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Mexico Df: Eugenio Fischgrund, 1951 This Is A Charming 1951 Portfolio With Stapled Booklet And 12 (Four By Six With Border) Art Prints [Lithographed??] On Quality Card Stock. The Prints Show The Region And Tribe And Are Marked 'Lito Leosa Mexico' And Editorial Fischgrund Mexico Df, Accompanied By 16 Page Booklet By Salvador Echeverria Providing An In Depth Description And Discussion Of Each. Ramon Valdiosera Later Became Very Influential In The Mexican Comic Book Industry, But These Paintings Were His Work When He Was A Roving Painter. The Commentator Quotes Him As Saying, "The Indian Woman Clothes Herself With A Piece Of Landscape." The Scan Of Print No. 12, The Mayan Woman From Yucatan, Illustrates The Relationship Of The Figures To The Background As Well As The Quality Of The Work. The Grey Card Portfolio Has Some Staining As Does The Booklet. The Prints Have Been Spared And Are In Very Nice Condition.

Sandy Hook, MB, Canada: Hinterland Publishers, 1997 Signed By The Author, Don K.Philpot On Ffep In 1996, And Therefore Very Early Printing If Not The First, Near Fine Condition, No Dust Jacket If Issued. A Young First Nations Boy Is Orphaned And Leaves His Home To Live With His Grandparents. Experiences Of Nature And Caring For Wildlife Enable Him To Recover From His Loss.

An Atttractive Book In Very Good Crisp Condition, Illustrated By The Author, Agnes Nanogak, An Important Inuit Storyteller. Introduction By Robin Gedalof Mcgrath. Blue Boards, Gold Lettering, Red Endpapers. Dj Is Clipped And Has A One Inch Plus Long Closed Tear At Upper Back. Published by Hurtig in 1986 and apparent first.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1984 Signed And Inscribed By Author Christie Harris. Stained And Damaged Rear Lower Corner And Some Page Edges. No Reading Creases. Beautifully Illustrated By Douglas Tait. Mouse Woman Stories From The North West Coast First Nations People. Scarce When Signed.

Charleston, U.S.A.: Not Stated, 2011 Near Fine Condition And Signed By The Author. Appears Unread. One Very Small Black Ink Pinpoint On Page Edge (Appears To Match Pen Used To Sign). Apparently Initial Printings Or Writings Were In Dutch And German. This Is First English Language Text Published In 2011 (Presumed First).

Toronto: Collins, 1970 This Is A Novel Based On The Author's Metis Ancestor Who Immigrated To Western Canada From Scotland To Join His Father And Became Embroiled In The Riel Rebellion. In An Historical Note In The Book, The Author Explains That Most Of The Hudson's Bay Operatives At The End Of The 18Th Century Were Recruited From The Orkneys, As Was His Family. Where Islanders Intermarried With The Local First Nations People, Their Children Were Often Sent Back To The Orkneys To Be Educated. Book Is Near Fine Save Price Tag Pull To Ffep. Dj Is In Fair Condition With Price Tag Pulls To Front Panel, Edgewear And Chips.

Victoria, B.C.: FriesenPress, 2015 First Edition, Near New And Inscribed By The Author To Someone Who Helped Get The Book Done. Rear Dust Jacket Panel Is A Bit Wavy, Else Near Fine. Story Is Of Three Teenage Inuit Girls On A Sojourn.

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada: Tundra Books, 2004 First Printing, First Edition, Near Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket, By Mohawk Artist And Children's Writer, C.J.Taylor. Her Beautiful Paintings Are Reproduced On Verso Of Dust Jacket As A Poster.

Toronto: Stoddart, 2002 First Printing, Full Number Line, First Canadian Edition. Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket. A Fictionalised Account Of Two Men In Northern Canada Coming To Grips With The Abuse They Endured In Residential School. All Reviews Describe The Wry Humor Ad Accomplished Writing Used To Accomplish This. ' . . . Early On We Are Taken On A Day Long Tour Of A Native Saloon While James Drinks To Obliterate The Memories Of His Horrible Childhood. With Its Caustic And Sometimes Hilarious Asides, It Is Probably The Best Description Of The Native Bar Scene Ever Written.' W.P Kinsella

Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Fifth House, 1988

New York: Viking, 1953 1953 Viking Publication Which Was The Basis Of An Elvis Presley Movie. Very Good Clean Boards, No Writing, Slight Scratch To Front Board. No Dj. Dan Cushman Is Seen As A Forerunner To Sherman Alexie, W.P.Kinsella And Other Contemporary Writers Who Explore The Comedic Side Of Reservation Life. Probably Bmoc.

Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1973 Very Good save coffee splashes to page edges, gift inscription to fos on ffep. DJ is unclipped, price intact, chipping, spine top and bottom and one inch tears upper front corner and rear upper spine. Map endpapers of Canada - US border country. Signed by Grant McEwan, the author, on title page.

New York: Friendship Press, 1955 A Story About A Navaho Boy. Very Good Condition. There Is A Slight Rub To Lower Spine And There Are Some Streaks And A Splotch Of What Appears To Be Water Color. As It Is Compatible With The Colours Of The Water Color Cover Illustration By Cyrus Leroy Baldrige, The Impact Is Quite Moderate.

Blaine, Washington & Surrey BC: Hancock House Pub Ltd, 2000 Book is introduced by Jane Goodall and describes the rare white Kermode bear, a (normally) black bear, which is found in northern British Colombia. This book written and warmly inscribed by Tess Tessier (Grandma Tess) who has travelled from school to school in BC telling children about species and habitat conservancy for the past twenty-five years. There is some bumping to the corners, else very good Plus condition. Large inscription on ffep dated September 1, 2000, "Especially to Delores Happy Thoughts Grandma Tess."

Saskatoon, SK, Canada: Purich Publishing, 2003 Apparent First In Very Good Condition, Not Ex Library, No Writing Or Marks, Shelf Wear, Small Ding Lower Front, Corners Turning Slightly And Some Very Light Soling Back Cover. Proceedings Of A 1998 Congress Of Aboriginal Peoples. Explores Issues On The Constitution, Indian Act And Definition, Particularly Of The Metis Peoples.

Toronto On: McClelland and Stewart, 1970 Mcclelland & Stewart 1970 Very Good Copy With Clean Crisp White Pages In Unclipped Dust Jacket Showing Price $5.95 Which Has Several Short Closed Tears To Edge And Is Yellowing A Bit. Book Has Slight Cant And Sunning To Top Edge. Translated From The French, This Is Roy's Story Of The Life Of An Inuit Woman With A Mixed Race Son.

Winnipeg, Mb Canada: Pemmican Pubns, 1987 Very Good Minus (Soft Crease To Front Corner) But Inscribed By The Author, Peter Eyvindson, Popular Canadian Storyteller And Author Of Red Parka Mary And Kookum's Red Shoes.