Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux
- SIGNED
- New York: William Morrow & Company, 1932
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1932. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by John G. Neihardt and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original crimson cloth with bronze stamping; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Uneven sunning to cloth at spine and edges, front inner hinge is exposed with webbing visible and a little fragile. Pages lightly toned, with bottom corners lightly bumped throughout. An inspirational classic of Native American literature, a series of interviews with a Lakota holy man named Black Elk who had survived the Battle of Little Big Horn and the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Details
Title
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux
Author
Neihardt, John G.; Standing Bear [Illustrations]
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
William Morrow & Company: New York
Date
1932
Edition
First Edition