Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Drawings by Samuel Bryant. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 344pp. Line drawings, map endpapers. Good plus/good plus. Cloth rather mottled, especially near head of spine -- though tight and internally near fine; jacket too quite rough, with..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, compartments, gilt spine. xvi, 473pp; xi, 372pp. Frontispieces. Very good. Bit of mild age toning and tad of foxing, mainly to preliminary pages -- but overall a beautifully tight, clean, handsome set in custom..... More
N.p. N.p., [1973]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. 40pp. Map, line drawings. Near fine. Quite small mark at upper right of front wrapper from sticker removal. Probable sole edition of this bibliographically-challenged but quite interesting booklet surveying the various Native Americans who occupied Tennessee and western Kentucky -- apparently..... More
San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1954. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 216pp. Decorative endpapers. Scotch tape stains on front and rear flyleaves. First edition. More
N.p. The Crowell-Collier Press, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 127pp. Frontispiece, map. Very good/very good. Tight, decent first of this edition -- ex-library, though with very few and mostly-removed markings. Account of the Ute War of 1915. More
Kirkwood, MO: Cameron W. Parks and Ben W. Thompson, [1976]. Hardcover. 4to. Full burgundy leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. 412pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine. Spectacular first edition of the fourth -- that's right, fourth! -- of this specialized A to Z biographical dictionary whose purpose is "to..... More
New Haven: Yale University PRess, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 316pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition of volume #27 of the "Yale Western Americana" series, boldly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Tom with warm regards, / November 8, 1985 / Donald..... More
New York: Greenwich House, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 419pp. Decorations. Very good/very good. Slightest bit of minor jacket edgewear. First of this facsimile of the original 1922 first edition, tight and attractive. A compilation of writings about everyday Native American life. More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, [1985]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xv, 273pp. Illustrations, maps, plans. Very good. Slight bit of minor edgewear. Tight, nice second paperback printing of this 1984 study. More
Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, July 1967. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. Pp. 289-320 Illustrations (some color). Very good. A tight and attractive copy of this classy monthly, this issue featuring articles concerning "The Tama Powwow." More
New York: Thayer, Bridgman, & Fanning, 1853. Hardcover. 8vo. Original brown cloth with extensive elaborate pictorial giltstamping. 334pp. Numerous engravings, diagrams, maps. Good plus. Quite edgeworn and with front hinge cracked but still tight; text block mildly age toned, with foxing mainly to first few and last few pages. 19th..... More
Cincinnati: Western Book Concern, 1860. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original heavily blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 431pp, (1p ad). Illustrations. Very good. Quite mild edgewear; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and nice later printing of this 1857 account of a Methodist Episcopal minister among the Native American..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 274pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (most color). Near fine/very good. First edition of this illustrated diary of life among the Rocky Mountain Indians. Uncommon. PERKINS 1552. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903. Hardcover. 4to. Olive green blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and pictorial stamping. xl, 360pp. Numerous illustrations (many color plates). Good plus. Binding mildly edgeworn and faintly rubbed, with some homely scratches to rear board (only) -- though tight and internally near fine. First..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 300pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this author's first novel, set in North Dakota on a Sioux reservation. Boldly inscribed and signed by the author in..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxxvi, 1288pp, (3pp ads). Map. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Later printing (late 1950s) of this Modern Library Giant (#G29), first published in 1936. Tight, clean, quite handsome. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxxvi, 1288pp, (2pp ads). Map. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; small ownership name/address on front pastedown. A tight and attractive later printing (late 1950s) of this Modern Library Giant (#G29), first published in 1936. More
New York: International Book Company, n.y. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 12mo. Quarter tan calf with compartments and gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards. xxii, 317pp; ix, 334pp. Frontispieces, map, marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Bindings faintly edgeworn, else internally fine -- tight, bright, lovely. Handsome set of..... More
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1960. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 153pp. Numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Abrasion on title page, else a tight, clean later printing of this volume in the "American Heritage Junior Library" series. More
New York: Boni & Liveright, [1927]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with red and gilt stamping. xiv, 371pp. Color frontispiece, 5 color plates, numerous illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Almost but not quite rates a "Near fine," for it's tight, clean and quite nice. First edition of this hefty overview, in..... More
London: British Museum, 1910. Hardcover. 8vo. Green blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering. xv, 304pp. Color frontispiece, 14 full-page plates, numerous illustrations and line drawings, 3 maps. Very good. Fainting binding edgewear, though tight and internally fine. Attractive first edition of this heavily-illustrated survey of this massive museum's massive Native American..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. Hardcover. Introduction by Cash Asher. 8vo. Black leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 208pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition. More
Enumclaw, WA: MacRae Publications, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey buckram with multi-colored gilt. x, 287pp, (6pp). Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. Facsimile of the scarce 1934 first edition. More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1955. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. 1958 ownership signature on front pastedown, where he adds a Frederic Remington style "My Book" and a brand-like symbol; jacket mildly edgeworn only..... More
New York: Random House, [1995]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxxi, 412pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but tight and perfect. More