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Back of Beyond Books 2013 Rare Book Catalogue
Number 9
Catalogue 9 features selections from our Native Americana collection.
These titles primarily are attempts to view Native Americans through numerous lenses from the mid
18th century through the 20th century. While there were strong advocates for the various bands of
Native Americans, we as a nation tended to see Natives as impediments to manifest destiny and a
threat to progress. This attitude was portrayed in sensational titles such as Indian Atrocities or Horrors of Indian Welfare. Historians scrambled to document a vanishing cultures through the Bureau
of American Ethnology and Smithsonian publications while artists such as George Catlin, Edward
Curtis and Thomas McKenney and James Hall left good records through paintings and sketches.
We hit the road in February and will exhibit at the Santa Monica Antiquarian International Book
Fair at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, February 9 & I0, 2013 then we’ll head north for the big
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America’s 46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair
February 15-17 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, CA. In April we’ll exhibit at
the Twenty-Second Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair and return to Denver for the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Book Fair in August.
We are always looking for quality collections to purchase or even single titles. Give me a call if you
want to discuss down-sizing your collection or perhaps help in setting up a scope of collection or
advice on how to enhance your collecting skills.
Sincerely,
Andy Nettell
83 N. Main
Moab, UT 84532
(435) 259-5154 - (800) 700-2859
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All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted.
1. Official Correspondence of James S. Calhoun While Indian Agent at Santa Fe and
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in New Mexico
By ABEL, ANNIE HELOISE, ED.
Price: $ 200
Government Printing Office, 1915 Washington, D.C. Book Condition: Fair Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Scarce. Dark tan cloth boards are moderately soiled, rubbed on edges, worn through at
corners. Includes four maps in pocket at rear. Several stamps, bookplates, labels from
Maryland State Library. Front joint is torn along length, endpaper loose. Early history of
Indian/government relations in New Mexico.
2. Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845:
The Journey of a U.S. Army Expedition Led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the
Topographical Engineers, Artist Extraordinary Whose Paintings of Indians and Their
Wild West Illustrate This Book
By ABERT, JAMES W.; GALVIN, JOHN, ED.
Price: $ 50
John Howell, 1970 San Francisco, CA. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition:
Good. Hardcover. Folio.
Large format book, fold-out map. Cream cloth boards are lightly soiled on edges, some
mild foxing to rough edges of text block. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has some small chips
and tears. Abert’s journals and paintings from the mid 1800’s as they traveled through
Comanche territory.
3. The Summer of Black Widows-Signed
By ALEXIE, SHERMAN
Price: $ 60
First Edition, First Printing. Hanging Loose Pr, 1996 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Book
Condition: Fine Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth.
Fine copy in like dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket
has not been price-clipped. Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian remains a hero to
independent booksellers for his strong advocacy for the book and booksellers. He writes
pretty darn well too!
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4. Indian Miscellany
By BEACH, W.W.
Price: $ 95
1st Edition. J.Munsell, 1877Albany, NY. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
“Containing Papers on the History, Antiquities, Arts, Languages, Religions, Traditions,
and Superstitions of the American Aborigines; with Descriptions of their Domestic Life,
Manners, Customs, Traits, Amusements and Exploits; Travels and Adventures in the
Indian Country; Incidents of Border Warfare; Missionary Relations, Etc.” Plain dark
brown/purple cloth boards sunned on spine, significant edgewear, corners are bumped.
Front hinge is completely destroyed, as such front board flaps open. Pages are toned near
edges, and some light soil on endpapers, but pages are clean and intact.
5. Autobiography of Black Hawk and General Hisitory of the Black Hawk War of 1832
By BLACK HAWK; PATTERSON, J.B., EDITOR; LECLAIR, ANTOINE, INTERPRETER
Price: $ 90
J.B. Patterson, 1882 Oquawka, IL. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: None.
Hardcover.
“The Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk, Embracing the
Traditions of his Nation, Various Wars In Which He Has Been Engaged, and His Account
of the Cause and General History of the Black Hawk War of 1832, His Surrender, and
Travels Through the United States. Also Life, Death and Burial of the Old Chief, Together
with a History of the Black Hawk War” Near the end of his life in captivity, the Sauk leader
Black Hawk dictated his life to interpreter Antoine LeClair. The account was edited by J.B.
Patterson into what became a best-seller. Originally published in 1833, this later edition
with the Patterson essay is from 1882. Howes P120. Boards have some shelfwear and
rubbing, gilt a bit tarnished, soil to text block.
6. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West-Signed
By BROWN, DEE ALEXANDER
Price: $ 90
32nd Printing. Henry Holt & Co, 1991 New York, New York, U.S.A. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: Good. Cloth.
A documented account of the systematic plunder of the American Indians during the
second half of the nineteenth century. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owners
on first free endpaper. Some edgewear to boards, corners slightly bumped, top edge of
front board has large dent. Interior clean, binding tight. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has not
been price-clipped, some rubbing, edges have small chips and tears, one stain to rear.
Later signed printing of one of the seminal works on American Indians. Required reading.
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7. Indian Races of North and South America
By BROWNWELL, CHARLES DE WOLF
Price: $ 75
American Publishing Company, 1865 Hartford, CT. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
“An account of the principal aboriginal races; a description of their national customs,
mythology, and religious ceremonies; the history of their most powerful tribes, and of their
most celebrated chiefs and warriors; their intercourse and wars with the European settlers,
and a great variety of anecdote and description, illustrative of personal and national
character.” 39 plates, many are hand-colored. Dark cloth boards rubbed through along
edges, gutters are starting to tear. Some damage to spine where a half-inch square piece
is missing. Book is shaken with a few loose signatures. Mild foxing throughout, pages are
toned on edges but are free of markings.
8. Navajo Taboos; Navajo Historical Publications Cultural Series No. 1-Signed
By BULOW, ERNEST L.
Price: $ 40
Navajo Times Publishing Company, 1972 Window Rock, AZ. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None. Stapled Soft Cover.
Collection of taboos collected by author and his students on the Navajo reservation.
Wraps discolored along edges. Interior clean. Signed and inscribed by author to previous
owner on title page.
9. Seth Eastman: The Master Painter of the North American Indian
By BUSHNELL, DAVID I., JR.
