A textually pristine first edition of one of the best books on the American West. Beautifully illustrated with over 20 plates, including a folding map showing the placement of buffalo herds hundreds of miles in size,
Illustrations include Little Robe - Chief of the Cheyennes; Little Raven - Chief of the Arrapahoes; Bird Chief - War Chief of the Arrapahoes; Early Native American Scene in Denver Colorado; Herds of Buffalo on the Plains; Buffalo Bull Charging; Indians Hunting Buffalo; Slaughter of Buffalo on the Kansas Pacific Railroad; Indian Council; The Scalp Dance; Okolohama - Last Home of the Indians; A Dakota Belle; Indians in Tepees Drying Buffalo for Winter; The War Path; Grand Chief of the Pawnees; The Night Attack on Emigrants, etc.
Dodge, Richard Irving [Lieutenant-Colonel of the United States Army]. Introduction by William Blackmore. The Hunting Grounds of the Great West. A Description of the Plains, Game, and Indians of the Great North American Desert. With Illustrations by Ernest Griset. London. Chatto & Windus. 1877. First Edition. 440pp.
Rebound in buckram, c. early 1900's, but the binding has done its job. The text itself is absolutely pristine. Aside from a small repair at the map fold and a small tear at the gutter hinge for the map [as usual], the finest textual example we anticipate handling. Bright, crisp, and very sturdily bound. Buckram is faded and fine as is, or would be superb in a suitable buffalo leather binding.
A well-worn example sold at Hindman for over $800 three years ago. Stained and handled copies still fetch hundreds of dollars.
