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Author Name: Trumbull, William. Illustrated By F. V. Du Mond
Title: The Legend of The White Canoe
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Publisher: New York G. P. Putnam's Sons 1894
Seller ID: 003131
The story, in verse, of Native American sacrifice to the Spirit of the Falls at Niagara - a very Victorian romanticized view of the tribal life of Indians in Western New York. The sacrifice, as legend has it, consisted of a white birch-bark canoe filled with ripe fruits, blooming flowers and the most beautiful girl in the tribe who had just attained the age of womanhood, which was sent hurtling over the falls. The book is richly illustrated with detailed and very beautiful black and white photogravure illustrations after designs by F. V. Du Mond. White cloth lettered and with a canoe design in gilt, all edges gilt, 55 pages plus ten captioned tissue-guarded plates, original dustjacket. The book looks and feels never read, with firm binding and very clean pages free from names or other markings. There is some light foxing to the edges of the front and rear covers which would most likely not be noticeable on any other color binding, and a bit of offsetting from the plates onto the tissue leaves protecting them. The mylar protected dustjacket is plain off-white with the title printed on the spine and has several chips - about ten to fifteen percent paper loss. A lovely copy that we purchased from the home of a descendant of the author.
Trumbull, William. Illustrated By F. V. Du Mond, The Legend of The White Canoe, Connecticut Author, Spirit of the Falls, Western New York, Niagara, Tribal Sacrifice, Iroquois, Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Six Nations, Proem, Wenonah, Council, Kwasind, Na
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