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
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
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
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [2001]. Hardcover. Foreword by William N. Fenton. Small 4to. Mustard cloth with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 309pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of the first-ever biography of this noted Native American thinker, writer, activist -- great-nephew of Union general Ely S...... 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
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
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
Denver: Wichoni Waste, [[2001]. Paperback. 8vo. Glossy pictorial stiff wrappers. x, 232pp. Line drawings. Near fine. Tight and attractive later (eighth) printing of the autobiography by the Dakota/Lakota author and scholar (born 1940) first published in 1992. He briefly signs and inscribes the half-title page in blue ballpoint, dating it..... More
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
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. xix, 377pp. Fine/good. Second printing. Volume 80 in "The Civilization of the American Indian Series." More
New Haven: Yale University Library, [1972]. Hardcover. Edited by John C. Ewers. Translation by Georgette Dorn. Folio. Full red leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 18pp, (2pp), (24pp). Near fine. A superb, handsome first of this facsimile edition of an essay penned by this Spanish-Texas soldier, politician and revolutionary (1783-1840) who..... More