Price: $ 25
Smithsonian Institution, 1932 Washington, D.C. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: None. Soft cover.
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 87, Number 3. Includes fifteen plates.
Sewn soft cover booklet has some wear and creasing on edges of wraps, interior is clean
except for a few pencil markings. Eastman was an artist and West Point graduate who
served in the US Army, first as a mapmaker, later becoming a well known artist.
10. Catlin’s Indians
By CATLIN, GEORGE
Price: $ 45
Gall and Inglis, London, UK. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: No Jacket.
Hardcover.
Dark teal pictorial cloth boards are rubbed on edges. Gilt insignia on front indicates “Prize
Awarded by the School Board for London.” Corners are bumped, boards are curled/
warped along edges. All edges gilt, interior is clean, some light spotting to edges of
pages. Front endpaper has residue from a previous bookplate. Similar to Howes c.242.
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11. Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes
By CATLIN, GEORGE
Price: $ 350
2nd Edition. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868 London, UK. Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None. Hardcover.
Account of George Catlin’s later travels in 1852-1957. Rebound in leather with intricate gilt
designs on spine and edges of boards. Corners and top and bottom of spine are rubbed
through. Marbled text block and endpapers. Foxing throughout, especially towards front
and rear of book. Previous owner’s name in ink.
12. Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium
By CATLIN, GEORGE
Price: $ 500
3rd Edition. Self-Published, 1852 London, UK. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition:
No Jacket .Hardcover.
“Being notes of Eight Years’ Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American
Indian Collection.” Third edtion of Catlin’s account of traveling Europe with his portraits,
along with representatives of tribes in North America. Two volumes bound as one in plain
dark brown cloth. Edges of text block have some foxing and dust staining. All 24 plates
are present, missing first free endpaper, corner of page 65 in the second volume has been
torn away. Sold as-is.
13. Life Amongst the Indians: A Book for Youth
By CATLIN, GEORGE
Price: $ 150
1st Edition. D. Appleton and Co., 1867 New York, NY. Book Condition: Fair Jacket
Condition: None. Hardcover.
An account of George Catlin’s time among the tribes of North America as written for young
readers. Bright blue cloth boards darkened on spine and edges, intricate gilt designs
on spine. Board corners and edges are curled/bumped. Title page is becoming loose.
Endpapers have some pencil markings from previous sellers and an original gift inscription
from 1867.
All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted.
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14. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American
Indians
By CATLIN, GEORGE
Price: $ 450
J.W. Bradley, 1860 Philadelphia, PA. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition: No Jacket.
Hardcover.
“Written During Eight Years Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America”
Two volumes in one. Pictorial boards with intricate gilt illustration. 150 illustrations on
steel and wood. Howes C-241. Boards are severely rubbed on edges and are starting
to separate, tears along gutters. Part of top edge of spine has been torn away, remaining
piece is very loose. Some foxing throughout text and besides some pencil notations near
front, interior is clean. Candidate for re-bind.
15. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony and other Customs of the Mandans
By CATLIN, GEORGE; EWERS, JOHN C.
Price: $ 20
Yale University Press, 1967 New Haven, CT. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: Very Good. Hardcover.
Edited and with an introduction by John C. Ewers, this is Catlin’s account of a ceremony of
the Mandan tribe. Originally published as an answer to critics who claimed he had falsified
reports about the ceremony, which involves self-torture. Illustrated. Brown cloth boards
lightly rubbed on corners, interior clean. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has some surface soil
and is toned, has not been price-clipped.
16. Drawings of the North American Indians
By CATLIN, GEORGE; HASSRICK, PETER H.
Price: $ 150
Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1984 Garden City, NY. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: None. Hardcover. Folio
Half-leather on grey cloth, slipcased. 200 line drawings are accompanied by notes
from the original album. Introduction by Peter Hassrick, then-director of the Buffalo Bill
Historical Center. Book has little wear, binding is tight. Cloth-covered slipcase is sunned in
places, has a few areas of soiling. George Catlin’s drawings of Native Americans remain
as well known as any depictions.
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17. Life, Letters and Travels of Father DeSmet Among the North American Indians,
Vols I-IV
By CHITTTENEN, HIRAM MARTIN; RICHARDSON, ALFRED TALBOT
Price: $ 750
Francis P. Harper, 1905 New York, NY. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
“Missionary Labors and Adventures among the Wild Tribes of the North American Indians,
Embracing Minute Description of Their Manners, Customs, Games, Modes of Warfare
and Torture, Legends, Traditions, etc., All from Personal Observations Made during Many
THousand Miles of Travel, with Sketches of the Country from St. Louis to Puget Sound
and the Altrabasca.” Many pages uncut, impossible to fully collate. Small numbered
stickers on bottom of spine, but not ex-library. Map present at end of volume 4. Dark
green cloth-covered boards are torn in places at head and foot of spine, light edgewear,
slightly bumped corners. Top edges of text blocks are darkened with age.
18. Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against the
Six Nations of Indians in 1779
By COOK, FREDERICK
Price: $ 65
Knapp, Peck & Thomson, 1887Auburn, NY. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
John Sullivan led an attack against the Iroquois in retaliation for the Indian’s actions
against American revolutionaries. All maps and plates present, some have tears. Edges
of boards are rubbed, corners bumped with some small tears. Shaken, several signatures
are becoming loose from binding. Sold as-is.
19. Marvellous Country: Explorations and Adventures in Arizona and New Mexico
By COZZENS, SAMUEL W.
Price: $ 75
James M. Piper and Company , 1875 Boston, MA. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Or, three years in Arizona and New Mexico, the Apaches’ home; comprising a description
of this wonderful country, its immense mineral wealth, its magnificent mountain scenery,
the ruins of ancient towns and cities found therein, with a complete history of the Apache
tribe, and a description of the author’s guide, Cochise, the great Apache war chief. 1875
printing. Dark green boards with gold and black imprint, chocolate brown endpapers.
Boards are rubbed through in places on edges. Previous owners’ names at front, interior
otherwise free of markings.
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20. Wild Life on the Plains and Horrors of Indian Warfare. Trade edition plus
salesman dummy edition.
By CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG AND OTHERS
Price: $ 175
Reprint. Excelsior Publishing Co., 1891 St. Louis, MO. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Includes material written by Custer with excerpts from My Life On The Plains. Chapters
also on Sitting Bull, Wounded Knee, The Ghost Dance and the Messiah Craze. Six-Guns
1015. More pedestrian contemporary red binding than original pictorial binding. Has
nice gilt label on spine. Boards are lightly rubbed and soiled, with edgewear. Edges of
book also somewhat soiled. Endpapers lightly soiled as is title page. Interior of book is
clean. Tight binding. Includes a salesman’s dummy of the same book with ledger in back
for orders (none apparently taken). Dummy has original boards for trade edition with
interesting juxtaposition of placid prairie dogs combined with barbaric encounter of indian
and white. Boards of dummy book have gold and black imprint on front and back. Binding
is tight. Edgewear and light soiling.
21. North-Americans of Yesterday
By DELLENBAUGH, FREDERICK S.
Price: $ 40
First Edition, Fourth Printing. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900 New York. Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Pictorial Cover.
Light brown boards with decorative cover in dark brown and green on front and spine.
Some browning to spine and light soiling and light rubbing to boards. Front and back
hinges are pulling but binding remains tight. Previous owners signature. Interior is
clean. Top edge gilt. Several pages along fore edge were roughly cut. Ads for other
Dellenbaugh titles at back. Filled with sketches and photos. Dellenbaugh relates native
American history of North America extracted from lectures at the Lowell Institute in Boston
in 1894. Began his exploring career as a boatman on Powell’s second voyage.
22. Our Wild Indians
By DODGE, COLONEL RICHARD IRVING
Price: $ 150
1st Edition. A.D. Worthington and Company, 1882 Hartford, CT. Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
First edition with all six chromo-plates. Subtitled: “A Popular Account Of Their Social Life,
Religion, Habits, Traits, Customs, Exploits, Etc. With Thrilling Adventures And Experiences
On The Great Plains And In The Mountains Of Our Wide Frontier.” Plain dark cloth
boards with pasted label on spine. Some splitting along interior and exterior hinges. Edges
rubbed, spine at slant. Moderate soil to boards and edges of text block, some foxing
throughout. Label from previous bookseller on rear endpaper.
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23. Smithsonian Annual Report 1885 Part II
By DONALDSON, THOMAS
Price: $ 250
Government Printing Office, 1886 Washington, D.C.. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: None. Hardcover.
The bulk of the text is an appendix of the “George Catlin Indian Gallery in the United
States National Museum with Memoir and Statistics.” Both large fold-out maps are
present. Plain dark cloth boards are worn along edges, corners are bumped and curl
around the text block. All plates seem to be present. A must for any Catlin collector.
24. Indian Capitives, or, Life in The Wigwam
By DRAKE, SAMUEL G.
Price: $ 90
1st Edition. Derby, Miller, and Co., 1850 Auburn, NY. Book Condition: Fair Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
“Being True Narratives of Captive Who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians, From the
Frontier Settlements of the U.S., From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.” The author
was a prominent collector of antiquarian books in the first half of the 1800s, and published
material pertaining to current thoughts on American Indian cultures. Boards and spine are
severely chipped along edges. Faint gilt text on spine, imprint of publisher on front cover.
Heavy foxing throughout pages. Pencil tracing on tissue protecting frontispiece. One
signature towards rear is somewhat loose.
25. Book of the Indians of North America
By DRAKE, SAMUEL G.
Price: $ 150
3rd Edition. O.L. Perkins, 1834Boston, MA. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition:
None. Hardcover.
“Third Edition, with large Additions and Corrections, and numerous Engravings.” Samuel
G Drake was a prominent collector of antiquarian books in the first half of the 1800s,
and published material pertaining to current thoughts on American Indian cultures. Front
leather board and first two free pages are separated from binding; rear board and last two
pages are approaching this state. Previous owner’s signature and library gift plate on front
board indicate previous owner was Dr. James Rush, most likely the son of Dr. Benjamin
Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, who was considered the
“Father of American Psychiatry” James Rush died in 1869, the year the book was donated
to the Ridgway Branch of the Philadelphia Library. All plates are present, some foxing
throughout pages. Howes 476.
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26. In Search of the Wild Indian: Photographs and Life Works by Carl and Grace
Moon
By DRIEBE, TOM
Price: $ 300
1st Edition. Maurose Publishing, 1997Moscow, PA. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: Good. Hardcover.
Over 400 photographs, many in color. Illustrations include Moon’s photographs and
paintings, as well as letters and newspaper clippings. Inscribed by author to previous
owner on first free endpaper. Red cloth boards are very lightly rubbed on edges, corners
bumped. Interior is clean and bright. Binding tight. Dust jacket has a few minor chips and
creases along edges, especially at corners.
27. Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches
By EASTMAN, EDWIN
Price: $ 50
2nd Edition. Clark Johnson, M.D., 1874 Jersey City, NJ. Book Condition: Fair Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Rebound, with original cloth pasted on light red cloth boards. Of note is advertisement at
rear for the publisher’s “Dr. Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood Syrup.” Pages are heavily foxed
and have some pencil markings.
28. Gustavus Sohon’s Portraits of Flathead and Pend D’Oreille Indians, 1854
By EWERS, JOHN C.
Price: $ 30
Smithsonian Institution, 1948 Washington, D.C.. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition:
None. Soft cover.
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 110, Number 7. History of a German
explorer and artist, along with his sketches of Northwest tribes. Includes 22 plates. Brown
paper wraps are creased on edges.
29. The Reservation Blackfeet, 1882-1945: A Photographic History of Cultural
Survival
By FARR, WILLIAM E.; WELCH, JAMES
Price: $ 35
Univ of Washington Pr, 1984 Seattle, WA. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition:
Very Good. Hardcover.
Ranging from tourist snapshots to carefully staged portraits, these remarkable
photographs show reservation life in a wealth of detail. Edges of black cloth boards are
somewhat rubbed. Binding tight, interior clean. Dust jacket has some surface soil, wear to
edges.
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30. Indian and Mission Affairs in New Mexico 1773
By FERMIN DE MENDINUETA, PEDRO
Price: $ 40
Limited Edition. Stagecoach Press , 1965 Santa Fe, NM. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover.
