Books by Catlin George:

New York: MacMillan, 1948. First printing. Label removed from front endpapers, label pasted to terminal paste-down, else fine. Octavo. Illustrated, fronticpiece portrait of Catlin original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt . ... more information

London: The Author 1848 4th ed. Two volumes, 1848. . A pair of of ex-library hardcover books in poor condition. Vol. I in original cloth but lacks spine and covers are detached; Vol. II rebound in library buckram. Scattered staining and browning. Some pages torn. SOLD AS-IS AND NON-RETURNABLE. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, 1959. First trade edition. Fine. Small folio. Profusely illustrated with both colour and black and white plates original red cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, brown endpapers . ... more information

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1990). First edition. As new/pictorial dust jacket (as new). Quarto. Illustrated in colour and black and white black cloth lettered in gilt, black endpapers . ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Octavo. xx, 380pp. Index. Ads. Frontispiece. Publisher's attractively stamped tan cloth; previously owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper, and smaller, in ink, on the title- page near the gutter. A slightly darkened, but nice copy; one in a series of similar books for boys (others include 'The Boy's Drake; and The Boy's Hakluyt) Image or additional images available upon request ... more information

New York:: Stewart, Tabori & Chang,, 1997. First Edition. Fine. A Fine hardback Stated First Edition First Printing in a Fine Dust Jacket. folio. 279 pp. More than 300 full color reproductions. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1959. First (trade) edition. Fine/pictorial dust jacket (lightly rubbed). Small folio. cloth Includes references, notes, bibliographical check list and an index . ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1909. First. First edition. 380pp. Edited by M.G. Humphreys. Illustrated with black and white plates. Very good with cracked hinges and a darkened spine. . ... more information

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. Thick 8vo. 144 plates and maps. Publisher's cloth. covers bordered in blind, spine lettered in gilt (rear joint splitting, text block loose from binding and with several signatures sprung). The definitive description of Catlin's Indian Gallery at the Smithsonian. This annual report of the Smithsonian includes a history of the George Catlin Indian Gallery, a full annotated catalogue of Catlin's Indian portraits and other related paintings, with much ... more information

Hardcover. Near new / near new dust jacket. Introductory Essay and Chronology by William H. Truettner. Tulsa, OK: Gilcrease Museum, 2003. Hardcover, [15.5" X 11.75"] Profusely illustrated, 100pp. ... more information

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. Thick 8vo. 144 plates and maps. Publisher's cloth. covers bordered in blind, spine lettered in gilt. The definitive description of Catlin's Indian Gallery at the Smithsonian. This annual report of the Smithsonian includes a history of the George Catlin Indian Gallery, a full annotated catalogue of Catlin's Indian portraits and other related paintings, with much information relative to the Native Americans he visited to 1886. Also included is an itine... more information

C. and J. Adlard, Printers, [1840]. Sewn as Issued,. Good. small quarto, 48 pages, sewn as issued, some minor wear to upper right hand corner of title-page, else a very good, clean copy. The catalog is arranged by tribes with a short history of each and descriptions of the 507 paintings. Eberstadt 163:146; Pilling 700 ... more information

Chicago Sage Books / The Swallow Press Inc. 1970 Limited edition g 1/1000. Oblong Elephant portfolio. [4], 20pp (text), 25 leaves of plates. Original black cloth with gold lettering on front cover. A superb facsimile of the 1844 edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is # 499, containing the 25 loose lithographic plates (as issued), drawn on stone by Catlin or McGahey, and printed by Day & Haghe. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Catlin published the first two issues of the North America... more information

New York, NY: Burgess, Stringer, & Co., 1848. Two volume set. Vol. I: [ii] half title], xvi, 296 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontis, plates numbered 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Vol. II: xii (including half-title), 336 pages of text. Illustrated with plates numbered 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Total of 22 plates in black & white. Half leather binding with black leather corners and spine; spine with six compartments with gilt ruling, with title and author lettered in... more information

Brussel , Leipzig, 1848. [11]382pp. Illus. (24 colored plates). Contemporary half morocco with gold stamping on spine. First German edition. Wagner-Camp-Becker 84:13. Howes C 243: " As graphic delineations of Indian hunting and dancing scenes, these plates rank next to those of Bodmer..." This rare continental 4to edition give collectors an opportunity to purchase Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio for far less than the $85,000/ $100,000 the original English edition fetched. Graf... more information

Chicago: Swallow Press Inc, 1970. Large folio. (22 3/8 x 17 inches). 25 tinted lithographic plates, coloured by hand and heightened with gum arabic, all after Catlin.Text stapled, plates unbound as issued, all within original black cloth portfolio, titled in gilt on upper cover. Limited edition facsimile of Catlin's famous work Edition limited to 1000 copies, this number 823. Based on Catlin's work of 1844, the present edition includes a facsimile of the original title page, together with Catlin'... more information

[St. Louis: 1865-1869]. Hand-coloured lithograph, after George Catlin. Good condition apart from some small expert repairs. Sheet size: 18 x 23 7/8 inches. An excellent copy of a seldom seen lithographic view of St. Louis. A rare lithographic view of the early St. Louis riverfront, the print is based on one of the very first oil paintings of a city in the trans-Mississippi West, George Catlins's 1832-33 oil on canvas, "St. Louis From the River Below." The original painting was once owned by... more information

Autograph letter signed "Geo. Catlin", two pages, 8.25" x 10.75", Paris, April 1, 1846. This is Catlin's retained "Copy of Memorial sent to Congress", addressed "To the Hon. The Speaker & Members of the House of Representatives". This letter eloquently expresses his determination to preserve his body of work known as his Indian Gallery produced during the previous decade, described in this letter as containing "nearly 600 paintings of portraiture and cust... more information

[London: Chatto & Windus, circa 1875]. Folio. (21 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches). Contents leaf. Thirty-one hand-coloured lithographs after Catlin and McGahey. Expertly bound to style in half dark blue straight grained morocco over contemporary marbled paper covered boards, contemporary morocco gilt label on the upper cover, flat spine divided with gilt fillets. The very rare thirty-one plate Catlin. This edition of Catlin's famous work on American Indians includes six unnumbered lithographs, comprising two ... more information

New York: James Ackerman, 304 Broadway, cor.[ner] Duane St., 1845. Folio. (21 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches). Letterpress title (verso blank), 1p. "To the American Public" (verso blank), pp.[5-]16 explanatory text. 25 fine hand- coloured lithographic plates after Catlin, interleaved with thin wove paper blanks. Expertly bound to style in half brown morocco over contemporary brownish purple cloth covered boards, spine with semi-raised bands in compartments, ruled in gilt on either side of each band, lettered... more information