Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian - Volume XVII, 1926

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• Lot Description
  Edward S. Curtis
  (1868 - 1952)
  The North American Indian - Volume XVII, 1926
  Individual volume on on Japanese Gampi tissue etching stock
  Featuring the Southwestern tribes of the Tewa and Zuni
  12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.75 x 24.13 cm.), Prints: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19.05 x 13.97 cm.)
  The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume IV. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Foreward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1926.
  
  LIMITED EDITION: This volume is numbered 96, printed on handmade Japanese Gampi tissue paper, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant by H. Blackwell of Boston, over beige linen-covered boards, original gilt lettered, raised paneled spine, ribbon bookmark, with photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston after photographs by Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan.
  
  TEXT VOLUMES: 74 photogravures and over 260 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound.
  
  ADDITIONAL: This example is from set #96, which descends from original subscriber’s William Henry Moore (1847-1923) and his brother James Hobart Moore (1851-1916) to the Moore Memorial Library. The brothers founded the library in their boyhood home of Greene, New York, in 1903, in honor of their mother. While the Moore’s were not as well known as the Carnegies, Morgan’s and Harriman’s, the family operated in the same social milieu. They were friends of J.P. Morgan, the visionary industrialist, and collector, who first sponsored Curtis’ comprehensive pictorial chronicle of native life, and next to Morgan, successfully exploited the financial possibilities of industrial mergers in the United States.
  Provenance:Edward S. Curtis StudioWilliam Henry MooreThe Moore Memorial LibraryThe Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1998

  Condition

  This original volume is in very good to excellent condition overall. Internally, the pages are crisp and bright overall. The photogravures are rich and saturated, with fine highlights and details. There are minor interleave transfer marks in the margins of all image pages and facing pages. This does not affect the photogravures at all, and is confined to the margins. There are scattered instances of very minor adhesive discoloration at the print corners of pages with a photogravure. The interleave transfer marks, and adhesive discoloration are very typical of TNAI volumes with the Japanese gampi ‘tissue’ etching stock. The image on facing page 86 has a moderate, horizontal impression in the image caused by the interleave tissue being folder over. There are a couple of pages with minor, scattered foxing in the margins. Some of the deckled fore-edges show moderate darkening. There are faint Moore Library chop embossments on the flyleaf and title pages. Most of the photogravures show minor wrinkling at the print corners, with some having wrinkles in the image area, which are primarily visible in strong, raking light. Externally, the top-edge gilding is excellent, with a couple of scattered scuffs and nicks. The binding is strong and intact. The front cover, corners, and spine are very good, with minor, scattered nicks and scuffs to the leather and buckram, and minor wear at the corners. Overall, this is an excellent example of this volume from Curtis' seminal set, with exceptional provenance and beautifully rich plates.
  
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