Selected writings of Edward S. Curtis : excerpts from volumes I-XX of the North American Indian / by Edward S Curtis; edited and with an introduction by Barry Gifford.

Special Collections copy is a presentation copy inscribed in ink on the title page by the editor: "For Bill, Michael, and Cecilia Corr, a slight return for their gracious hospitality, April Fool's Day, 1977, Barry Gifford"; also includes a promotional postcard about the volume, dated 22 March 1977, with a signed message by the editor to Corr laid in.

This is the first and only comprehensive selection from Edward Curtis' legendary twenty volume, l The American Indian, originally published in a private edition by J.P. Morgan in 1907 -1930. A landmark publication, the selected writings, chosen from Curtis' studies of more than 80 tribes west of the Mississippi, also includes a portfolio of original, never-before reproduced photgravures by the man known to the Indians as "Shadow-catcher."--back cover.