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Fairbanks AL:: Univ. of Alaska Press,, 1995.. Reprint. Softcover. Softcover quarto in illustrated wraps. Bright and clean but corners a bit curled. Gift note on front endpaper. Originally published by the Smithsonian in 1972. ... more information

Muskogee OK:: Indian Heritage Association,, 1974.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in burgundy cloth stamped in gilt. Limited edition, #257 of 1000, signed by both authors. One of a series of books illuminating Indian folk tales. Very nice indeed, with just the lightest of corner bumps. Clean, bright and unmarked inside. Apparently published without a jacket. ... more information

Philadelphia:: George S. MacManus Company,, 1955.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback 12 mo in red cloth. 200 pages. Limited Edition, one of 300 copies. Essentially a documentary history of the treatment of American Indians by the government and its agents through the 19th century (and some discussion of earlier contacts). Nothing surprising here, but a nicely organized exposition of the then progressive view of the subject. Previous owner name on the front endpaper. Light edge and ex... more information

Washington:: Smithsonian,, 1910.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in green cloth. 116 pages plus 19 photographic plates outside the pagination, 20 figures in the text, and a folding map frontis. A very good small format BAE report "on the explorations made in 1906-07 under the auspices of the archaeological institute of American". The examination of a number of mounds in the designated area. A bookstore tag and previous owner label on the front endpaper. Otherwise clean and sound i... more information

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,, 1952.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 12 inches tall, in green cloth. 392 pages plus 205 figures including drawings, photographs, maps, sometimes multiple figures on a page, and often multiple images in a numbered figure. "Eastern" in the the sense of the title refers to east of the Rocky Mountains. Clean, bright and sound inside. Covers have a hint of extremity wear. The jacket is complete but there is a one inch tear at top front panel and ex... more information

Muskogee OK:: Five Civilized Tribes Museum,, 1984.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, over 12 inches (31 cm) tall, in half green faux leather on white linen cloth, both stamped in gilt. 176 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings, and nine double page color plates by various artists. An impressive illustrated history of the tribe from its beginnings in the Carolinas and Georgia and the removal to Oklahoma via the Trail of Tears. Clean, bright and sound inside. The covers are clean but the head of th... more information

Denver / Niwot CO:: Colorado Hist. Soc. / Univ. Press of Colorado,, 1997.. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, about 11.25 inches wide, in dull rose red cloth. 400 pages with 140 color plates of ledger art by several Native American artist. SIGNED BY DAVID HALAAS WITH A PERSONAL INSCRIPTION. The book from which these plates come had been salvaged from a battlefield and was housed, largely unknown, at the Colorado Historical Society. What makes this one more interesting than most is the attempt to m... more information

Caldwell ID:: Caxton Printers, Ltd.,, 1981.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11.25 inches tall, in brick red cloth stamped in black. 316 pages illustrated by photographs, maps, and impressive jacket art by Dave Manuel. A handsome book on the land populated by the Nez Perce as well as a history of the tribe. Very light extremity wear to the book. The jacket is bright, clean, complete and without tears , but it also has a touch of wear to the tips. ... more information

Cambridge:: Harvard University Press,, 1947.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in light green cloth, red spine title. 277 pages illustrated with a few photographs, map endpapers. A sociological study with testing, a University project with scholarly commentary. Previous owner name on the front endpaper, but otherwise a clean, soundly bound copy just vaguely toned. The covers have very light extremity wear and barely a hint of spine fading. The jacket is complete butfor a tiny ... more information

Austin TX:: University of Texas Press,, 1959.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in coarse white cloth decorated with southwest Indian motif in black. Top edge red. 618 pages illustrated with a small group of photographs, drawings, folding map in pocket at rear. A scholarly anthropological study of a southwestern Indian community, both historical and with significant emphasis on the changes caused by the government's well meaning but ultimately destructive policies since the 30's. A cle... more information

