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Title: Curtis Indians [cover title] Author: Curtis, Edward S. Place: Seattle Publisher: The Curtis Studio Date: c.1916 Description: [12] pp. 33 illustrations from photographs by Edward Curtis, including one full page. 19x11.5 cm (7½x4½") tan printed wrappers. A very rare prospectus for individual images from Edward Curtis's famed "The North America Indian." Issued at approximately the mid-point in the production of the 20 volumes and portfolios ("ten volumes and eleven portfolios have appeared") offering for sale individual images in any of five sizes, from 6½x8½" to 26x34". 32 small images (4 to a page), with titles, are included in the catalog as well as one full-page illustration of his photograph "Jicarilla Chief". OCLC locates only 3 copies: Princeton, Autry Museum of the American West, and the Getty Research Institute. Lot Amendments Condition: Short crease at upper corner of front wrappers, upper corner of wrappers with a tiny chip; otherwise fine. Item number: 278143