Sale 2520 | Lot 29
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September 15, 2019
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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) The North American Indian, Portfolio XI [Nootka and Haida]. Featuring 27 (of 36) photogravures. Photogravures on Hollande Van Gelder paper, the images measuring approximately 11¾x15¾ inches (29.8x40 cm.), and the reverse, the deckle-edged sheets 22x18 inches (55.9x45.7 cm.), each with Curtis' credit, title, date, plate number, and the printer's credit printed on recto. Elephant folio-sized morocco over brown cloth folding case with the gilt-lettered number, lightly worn; with the plate list; contents loose as issued; lacking plates 372-75, 380, 386, 394, 399, and 400. FROM AN UNFULFILLED EDITION OF 500. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Suffolk Engraving Co., [1916]
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