The first publication in any form of a report written in 1773 by Pedro Fermin de
Mendinueta, Spanish governor of New Mexico from 1767-1778. Translated by Marc
Simmons during doctoral research at the UNM. Stagecoach Press Historian’s Edition,
limited to 250 copies. Green cloth boards show little wear, interior is clean. Mylar-wrapped
dust jacket has been price-clipped.
31. History, Manners and Customs of the North American Indians
By GEORGE MOGRIDGE AFTER GEORGE CATLIN
Price: $ 50
Robert Carter, 1847 New York. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: No Jacket.
Hardcover.
A reprint from the London Religious Tract Society using the works of George Catlin and
turning it into a young man’s adventure story. Includes chart of Indian populations in North
America. Brown boards are blind embossed on front and back with faded gold gilt on
spine. Book has slant and shows wear to corners and spine. Soiling to boards. Binding
is tight. Several previous owners notations on free endpapers. Pages show foxing.
Numerous steel engravings. Part of Carter’s Cabinet Library. Advertisements in back.
32. Lives of Celebrated American Indians
By GOODRICH, S.G.
Price: $ 50
Rand and Mann, 1849 Boston, MA. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: None.
Hardcover.
Red embossed cloth boards with gilt on spine. Head and foot have tears through to
binding, corners are bumped. Interior is clean except for colored pencil marking on front
free endpaper. Part of the Peter Parley’s Cabinet Library series for schools and families.
23 biographical sketches including those of Pontiac, Logan, Brant, and Red Jacket.
33. In Keokuk’s Time on the Kansas Reservation; Green’s Historical Series Early Days
in Kansas
By GREEN, CHARLES R.
Price: $ 80
Green, Charles R., 1912 Olathe, KS. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition:Soft cover.
Being Various Incidents Pertaining to the Keokuks, the Sac & Fox Indians (Mississippi
Band) and Tales of the Early Settlers, Life on the Kansas Reservation, Located on the
Head Waters of the Osage River, 1846-1870. The title says it all. Wraps have some
tearing along spine, light soil overall. Some foxing throughout text, few water stains. 70 pp.
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34. R.C. Gorman, the Drawings-Signed
By GREEN, MARYBETH;GORMAN, R.C.
Price: $ 300
Limited and Numbered. Northland Press, 1981 Flagstaff, Arizona. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: None. Hard Slipcase Quarter Leather.
Limited edition, 96/100, signed by artist on limitation page. Drawings by Navajo artist R.C.
Gorman, most known for his images of Navajo women.This copy is missing the lithograph.
Linen colored cloth hard slipcase has a few stains, light soil overall. Book has sunned
leather spine, red cloth boards. Interior clean and free of markings, binding is tight.
35. Catlin und Mollhausen: Zwei Interpreten der Indianer und des Alten Westens
By HARTMANN, HORST
Price: $ 25
Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1963 Berlin. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
Two interpreters of the Indians and the Old West. In German. Yellow cloth boards, some
bumping on corners, light soil to edges of the text block. Some minor ex-library markings,
withdrawn stamp and glue from card pocket but otherwise text is clean.
36. Coyote Waits-Signed
By HILLERMAN, TONY
Price: $ 150
Limited and Numbered. Harpercollins, 1990 New York, NY. Book Condition: Fine Jacket
Condition: None. Hard Slipcase Cloth.
Leaphorn and Chee investigate the murder of tribal policeman Delbert Nez. Limited first
edition of 500 copies in hard slipcase, signed by author on limitation page. Unknown
number, book still in publisher’s shrinkwrap and is thus in pristine condition.
37. Talking God-Signed
By HILLERMAN, TONY
Price: $ 150
Limited and Numbered. HarperCollins Publishers, 1989 New York, NY. Book Condition:
Fine Jacket Condition: None. Hard Slipcase Cloth.
Leaphorn and Chee investigate cases that take them both to Washington, DC. Limited
and numbered edition in pictorial slipcase. Signed by author on limitation page, 224/300.
Little discernable wear to book and slipcase.
All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted.
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38. Ghostway (The Door Into Darkness)-Signed
By HILLERMAN, TONY
Price: $ 550
First Thus. Dennis McMillan Publications, 1984 San Diego, CA. Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth.
Limited and numbered first edition, 267/300, signed by author on limitation page.
Turquoise cloth covered boards with silver imprint are faintly worn and faded along
edges. Interior bright and clean, binding tight. Mylar-wrapped pictorial dust jacket has no
discernable flaws. Jim Chee aids the FBI in understanding a case.
39. Blessing Way-Signed
By HILLERMAN, TONY
Price: $ 875
First Edition, First Printing. Harper & Row, 1970 New York, NY. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: Good. Cloth.
First edition, first printing of Tony Hillerman’s first novel. Signed by author on half title
page. Fuschia and violet boards with red imprint are slightly faded and worn along
edges, corners fairly sharp but a few rubbed through. Light soiling to edges of text block.
Interior clean, binding tight. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket sunned along spine, interior flaps
yellowed, edges/corners have numerous creases, few small chips and tears, mostly to
front and spine. Hillerman’s first four novels are always sought after in true first printings.
40. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians-Signed
By HORAN, JAMES DAVI
Price: $ 200
Limited and Numbered. Crown Publishers, 1972 New York, NY. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: None. Folio.
Deluxe edition, limited to 249 signed by author, copy 243. Full-color plate reproductions
of portraits that once hung in the office of Superintendent of Indian Trade,Thomas
McKenney. He commissioned these portraits of prominent Natives who visited the capital;
most were painted by Charles Bird King. This book includes a history of the gallery and
updated biographical information on the individuals pictured. Half red leather on raw
umber cloth, gilt accents. Corners somewhat bumped. Slipcase with red marbled design is
rubbed on edges, some tape residue, light soil overall.
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41. Twenty Years Among our Savage Indians
By HUMFREVILLE, COL. JAMES LEE
Price: $ 275
2nd Edition. A.D. Worthington and Company, 1901 Hartford, CT. Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
“A record of personal experiences, observations, and adventures beyond the Mississippi;
portraying the daily life, habits, traits, religion, ceremonies, dress, savage instrincts, and
customs of the Indians of the wild west in peace and war. With many thrilling incidents,
daring exploits, and brave deeds in the lives of famous Indian fighters, scouts, guides,
and trappers.” U.S. Calvary officer’s accounts reflect the biases of the period, but are
sympathetic. Second edition, published for subscribers only. Dark red pictorial cloth with
black ink and gilt text. All chromo-lithograph plates present. Boards rubbed on edges,
some surface soil. Pages have some toning and stains, but free of markings.
42. Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government’s Dealings with
Some of the Indian Tribes
By JACKSON, HELEN HUNT
Price: $ 125
1st Edition. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1881 New York, NY. Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
The author, best known for her novel Ramona, sent a copy of this volume to members of
Congress. It was one of the first activist texts to attempt to expose some of the injustices
incurred by tribes at the hands of the government. It has several tribal histories, as well
as an appendix of incidents. Tan cloth with gold imprint, boards are rubbed on edges and
corners. This copy is signed by the previous owner, poet Clinton Scollard.
43. Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians: USGS
Miscellaneous Publications, No. 9
By JACKSON, W.H.
Price: $ 15
Reprint. R.M. Weatherford Books, 1978 Columbus, OH. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None. Soft cover.
Originally published in 1877, this catalogue is “intended to systematize the collection
of Photographic Portraits of Indians now in possession of the United States Geological
Survey of the Territories, and to place on record all the information we have been able
to obtain of the various individuals represented.” Does not contains any photographs.
Grey paper wraps have some light soil, binding is tight and interior clean. William Henry
Jackson was one of the foremost photographers of western exploration.
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44. Historical Facts of the Ancient Cliff Dwellers and a Glimpse of the Ruins and
Canon at Manitou
By JEANCON, J.A.
Price: $ 55
Manitou Cliff Dwellers’ Ruins Co., Colorado Springs, CO. Book Condition: Fair Jacket
Condition: None. Soft cover.
Photographs of cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde and other places in the southwest with an
essay on the archaeology of the time. Includes fold-out panorama of the Manitou Springs
site. These structures were built from masonry shipped by train from an Ancestral Pueblo
site near Cortez. From todays perspective, to relocate collapsed ruins from western
colorado to just west of Colorado Springs is just bizarre. Date unknown, but modern
Pueblo-style museum in foreground suggests after 1898, when it was first built, or closer
to 1907 when the site was opened to the public. Brown paper wraps are soiled, some
dampstains. Edges of wraps have some tears, chips, and creases. Slight musty odor.
45. Famous Indian Chiefs
By JOHNSTON, CHARLES H.L.
Price: $ 55
1st Edition. L.C. Page and Company, 1909 Boston, MA. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
“Their battles, treaties, sieges, and struggles with the whites for the possession of
America.” Previous owner’s signature on first free endpaper. Pictorial cloth boards rubbed
on edges, corners bumped, moderate soil overall. Interior clean and free of markings,
some foxing in places, few signatures are loosening.
46. Indian Omens
By KICKAPOO INDIAN MEDICINE COMPANY, INC.
Price: $ 75
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company, Inc., 1907 Clintonville, CT. Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None. Soft cover.
Small stapled pamphlet advertises the products of the Kickapoo Indian Medicine
Company, as well as “Indian” fortune-telling diversions. In the words of Brooks McNamara,
“...no American Indian had ever heard of Kickapoo Indian Sagwa before 1881. In that
year Sagwa followed by Kickapoo Indian Oil, Kickapoo Buffalo Salve, Kickapoo Indian
Cough Cure, and Kickapoo Indian Worm Killer - Spring full-blown from the imaginations
of two patent medicine promoters, John Healy and Charles Bigelow.” Patent medicine
concoctions thrived in the 19th century. Only found in four libraries according to WorldCat.
Large tear to rear wrap, a few smaller tears to edges, light foxing and soil.
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47. Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights
By LLOYD, J. WILLIAM
Price: $ 250
First Edition. Lloyd Group, 1911 Westfield, NJ. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
Tales and legends from the Pima (Tohono O’odham) people, translated from interviews
with an elder. 1925 gift inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Front board and
two pages are detached. Corners of boards bumped, edges rubbed. Overall some light
stains and foxing.
48. Man Who Married the Moon
By LUMMIS, CHARLES
Price: $ 50
1st Edition. Century Co., 1894 New York, NY. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
Pueblo Indian folk tales through the eyes of Charles Lummis. Pictorial cloth cover. Boards
are soiled, bumped on edges. Several loose signatures throughout book, rear hinge has
separated. Gift inscription on front endpaper, otherwise interior free of markings.
49. Land of Poco Tiempo
By LUMMIS, CHARLES F.
Price: $ 75
Reprint. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1897 New York. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Nice clean early re-print of Lummis’ history of New Mexico. First published in 1893, this
printing 1897. No dust jacket. Brick red boards with gold and black printing to front and
spine. Some rubbing and scratching to boards plus light edgewear. Corners lightly
bumped. Filled with photographs from Lummis and printed on heavier than normal paper.
Binding is solid with boards firmly attached. Clean interior.
50. Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol. 1
By MANNING, WILLIAM
Price: $ 375
Directors of the American Antiquarian Society, 1820 Worchester, MA. Book Condition:
Very Good Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Later maroon boards with chipped gold gilt on spine. Includes a number of reports
such as Archaeologia Americana-Discovery of the River Mississippi, John Johnston’s
Account of the Present State of the Indian Tribes Inhabiting Ohio and also bound in is
the Description of Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio. Fully collated including the
large folding map of Ohio. Foxing to most pages, plates in very good condition. includes
appendix.
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51. Indian Wars of Texas
By MAYHALL, MILDRED P.
Price: $ 30
Texian Press, 1965 Waco, TX. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: Good.
Hardcover.
“These historical sketches portray some of the least known and some of the most dramatic
of the many Indian fights of Texas.” Red cloth boards with gilt illustration on cover are
lightly soiled, edges rubbed, corners bumped. Foxing throughout, some pencil notations
here and there. Dust jacket has large chips at head of spine and along edges.
52. History of the Indian Tribes of North America
By MCKENNEY, THOMAS L.; HALL, JAMES
Price: $ 1275
First Thus. John Grant, 1933 Edinburgh. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition:
Good. Hardcover.
