attribution and series title caption, "Fort Laramie" pencilled in lower right margin. Image: (12 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches). Sheet: (19 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches). An early townscape of… Read more about this item

Paris, Coblenz, 1842. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Ch. Vogel after Bodmer, blindstamp. A delightful, lively scene of the banks of the Delaware in high summer. A steamer awaits the arrival of passengers who are disembarking from their coaches. One coach pulls up full of late arrivals. Some passengers who boarded at an earlier stop take advantage of the delay… Read more about this item