Reservation blues.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. American novel; 306p.; light blue paper covered boards; dustjacket; author Spokane/Coeur d'Alene American Indian. More
North American Indians
I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER. Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1972. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 366 pages of text including an index and a bibliography. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Endpapers and page edges are slightly foxed/spotted. Illustrated with a map and several photographs. Reprint edition. More
BEYOND THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD. A Navajo Woman's Journey. Signed by Emily Benedek.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 342 pages of text. Hardcover binding with the slightest of shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear, almost fine; protected in archival mylar. Signed on title page by author. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Book is bound in..... More
THE SNAKE - DANCE OF THE MOQUIS OF ARIZONA. Being a Narrative of a Journey from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona, with a Description of the Manners and Customs of This Peculiar People, and Especially of the Revolting Religious Rite, The Snake Dance.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 371 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with rubbing and shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Complete with half-title and 33 plates ( including one fold-out and 15 in color). The title page of the first American edition..... More
Long Lance. Foreword by Irvin S. Cobb.
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. American Indians; Northern Blackfeet; Siksika; Canada; Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1876-1944), American journalist, humorist; xv, 278 pages of text; 20.3cm; Hardcover cloth binding, rubbed; corners bumped; frontis. portrait of author; illus. from photos listed p. xi; bookplate. More
THE INDIAN QUESTION. An Address.
Boston: DeWolfe & Fiske Company, 1909. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 32 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with moderate wear, soiling and rubbing. The endpapers have pieces missing from them. Small dark stain to small part of top edge of pages near spine, and along the top third of..... More
RECOLLECTIONS OF A FOREST LIFE: or, the Life and Travels of KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH, or, George Copway, Chief of the Ojibway Nation.
London: C. Gilpin, 1854. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii, 248 pages of text, followed by 24 pages of publishers' advertisement. Original hardcover binding is moderately browned on spine, with chipping to spine extremities; both boards cleanly detached. Numerous pages are uncut and unopened at..... More
People of the Short Blue Corn: Tales and Legends of the Hopi Indians.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 189 pages of text including a pronunciation guide and a glossary. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The price-clipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear, and a tiny spot of discoloration on the front panel; protected in archival mylar. The front..... More
Sees behind the trees.
New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Children's literature; American Indians; blind; 104p. 21.4cm; 1/2 black cloth, orange paper covered boards; pictorial dustjacket; photo portrait of Modoc Indian author on dj flap. More
BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA; Comprising a General Account of Them, and Details in the Lives of all the most Distinguished Chiefs, and others, who have been noted, among the various Indian Nations upon the Continent...
Boston, MA: O. L. Perkins, 1834. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Frontis, engraved half-title, viii, 1-28, 1-120, 1-132, 1-72, 1-158, [i] advertisement, [i] blank, 1-18 (index), 1-12 (index). Rebound in modern hardcover cloth with red leather spine label; minor rubbing to extremities. Illustrated with 27 black & white engravings, of..... More
MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS. A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). American Indians; military; 784 pages of text including an index; measures 22cm (height); plain green cloth binding rubbed; spine slightly crimped; folded map; illustrations listed page xvii-ix; Howes D575: "Best single volume covering the subject". J.P. Dunn, Jr. (1855-1924)..... More
MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS. A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 784 pages of text including an index. Original decorative hardcover green cloth binding is lightly rubbed with minor bumping to corners, and significant browning and staining to the spine; protected in fitted archival mylar. Contains a fold-out map and..... More
Massacres of the mountains; a history of the Indian wars of the far west 1815-1875.
New York: Archer House, 1958. Hardcover. American Indians; military; 669p. incl. index; 21.4cm; cloth; illus.; bookplate; owner marks. Dunn, Jacob Piatt, Jr. (1855-1924). More
HISTORY OF THE INDIANS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. By the Author of Peter Parley's Tales
New York, NY: John Allen, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 320 pages of text. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with chipping to spine extremities and overall minimal rubbing to the extremities. Protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontis, engraved half-title page..... More
CHIEF JOSEPH COUNTRY. Land of the Nez Perce. Signed by Bill Gulick.
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1985. First edition, 2nd printing. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xvi, 316 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with one small tear at the top of the rear hinge, remaining intact and attractive. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing and one small tear and..... More
Certain Caddo sites in Arkansas.
New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foudnation, 1920. Hardcover. American Indians; Arkansas; 349 pages; 17cm; frontispiece; 137 plates from photographs; maps and illustrations in text; original cream colored cloth binding; ex libris (small bookplate & small seal on title page). Indian Notes and Monographs [10] A series of..... More
Five engravings: A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound; The Inside of a house in Nootka Sound; A man of Nootka Sound, A woman of Nootka Sound; The Tschuktschi and their Habitations; Inhabitants of Norton Sound, and their Habitations.
London: Alexander Hogg, 1790. No Binding. Americana; American Indians; Alaska; 4 images approximately 4 1/2" x 7 1/2"; man and woman on 1 sheet approximately 3 3/4" x 3 1/4" each; engravings from Voyages by English explorer Captain James Cook 1728-79. More
LUMMIS IN THE PUEBLOS.
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 155 pages of text. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding, with slight sunning to spine. Southwest. More
SAGA OF CHIEF JOSEPH.
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1971. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 399 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with one corner slightly bumped, and one small rectangular tape residue stain on top and bottom edge of front and rear boards. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear..... More
Land without a Country. Signed by the authors.
Albuquerque, NM: Mad Bear Press, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). [x], 242 pages of text. Paperback binding in almost new condition. Signed on the front endpaper by Lawrence J. Hunt; signed and inscribed on front endpaper by Bonnie Jo Hunt Wicahpi Win Star Woman, and signed and inscribed on..... More
INDIAN SKETCHES, Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee and other Tribes of American Indians. Two volume set.
London: John Murray, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volumes bound as one. Modern half black cloth with marbled paper-covered boards and leather spine label in new condition. Vol. I: xii, 273 pages of text, [i] advertisement. Vol. II: viii, 301 pages of text. There is the ocassional light..... More
Indian sketches taken during a U. S. expedition to make treaties with the Pawnee and other tribes of Indians in 1833.
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1888. Hardcover. American Indians; ix, 365p.; 19.5cm; dark red cloth; spine frayed, chipped, stained; corners bumped; hinges cracked; tape residue on endpapers; front flyleaf chipped; back flyleaf loose; Howes I79. More
AZTEC RUINS ON THE ANIMAS. Excavated, Preserved, and Interpreted.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. First paperback. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 120 pages with index. Paperback binding is sunned at and near spine and top-edge. Southwest. More
THE NEZ PERCES SINCE LEWIS AND CLARK.
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 272 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal to moderate rubbing to the extremities. No dustjacket. Inner hinges somewhat weakened. Illustrated with nine historic photographs/portraits. More
ANDELE, or the Mexican-Kiowa Captive. A Story of Real Life Among the Indians.
Louisville, KY: Pentecostal Herald Press, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. American Indians; Indian captivity; Andres Martinez; biography; 184 pages of text; 19.6cm; light tan cloth is moderately soiled and rubbed with a corner bump. Contains several illustrations, including one in color. Several page edges..... More