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Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) The North American Indian, Volume III, The Teton Sioux. [Norwood, Massachusetts: Plimpton Press], 1908. First edition, limited, unnumbered, text volume only, disbound, illustrated with seventy-eight photogravures (six hand-colored) printed on Holland Van Gelder paper after Curtis's photographs of the Teton Sioux, Yanktonai, and Assiniboine, disbound, never properly bound, housed in a custom box, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $8,000-10,000
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