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Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) The North American Indian, Volume IX, The Salishan Tribes of the Coast. [Norwood, Massachusetts: Plimpton Press], 1913. First edition, limited, unnumbered, text volume only, disbound, illustrated with seventy-five photogravures (one hand-colored) printed on Japanese tissue after Curtis's photographs of the Salishan Tribes of the Coast, Chimakum and the Quilliute, and the Willapa, disbound, never properly bound, housed in a custom box, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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