First thus, three-volume set, rare in dust jackets. First published in 1844, these 123 fullpage color lithographs and accompanying text were commissioned by the Superintendent
of Indian Trade,Thomas McKenney to depict prominent Natives who visited the capital.
The paintings originally hung in his office, and most were painted by Charles Bird King.
Biographies of the individuals were written by Judge James Hall. All of the original
paintings except five were destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian in 1865. The folio set
of McKenney Hall were spectacular but costly, hence there have been several octavo
editions released. Navy blue cloth with gold text on spine, boards are lightly rubbed on
edges with bumped corners. Top edge gilt, with some wear. Endpapers foxed. Mylarwrapped dust jackets have some surface soil and toning. Maps at rear of third volume.
An attractive set with rare dust jackets.
53. My Friend the Indian
By MCLAUGHLIN, JAMES
Price: $ 175
1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1910 Boston and New York. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: Fair. Pictorial Cover.
Brick red boards with crisp white imprint on front and spine with unmarred pastedown on
front. Head and foot of spine lightly pushed; light white residue on spine. Two corners
very lightly rubbed. Tight binding, light foxing to endpapers, booksellers sticker bottom
front endpaper. Top edge stained red, deckle edges front and bottom. Clean interior.
Rare dust jacket is probably 95% intact but exhibits several 1” x 2” pieces missing and
numerous chips and tears along the edges. Relates the experiences of the author,a
United States Indian Inspector and formally Indian agent to the Sioux. All plates present.
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54. Rain Bird: A Study in Pueblo Design
By MERA, H.P.
Price: $ 50
1st Edition. W.F. Roberts Company, 1938 Washington, D.C. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Soft cover.
Memoirs of the Laboratory of Anthropology (Santa Fe), Volume II. Monochrome
and duochrome plates of the variety of rain bird motifs from historic Pueblo pottery.
Brown paper wraps have some wear at spine and corners, light soil to surface. Tape
reinforcements have been attempted on hinges.
55. Tall Sheep: Harry Goulding, Monument Valley Trader
By MOON, SAMUEL
Price: $ 50
University of Oklahoma Press, 1992 Norman, OK. Book Condition: Near Fine Jacket
Condition: Very Good. Hardcover.
“Samuel Moon’s portrait of a pioneering trader in Navajo country brings to life the events
of an era distant from our own, as they play out in the recounted experience of these
colorful people.” Near fine copy is lightly read, jacket is sunned on spine but otherwise
shows little wear.
56. American Indian in the United States Period 1850-1914
By MOOREHEAD, WARREN K.
Price: $ 175
Andover Press, 1914 Andover, MA. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: No Jacket.
Hardcover.
A contemporary history of the transition period in American Indian history written by
one of the founding members of North American archaeology. Some ink notations to
text, previous owner’s name in ink on first free endpaper. Includes both fold-outs. Light
edgewear, spine at slant, mild soil to exterior of text block. Howes M-781
57. Navajo Omens and Taboos
By NEWCOMB, FRANC JOHNSON; DODGE, CHEE
Price: $ 350
1st Edition. Rydal Press, 1940 Santa Fe, NM. Book Condition: Fine Jacket Condition:
Very Good. Hardcover.
Includes fourteen illustrations in black and white and one hand-colored “sand” painting.
Signed by Newcomb. Limited edition, number 795. Collection of Navajo cultural beliefs
by the Newcombs, who operated a trading post on the reservation. Red cloth boards in
fine condition, paste down label on front board. Interior clean. Tight binding. Very light
wrinkling to first several pages. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has light chipping at top and 2
inch closed tear on back. Jacket is very clean and hard to find in this condition.
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58. Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory with Interesting Biographical
Sketches. 1. Choctaws and Chickasaws
By O’BEIRNE, H.F.
Price: $ 450
1st Edition. American Publishers’ Association, 1891 Chicago. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Pictorial Cover.
This volume “is the result of a universal demand throughout the States for a more
thorough and accurate knowledge of the Five Civilized Tribes.” This volume covering
the Choctaws and Chickasaws. First of three planned volumes. Complete with over two
hundred portraits and full-page engravings with biographical sketches. Maroon boards
with bright gold and black imprint on front and spine. Boards lightly soiled and bumped.
Marbled edges and patterned endpapers. First signature becoming slightly loose but
overall binding is tight. Owners signature on first endpaper. Clean interior.
59. Hopi
By PAGE, SUSANNE;PAGE, JAKE
Price: $ 50
Abradale/Abrams, 1994 Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: Very Good. Cloth. Folio
“Communicates the feeling of Hopi life and culture in a way difficult to achieve through
a single medium.” -Library Journal review. Large format book, very good in like jacket.
Some rubbing at corners of jacket and one bottom corner of boards is bumped.
60. Sweet Medicine: The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and
the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History
By POWELL, PETER J.
Price: $ 100
1st Edition. Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1969 Norman, OK. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: None. Hardcover.
Two-volume set in slipcase. Volume 100 in the Civilization of the American Indian
series; “this account contains the most comprehensive record ever made of the unique
ceremonies of the Northern Cheyennes.” Inscribed by author to previous owners on halftitle page. Very slight warping to first few pages of volume one, some light dampstains to
the exterior of the slipcase. Second volume has some slant to spine. Books have very little
wear to boards, slipcase edges and labels are somewhat rubbed.
All books in catalogue are first edition, first printings unless otherwise noted.
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61. No Turning Back-Signed
By QOYAWAYMA, POLINGAYSI (ELIZABETH Q. WHITE)
Price: $ 100
University of New Mexico Press, 1964Albuquerque, NM. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good. Cloth.
Signed by Polingaysi Qoyawayma with the beautiful inscription of “May the tinge of my
pioneer life help to bring about mutual understanding between the Indian and all the
people. It had not been easy, but I have no regrets. I have gained for the better, now
returned to my own, to continue on.” A Hopi Indian woman’s struggle to live in two
cultures. Salmon colored boards show light edgewear. Brown stamping on front and
spine. Limited discoloration at top of board, about 1 inch area. Foot of spine is pushed.
Tight binding and clean interior. Dust jacket is not-price-clipped. Moderate chipping to
edges. 3/4” x 3/4” chip missing at top. Old store stickers on back of dust jacket. Faded
spine.
