{"product_id":"among-the-sioux-j-a-anderson-first-edition-1896","title":"Among the Sioux","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"model-response-message-contentr_ad61c9b4fb2429c4\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel tutor-markdown-rendering force-compact-layout enable-updated-hr-color\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e(Native American Interest) Anderson, J. A. [John Alvin], photographer. \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"71\" data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eAmong the Sioux; photographed and compiled by J. A. Anderson.\u003c\/b\u003e N[ew] Y[ork]: The Albertype Co., (1896). First Edition. Oblong 12mo, \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"202\" data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e5-1\/8\" x 7-1\/8\"\u003c\/b\u003e. Consisting of \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"233\" data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e[17] leaves\u003c\/b\u003e, including a printed prefatory forward by the photographer and \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"308\" data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e[16] leaves\u003c\/b\u003e of single-sided photographic plates. Original publisher's red ribbon-bound, limp textured maroon cloth wrappers, with the title crisply stamped in silver to the upper wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eThe physical condition of this volume is graded \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"48\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eVERY GOOD +\u003c\/b\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The exceptionally fragile silk ribbon binding remains entirely intact, tight, and structurally secure, a remarkable state for an object of this format. The silver stamping on the upper wrapper remains clean, bright, and completely untarnished. Physical anomalies are strictly restricted to minor, routine signs of native handling and superficial, light rubbing at the wrapper extremities. Internally, the photographic plates remain bright and crisp, entirely free of foxing or dampstaining, and beautifully retain their original rich tonal depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eThe Rosebud Reservation Census and Frontier Photocompilation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThis landmark work represents the initial book-length photographic compilation by John Alvin Anderson (1869–1948), an essential and celebrated visual chronicler of the Brulé Lakota. Having apprenticed under the pioneering frontier photographer W. R. Cross at Fort Niobrara, Anderson established deep cultural and personal ties with the local indigenous populations of Nebraska and South Dakota. In 1889, his technical proficiency led to an appointment by General George Crook as an official U.S. Army photographer for the Crook Treaty Commission, the negotiations of which directly resulted in the dissolution of the Great Sioux Reservation and the establishment of the Rosebud Indian Reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003ePublished seven years after the reservation's creation, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"56\" data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eAmong the Sioux\u003c\/i\u003e captures a critical, complex transitional era in Plains history. In his forward, Anderson explicitly positions the work as an accurate ethnographic record of a \"phase of life little known by the public at large,\" documenting the forced adaptation to reservation infrastructure. The sixteen single-sided plates serve as major socio-political and cultural documents of the period; featured images include \"A Typical Indian Agency,\" a horse-mounted \"Indian Police Force,\" traditional ceremonial gatherings (\"Omaha Dance\" and \"Squaw Dance\"), portraits of \"Noted Chiefs of the Sioux Nation,\" and the stark realities of federal administrative oversight depicted in \"Ration Day\" and \"Butchering a Steer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eTechnical Execution of the Albertype and Institutional Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eThe technical production of this volume is historically noteworthy for its premium use of the Albertype (or collotype) process, executed by the prominent New York firm of Adolph and Herman Wittemann. As a premium, dichromate-based photomechanical ink process, the collotype matrix relies on the reticulation of light-sensitized gelatin rather than screen half-tones. This chemical technique allowed for a continuous-tone reproduction of Anderson's original glass plate negatives that achieved a depth, contrast, and fine structural detail virtually indistinguishable from standard chemical silver prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eBecause these oblong brochures were originally issued as fragile, ribbon-bound travel souvenirs rather than heavy, case-bound books, their survival rate over the past century is remarkably low. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/strong\u003e confirms the pronounced scarcity of this title. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly six copies of this true first edition are located in permanent public collections worldwide\u003c\/strong\u003e, marking this specimen as a premier survival of nineteenth-century western documentary photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eA SCARCE, STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTO-DOCUMENTARY SURVIVAL, CRITICAL FOR INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS FOCUSING ON PLAINS INDIANS ETHNOGRAPHY, FRONTIER EXPANSION, AND EARLY COLLOTYPE PRINTING HISTORY, PRESENTING A PREMIER ACQUISITION FOR RESEARCH ARCHIVES OR DISCRIMINATING PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e# 001285\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382122561685,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/among_the_sioux_01_20260321.jpg?v=1779670780","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/among-the-sioux-j-a-anderson-first-edition-1896","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}