The American Indian.
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
Native American
The Last of the Indian Wars.
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
The Navajos and the New Deal.
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
American Indian Life.; Illustrations by C. Grant LaFarge.
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
The View from the Top of the Temple: Ancient Maya Civilization and Modern Maya Culture.
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
The Palimpsest: July 1967 (Vol. XLVIII, No. 7).
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
Traditions of De-Coo-Dah and Antiquarian Researches: Comprising Extensive Explorations, surveys, and excavations of the Wonderful and Mysterious Earthen Remains of the Mound-Builders in America....
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
Lights and Shades of Missionary Life: Containing Travels, Sketches, Incidents, and Missionary Efforts, During Nine Years Spent in the Region of Lake Superior.
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
Wilderness Kingdom, Indian Life in the Rocky Mountains: 1840-1847, the Journals & Paintings of Nicolas Point, S.J.; Translated and introduced by Joseph P. Donnelly, S.J.
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
Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1899-1900.
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
The Grass Dancer.
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
History of the Conquest of Mexico and History of the Conquest of Peru.
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
History of the Conquest of Mexico and History of the Conquest of Peru.
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
History of the Conquest of Peru with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas.
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
Indians of the Plains.
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
The Story of the American Indian.
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
Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections.
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
The Memoirs of Chief Red Fox.
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
Spider Woman: A Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters.
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
Comanche Bondage: Dr. John Charles Beales's settlement of La Villa de Dolores on Las Moras Creek in Southern Texas of the 1830's with an annotated reprint of Sarah Ann Horn's Narrative of her captivity among the Comanches her ransom by traders in New Mexico and return via the Santa Fe Trail.
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
A Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux War.
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
The Boy with the U.S. Indians.
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., [1913]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with black-and-white plate tipped to front board and black, yellow and gilt pictorial and decorative stamping. xii, 410pp, (10pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. A bit edgeworn and rubbed; delicate front inner hinge expertly, archivally strengthened; bookplate on..... More
Nahkom: The Woman of Waupaca.
Rosholt, WI: Rosholt House, [1974]. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff yellow glazed pictorial wrappers. 255pp. Near fine. Probable sole edition of this "fictionalized account of a true story taken from the early pages of Wisconsin history, representing a confrontation between the white man and the red man probably never duplicated anywhere else..... More
Ehanamani: "Walks Among" -- The Winter Count of a Santee Dakota Educator, Historian, and Spiritual Guide.
Denver: BEAR, 1993. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. x, 226pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear. Second, revised edition of this autobiography, inscribed and signed large and bold by the author in black ballpoint on the half-title page: "To / Phyllis / Best Wishes / AC Ross."..... More
Adventures of the first Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River.
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1923. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering, rules and medallion. xxvii, 388pp. Top edge gilt. Foldout frontispiece map, illustration. Very good. Quite light edgewear only, else internally near fine. Tight and most attractive copy of the 21st..... More