62. Ponteach: A Tragedy; with an Introduction and Biography of the Author
By ROGERS, ROBERT; NEVINS, ALLAN
Price: $ 350
Limited Edition. Caxton Club, 1914 Chicago, IL. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Contains both Rogers’ play about Chief Pontiac’s rebellion against the British stationed at
Fort Detroit in 1763 and a biography written by Allan Nevins. Limited edition, one of 175
copies. Boards are moderately soiled with some rubbing on edges, inside clean, binding
tight. Label on spine is intact with some damp spotting, lightly penciled number towards
bottom of spine.
63. Cheyenne Autumn
By SANDOZ, MARI
Price: $ 20
First British Edition. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1966 London, UK. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover.
“The epic 1500-mile flight of the Cheyenne Indians in 1878 from their reservation in Indian
Territory to their home on the Yellowstone River.” First British Edition. Brown cloth boards
with gilt and red imprint have light wear on edges, interior is clean, binding tight, spine at
slight slant. Dust jacket is sunned on spine, creased on edges.
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64. Blackfeet: Artists of the Northern Plains The Scriver Collection of Blackfeet Indian
Artifacts and Related Objects, 1894-1990
By SCRIVER, BOB
Price: $ 125
Lowell Pr, 1991 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: Very Good. Hardcover.
Full-color photographs illustrate the beauty of Blackfeet cultural objects, from weapons
and clothing to ceremonial bundles. Little visible wear to boards but book is lightly shaken,
text block a bit dusty. Dust jacket has some wear to the laminate and is lightly creased at
corners.
65. Heroes and Heroines of the Fort Dearborn Massacre
By SIMMONS, N., M.D.
Price: $ 250
1st Edition. Journal Publishing Company, 1896 Lawrence, KS. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Family history of survivors of the Fort Dearborn Battle/Massacre in 1812 on the shores of
Lake Michigan in present-day Chicago, with a multiple-page advertisement for the author’s
“Liver Tablets and Ginger Snaps” at the rear. The author’s aunt and cousin were captured
by the Potowatami and other tribes present but eventually escaped. Dark green cloth
boards with gilt text have very light shelf wear. Some pencil markings throughout text.
Hard to find in this condition.
66. Indian Atrocities--Narratives of the Perils and Sufferings of Dr. Knight and John
Slover, Among the Indians, During the Revolutionary War, with Short Momoirs of Col.
Crawford & John Slover.
By SLOVER, JOHN AND COL. CRAWFORD
Price: $ 100
First Thus. U.P. James, 1867 Cincinnati. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition:
No Jacket. Unbound.
First published in 1782, re-published in 1843, this scarce edition was published in 1867,
including a letter from H. Brackinridge, on the rights of the Indians, etc. Unbound and
uncut. 500 copies were letterpress printed with numerous wood cuts and printers devices.
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67. Narratives of Indian Captivity Supplement I
By SMITH, CLARA A.
Price: $ 15
Newberry Library, 1928 Chicago, IL. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition:
None. Soft cover.
A list of books and manuscripts on this subject in the Edward E. Ayer Collection of the
Newberry Library. Brown paper wraps have slight edgewear and creased corners; interior
is clean.
68. Indian Tribes of North America
By SWANTON, JOHN R.
Price: $ 25
Government Printing Office, 1953 Washington, D.C.. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Bulletin 145 of the Bureau of American Ethnology/Smithsonian Institution. A guide covering
all groupings such as nations, confederations, tribes, sub-tribes, clans, and bands. It is
formatted as a dictionary, or gazetteer, and organized by state. Plain olive cloth boards
with gilt on spine have bumped corners. Includes all four maps plus one extra. Top edge of
text block is lightly soiled.
69. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History
By TANNER, HELEN HORNBECK
Price: $ 35
1st Edition. Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1987 Norman, OK. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: Good. Hardcover.
“The Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History, in a sequence of thirty-three newly researched
maps printed in as many as five colors, graphically displays the movement of Indian
communities from 1640 to about 1871, when treaty making between Indian tribes and the
United States Government came to an end.” Some shelfwear, mild foxing to top edge of
text block, interior clean.
70. Indian Tribes of Aboriginal America
By TAX, SOL
Price: $ 25
1st Edition. University of Chicago Press, 1952 Chicago, IL. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: Good. Hardcover.
Papers presented at the XXIXth International Congress of Americanists, centering on the
social organization, physical anthropology, archaeology, religious beliefs, arts, and crafts
of North and South American tribes. Some staining to text block, light wear to edges of
boards. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has some small chips, tears, and has been clipped on
front flap.
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71. Indian Biography, Vols I and II
By THATCHER, BENJAMIN BUSSY
Price: $ 140
1st Edition. J. and J. Harper, 1832 New York, NY. Book Condition: Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Two-volume set. Contemporary rebind, part of a “family library.” Small red books, “An
Historical Account of those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished Among the North
American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters.”
Both frontispieces present. Decorative git on edges of boards, spines darkened, rubbing
along edges and spine, through to boards in some places. Previous owner’s bookplates
on endpapers.
72. Old Father Story Teller
By VELARDE, PABLITA
Price: $ 150
Limited Edition. Clear Light Pub, 1989 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Book Condition: Very
Good Jacket Condition: None. Hard Slipcase Hardcover.
Santa Clara Pueblo traditional stories illustrated with color plates by Pablita Velarde.
Limited edition, 136/200, signed on limitation page. Includes signed and numbered print.
In pale grey cloth covered hard slipcase with silver imprint. Slipcase has sustained some
kind of damage and is warped along spine, some surface soil. Boards of book are very
slightly bowed, some faint wrinkling of cloth near spine. Rear endpaper is somewhat
warped, interior is otherwise very clean and bright.
73. Yazz Navajo Painter
By WAGNER, SALLIE R., BRODY, J.J. & YAZZ, BEATIEN
Price: $ 200
First Edition. Northland Press, 1983 Flagstaff, Arizona. Book Condition: Fine Jacket
Condition: Fine. Hardcover.
Wagner, Sallie R., Brody, J.J. & Yazz, Beatien. Yazz Navajo Painter. Northland Press
(1983). First Edition. Octavo. 76 pages. Blue cloth with pictorial dust jacket in original
wraps. Fine first edition hard cover. One of the more celebrated Native American artists
of the 20th century. Yazz was a Navajo Code Talker during WWII.
