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Title: An Account of the History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations, Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States - in Transactions... of the American Philosophical Society... Vol. I Author: Heckewelder, John Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Printed and Published by Abraham Small Date: 1819 Description: l, [blank leaf], iv, [3]-464, pp.; errata leaf. 21.7x12.5 cm (8½x5"), period calf, rebacked in recent leather in amateur fashion. The second appearance of Heckewelder's important work, first published separately the preceding year - this issue forms the large majority Vol. I of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society for 1819. Heckewelder spent forty years in missionary labors among the Indians of the Ohio valley, and was notable in his affinity for Indian language and customs. Howes H390. Old bookplate of the Library of the Incorporated German Society of Philadelphia; shelf number on free endpaper. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing and extremity wear to covers; some minor darkening and soiling within; very good. Item number: 266877