MCKENNEY, Thomas L., (Thomas Loraine) (1785-1859). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Third Octavo Edition.

Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1855.

History of the Indian tribes of North America: with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs; Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of War, at Washington; by Thomas L. McKenney ... and James Hall ...
3 volumes:120 color illustrations, portraits.

Lithographs by G.T. Bowen. Most of the illustrations are by artist Charles Bird King, many of whose original oil paintings were destroyed in an 1865 fire at the Smithsonian.

Bound in blind stamped leather boards, raised bands, gilt spine title, all edges gilt.

H: 10 1/2 W: 7 1/2 in. Very Good. Volume 1 with some damage to tail of spine, covers and corners rubbed, inside head and tail hinges slightly cracked on each volume. All plates are vibrant and fresh. With guard sheets.