74. Navajo Folk Sculpture
By WALLETO, ALFRED
Price: $ 15
Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: None. Stapled Soft Cover.
Exhibit catalogue of wood carvings by Navajo artist Alfred Walleto. Monochrome photos
of sculptures. Wraps are creased on a few corners, light soil to a few places, interior
clean.
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75. Masked Gods: Navajo and Pueblo Ceremonialism
By WATERS, FRANK
Price: $ 300
Limited Edition. University of New Mexico Press, 1950 Albuquerque, NM. Book Condition:
Very Good Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover.
Limited edition of first printing, signed by author on limitation page, 60/300. Introduction
by Clyde Kluckhohn. Linen-colored cloth boards with dark yellow motif and black text
have light shelfwear. Interior is clean and free of markings. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has
been price-clipped, is lightly sunned and rubbed in places, few small tears at corners and
creases. Scarce limited edition.
76. Riding the Earthboy 40
By WELCH, JAMES
Price: $ 90
1st Edition. World Publishing Company, 1971 New York, NY. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover.
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by author to previous owner on first free endpaper.
“Welch’s beautiful and mysterious poems reveal the hidden life, the undiscovered in the
commonplace. James Welch is a Black Foot Indian brought up in Montana and educated
at the University of Montana. His father tenant-farmed forty acres belonging to the
Earthboy family.” Light wear to boards, corners a bit bumped. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket
has wear on edges with some very small chips and creases.
77. Frontier Trail, or From Cowboy to Colonel
By WHEELER, COL. HOMER W.
Price: $ 40
Times-Mirror Press, 1923 Los Angeles, CA. Book Condition: Good Jacket Condition: No
Jacket. Hardcover.
Rust-colored cloth boards with black text and illustration. Account of the author’s time out
west on campaigns and military bases. Boards are rubbed, some surface soil to cloth and
edges of text block. Front hinge torn along length. Sold as-is.
78. Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs
By WOOD, NORMAN B.
Price: $ 40
American Indian Historical Publishing Company, 1906 Aurora, IL. Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Shaken, corners are bumped, spine sunned. Bookplate of previous owner on pastedown,
but otherwise interior is clean. Biographies of famous Indian chiefs from Cofachiqui, the
Indian princess, and Powhatan to Chief Joseph and Geronimo.
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79. Pueblo Shields from the Fred Harvey Fine Arts Collection
By WRIGHT, BARTON
Price: $ 75
1st Edition. Northland Press, 1976 Flagstaff, AZ. Book Condition: Near Fine Jacket
Condition: Very Good Hardcover.
The author traces the development of the individual defensive shield from its first
appearance in prehistoric petroglyphs and artifacts through contemporary ceremonial
usage. Signed by author on title page. Near fine copy in very good dust jacket, very light
wear to boards and some light soil and few small tears to jacket which has not been priceclipped.
80. Kachinas of the Zuni
By WRIGHT, BARTON
Price: $ 140
First Edition. Northland Press, 1985 Flagstaff, Arizona. Book Condition: Fine Jacket
Condition: Good. Hardcover.
Wright, Barton. Kachinas of the Zuni. Northland Press (1985). First Edition. Octavo.
151 pages. Near fine first edition hard cover. Black cloth with silver lettering and design.
Lightly bumped corners. “Archive Copy” stamp from Northland Press on half title page.
Purchased directly from Northland Press upon their closing. Good pictorial dust jacket.
Front corners and bumped and chipped. Some rubbing and general wear. This book
describes the quadrennial ceremonies, annual performances, traditional dances, and
curing rites associated with Zuni culture. Paintings by Duane Dishta.
81. Compilation of All the Treaties Between the United States and the Indian Tribes
By
Price: $ 250
Government Printing Office, 1873 Washington, D.C.. Book Condition: Very Good Jacket
Condition: No Jacket. Hardcover.
Appears to be newer binding. Tan cloth boards sunned on spine but otherwise show little
wear. Text block and pages toned, some stains and foxing. Index at rear. An amazing
research tool on Federal Indian law and the willingness of the government and its agents
to ignore many treaties.
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82. Navaho-Hopi Land Dispute--Hearing Before the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress Second Session
By
Price: $ 35
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 Washington, D.C. Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Trade Paperback.
Green wraps are lightly faded, more so on the spine. Light edgewear and soiling to
edges of book. Tight binding and clean interior. Owners name on front wrap. The Navajo
reservation virtually surrounds the Hopi peoples; tensions continue today.
83. Blackfeet Indians - Three Buttes
By U.S.P.R.R. Exp & Surveys
Price: $ 95
Cover Photo
From the Pacific Railroad Surveys or the “Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To
Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi
River to the Pacific Ocean”, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, Jefferson
Davis in 1853-54. This print, plate XXVII shows the Blackfeet Indians hunting buffalo at
Three Buttes, known today as the Sweet Grass Hills, Montana. Plate is clean, protected
by matt board and mylar sleeve. 7”x10.”
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84. & 85.
Edward Sheriff Curtis published his epic The North American Indian between 1907 and
1930 with the intent to record traditional Indian cultures. Sponsored by J.P. Morgan,
Curtis spend years of field work documenting and photographing Native ways of life
and transcribing and recording Native languages. The final work comprises twenty
volumes of narrative text and photogravure images. Each volume is accompanied by
a portfolio of large photogravure plates. Subscriptions never reached the anticipated
500 sets, with fewer than 300 sets being sold. Today, a complete 20 volume set of both
narrative volumes and portfolios can fetch up to 1.5 million dollars. We offer two large
photogravure plates.
84. Chipewyan Tipi Among the Aspens
Price: $ 750
Plate 616, Chipewyan Tipi Among the Aspens was produced in 1926 for volume 18.
Plate is in very good condition and measures 11.5” x 15.5” printed on a sheet measuring
17.75” x 21.75”
85. Uyowutcha-Nunivak
Price: $3000
Plate 696, Uyowutcha-Nunivak came from the final volume in 1930. Plate is in very good
condition and measures 11.5” x 15.5” printed on a sheet measuring 17.75” x 21.75”
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