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Washington, D.C: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs , 1953. A History Of The Largest Indian Tribe In The United States. A comprehensive study (pp. 285). This 285pp/illus. Book is full of information, and contains a wealth of illustrations. Many drawings by Navajos, the color cover being by Allan Housen. With others being Hoke Denetsosie, Harrison Begay for a few. There are many drawings, maps and detailed black & white photographs gracing the pages of this wrapper bound book. Clean. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Los Angeles, CA: The Southwest Museum, 1937. 155 pp. with 2 figs. & 26 plates. Clean. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 1970. 150 pages with 14 color photographs, 33 halftones and 330 drawings showing the design traditions and identification of 266 Hopi Kachinas. Front flap of dj missing.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Jack Breed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. 152 pages with index, bibliography and a catalogue of War Dept. Indian Gallery, Checklist of Extant Kng Indian Portraits, and notes. Color and black and white paintings, green cover with blind stamp of James Monroe Peace Medal. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cleveland, OH: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1911. 2 Volume set. 372pp and 412pp. including maps & illustrations. Frontispiece in each volume, a double-page map in first volume. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Bookplate on front pastedown in both volumes. Near fine. An early and important Arthur H. Clark publication, providing translations, with notes, of the narratives of Nicholas Perrot, Bacqueville de la Potherie, Morrell Marston, and Thomas Forsyth. Potherie is by far the most important of these. Both he and Perrot were active on the Great Lakes at the end of the 17th century. Minimal markings. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1975. 20 volumes. Each having approx 100pp/illus. w/some color illus. #14,332 of 15,000 copies. A set of this important series outlining the history, land and people of many important Indian tribes of the United States. Each volume is signed by the particular tribal leader. Uniform blue covers with impression of tribal medal on cover. These volumes are for: The Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsa), Mascalero Apache People, the Creek People, The Sioux People, The Choctow People, The Florida Seminole People, The Havasupai People, The Yakima People, The Oneida People, The Crow People, The Paiute People, The Cherokee People, The Papago People, The Hopi People, The Kalispel People, The Apache People, The Cocopah People, The Navajo People, The Chickasaw People, The Osage People. Individual tribal volumes can be purchased for $27.50 each.. Signed. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Leer más

Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1975. 15 volumes. Each having approx 100pp/illus. w/some color illus. #2,400 of 15,000 copies. A set of this important series outlining the history, land and people of many important Indian tribes of the United States. Each volume is signed by the particular tribal leader. Uniform blue covers with impression of tribal medal on cover. These volumes are for: Ponca, Modoc, Kikapoo, Quapaw, Kaw, Coushatta, Comanche, Southern Ute, Kenaitze, Anishinabe os the Minnesota Chippewa, Chitimacha, Narragansett, Potawatomi, and Wichita Tribes and the Eskimo People of Savoonga. Individual tribal volumes can be purchased for $27.50 each. All are clean. Signed. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.

New York: The Pratt and Munk Co, 1928. 80pp/illus. Each text pg has little drawings, glossary at rear explains them. All eleven full page color plates present. Great illustrations, great book; one loose plate. Orange cloth; Oblong . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1975. 35 volumes. Each having approx 100pp/illus. w/some color illus. #2,400 of 15,000 copies. A set of this important series outlining the history, land and people of many important Indian tribes of the United States. Each volume is signed by the particular tribal leader. Uniform blue covers with impression of tribal medal on cover. 15 Vols are #2,400 of 15,000 copies. These volumes are for: Ponca, Modoc, Kikapoo, Quapaw, Kaw, Coushatta, Comanche, Southern Ute, Kenaitze, Anishinabe os the Minnesota Chippewa, Chitimacha, Narragansett, Potawatomi, and Wichita Tribes and the Eskimo People of Savoonga. 20 volumes are #14,332 of 15,000 copies. These volumes are for: The Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsa), Mascalero Apache People, the Creek People, The Sioux People, The Choctow People, The Florida Seminole People, The Havasupai People, The Yakima People, The Oneida People, The Crow People, The Paiute People, The Cherokee People, The Papago People, The… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bonanza, 1963. 244pp/illus. Miles has organized photographs of over two thousand examples of all of the major kinds of North American native made and used artifacts, and presents them under several headings. Tools, weapons, pottery, basketry, clothing, boats, and ceremonial regalia are shown. The daily life of the pre Columbians and their descendants is vividly described. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mesa Verde National Park, CO: Mesa Verde Museum Assoc, 1961. 188 pages, illustrated. "A complete study of the indians who made this area their home the year 1300." Clean. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1980. 404pp/illus. Clean no marks. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1962. 299 pp., frontis., [color drawing of Old Man Bear], foreword, introduction, commentary and paintings, glossary, references, numerous illustrations. Information on the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest is not easily accessible as all aspects of Pueblo life are highly ceremonialized and under priestly direction. Included here are reproductions of 140 paintings depicting daily life by the Pueblos living in Isleta, with captions and commentary on each picture. Interesting paintings to include "Medicine men curing woman at home," "Corn Fathers taking out bowls with offerings for the deceased," "War chief announcing cleansing ceremony and ordering that no fires be built outside," "Dance by Laguna Fathers," "Shichu Dance to call snow or rain," and others. Edgewear/chipping to dj. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1911. 417pp/illus. Covers Hare's work among the Sioux as well as in Japan and China and various other missonary and reform campaigns. Light edgewear. Usual markings. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holiday House, 1996. 166pp/illus. This latest biography from a master of the genre draws on first-hand accounts of the life and personality of the great Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (folio).

New York: D. McKay Co, 1976. 302pp/illus.. Subjects: Havasupai Indians--History. Havasupai Indians--Social life and customs. . 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. 373pp/illus with 120 full-page beautiful color Indian portraits. Reproduced from three portfolios first published in 1836. Includes biographies of the Indians, plus a full-length biography of Colonel McKenney. Nice clean book.. 1st Edition. Faux Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Paine & Burgess, 1846. Two Volumes bound in One, viii, 340 pages and vi, 136 pages respectively, First Edition (distinguished by the collation of Volume I), original blind-stamped cloth with decorative gilt titling to spine, all edges gilt, wear and exposure to spine head and tail, tips lightly bumped and exposed, Has a total of 15 plates which includes a frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume 1, and one colored frontispiece portrait of Pocahontas in Volume 2, a facsimile of a letter from Dolley Madison to the author, and 12 engraved illustrations by F.O.C. Darley, occasional scattered foxing. Spine loose.. Inscribed by the Author. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1979. 107 numbered pages, index, preface to three missing chapters, epilogue. Clean. Simulated Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Cleveland, OH: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1907. 616pp/frontis/illus/maps. #30 of 150 copies.In near fine clean slipcase. Beautifully printed on extra large laid paper bound in a richly tooled half leather binder. An exceedingly rare volume. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. During the American Revolutionary War, a contingent of Delaware Christian Indians, led by John Heckwelder, an assistant to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, founded the last of five missions to occupy the Tuscarawas Valley between May 3, 1772 and September 8, 1781. Heckewelder spent forty years as a missionary among the Indians in the Ohio Valley. He was praised for his understanding of the Indian language and customs, but is also known for his account of the massacre of the Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten by troops lead by Col. David Williamson in 1782. Light nicks on spine. Clean no marks. Beautiful copy.. 1st Printing. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.… Leer más