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: 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
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
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
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1989. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 224pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine. First paperback edition, tight and handsome. More
New York: Hastings House, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Reddish-brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 319pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and small chip at head of spine; ownership last name on front flyleaf. Tight, attractive first edition of this compilation, which includes excerpts from all her best-known works such as "Crazy..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Reddish-brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 319pp. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with lightly sunned spine and several small edge chips. A tight, clean and nice first edition of this compilation, featuring excerpts from all her best-known works such as..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Reddish-brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 319pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this compilation, which includes excerpts from her best-known works such as "Crazy Horse," "These Were the Sioux," etc. More
New York: Hastings House, [1960]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burnt sienna cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 424pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive 25th anniversary reprint edition of Sandoz's best-known work, the 1935 biography "of her amazing pioneer father." Choice autograph..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Edited by E.R. Hagemann. Small 4to. Brown and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 355pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations, 6 maps. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and quite attractive first edition. Sanford served as a Union cavalry..... More
Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, [1993]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Numerous illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight copy of this volume in the "Great Campaigns Series" -- book club edition. More
Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark green blind-embossed cloth with elaborate gilt spine lettering and decorations. v, 495pp. Hand-colored frontispiece engraving, several full-page and small illustrations. Very good. Binding edgeworn and rubbed; occasional spotting and foxing to some pages, notably preliminary leaves; while most text leaves are..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth with black lettering and decoration. xiii, 111pp. Line drawings, music notations. Very good. Faint binding edgewear; light age toning to pp. 66-67 from long-ago newsprint contact. Tight and attractive first edition of this how-to of a dozen ancient..... More
Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., [1971]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering and pictorial stamping. 386pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Much, much later facsimile reprint of one of the most famed of all Indian captivity narratives, first published in Des Moines in 1885. The Spirit Lake Massacre was..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1997]. Hardcover. Edited by Edwin R. Sweeney. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxiii, 179pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. A perfectly pristine book club edition. More
N.p.: Charles E. Merrill Co., 1947. 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Illustrations. Very good. Revised edition -- a mild ex-library copy, with very few markings. More
Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1982. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. ix, 202pp. Maps, tables. Very good. Owner's name inked out inside front cover. Paper No. 81 of the National Museum of Man Mercury Series. More
Sioux Falls, SD: Brevet Press, 1992. Paperback. Illustrations by Loren Zephier. 4to. Stiff blue wrappers. 46pp. Line drawings. Near fine. Later (5th) printing of the softbound edition, tight and handsome. Biographical sketches accompanied by... er, sketches. More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1962. Hardcover. Edited by Clyde C. Walton. Small 4to. Blue and orange cloth. v, 329pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. First edition, with printed transmittal slip laid in. Collection of articles by this Illinois historian/archaeologist, with a biographical essay by Phyllis E. Connolly and appraisal of..... More
Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1962. Hardcover. Edited by Clyde C. Walton. Small 4to. Blue and orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. v, 329pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. First edition, tight and nice, of this collection of articles by this influential Illinois historian and archaeologist, with a biographical essay by..... More
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1917. Hardcover. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 16mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering, rules and medallion. xxv, 188pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, foldout map. Near fine. Faintest of edgewear. Tight, attractive copy of this early "Lakeside Classic," the annual keepsake given by..... More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1913. Hardcover. Folio. Burgundy cloth with black calf spine label lettered in gilt. xxiii, 85pp. Numerous line drawings, illustrations, foldout chart, foldout map. Very good. Mildest bit of edgewear only -- overall tight and clean and nice. A sharp first edition of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 180pp. Near fine/near fine. Attractive first edition. More