Van Buren Arkansas:: J.W. Baldwin,, 1892.. First edition, First printing. Hardcover. Thin hardback octavo in black cloth with a cross hatch pattern on the rear cover which may be the result of sunning, or perhaps it was original. 84 pages plus a page of number translations, and a six page appendix with verb conjugations. A couple of drugstore stamps of Indian Territory businesses on the endpapers. The binding is sound despite endpapers which are starting to crack. The interior is unmarked and clean, ... more information

Baltimore:: Johns Hopkins Press,, 1937.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in gilt stamped red cloth. 366 pages. An interesting treatise on the actual policies of governments with respect to Indian lands (as opposed to actual practices). There is an attempt, perhaps pointless but an attempt at balance, to show some good results of such policies. Previous owner name on front endpaper; some glue transfer toning to endpapers; covers with light extremity wear. The jacket is largely ... more information

Evergreen CO:: Cordillera Press,, 1990.. First Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback in light salmon wraps with illustrated covers. 258 pages illustrated by reproductions of paintings and engravings, a map. Apparently not published in hardback. A bright, clean, unworn copy. ... more information

London:: Pelham Books,, 1981.. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 10 inches (25.5 cm) tall, in burgundy cloth backed marbled paper boards. 148 pages plus a two-page map. Nicely executed watercolor reproductions on all rectos of scenes in Greenland with captions in Greenlandic (we didn't know there was a language by that name either), but English translations on the opposite verso. Very nice. The book is clean, bright, crisp and unworn. The jacket is unchipped, untorn, a bit ... more information

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,, 1969.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) tall, in blue cloth decorated in red. 331 pages illustrated with a few photographs. Review copy with slip laid in. A very slight whiff of mustiness to the book, but it is otherwise clean, sound, bright and just lightly rubbed. The jacket is complete and with just tiny tears at the upper rear flap and spine folds; light edge wear. ... more information

Cambridge:: Archeological Institute of America,, 1892.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9 inches tall, in gray library buckram. 591 pages with a few photographs, two folding maps. Ex-library with spine number, pocket and stamps on front endpaper, discard slash on the bottom of the textblock, stamp and number on the title page and numbers on the copyright page. Paper a little toned. The folding frontis map is fragile and torn, tape repaired. Otherwise a sound copy with only mild edge wear to th... more information

Santa Fe:: Laboratory of Anthropology,, 1946.. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in blue cloth stamped in orange. 161 pages illustrated by photographs, map endpapers. A bit more anthropology than history, this book discusses the Pueblo cultures and languages of New Mexico and Arizona. Bookstore tag on front endpaper; previous owner bookplate on the first blank. Otherwise a clean and bright copy with the most minimal extremity wear to the covers. The jacket is deeply price clipped (bottom front... more information

Knoxville TN:: University of Tennessee Press,, 1946.. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in gilt stamped black wraps. 188 pages plus 118 photographic plates, five maps, figures in text. A study of an archaeological site in the Tennessee River in the late 1930's in anticipation of the site being inundated by a TVA dam. It had last been inhabited by the Cherokees in 1818. Inside is clean and sound although the endpapers are a bit toned. The covers are clean but corners are a little turned up, and ther... more information

Tucson:: University of Arizona Press,, 1976.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 12.25 inches (30.5 cm) tall, in illustrated white cloth. 412 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings, maps, color frontis. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE WITH A SHORT PERSONAL INSCRIPTION. A thorough scholarly study of this important archaeological site in Arizona. Very light edge wear but clean and sound inside. ... more information

Minneapolis MN:: Minneapolis Institute of Arts,, 1976.. First Edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Squarish quarto in illustrated black wraps. 93 pages illustrated by photographs, some in color. An interesting exhibition catalog picturing clothing of Plains Indians (Arapaho, Kiowa, Sioux and Cheyenne). Modest edge wear; inside clean and sound. Previous owner name discreetly embossed on the corner of the rear cover, that of Hollis Williford, a well regarded artist and sculptor of western and Native ... more information