"FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS" COLOR PORTRAIT BOOK BY BEN ELY.
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Auction #197 - Part II
Item numbers 992 through 2667 in auction 197
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Item Description
10.5x15". 16 pages. 1935 by Whitman Publishing. Seventeen portraits with interesting bios/text below. Cover features Sitting Bull with text "Was Featured In Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." In the 1890 unrest, he was shot while being arrested. Also included is Crazy Horse, Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Pontiac, Osceola, Red Cloud, Geronimo, etc. Center has 2-page illustration featuring "Plenty Coups Who Was Chosen, After The World War, To Lay The Wreath For The American Indian On The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, In Arlington National Cemetary." Wonderful, colorful quality illustrations. Whitman #932. Linen-like cover with light wear/aging. VF. Glossy paper pages. All illustrations by Ben Ely. Contents Exc./N. Mint. Rare. First we've seen in our 42 years.
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