Chicago: The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.), 1917. Decorative Cloth. A well-preserved copy of the 1917 1st thus, edited by Milo Milton Quaife. VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-rule and design at the front panel and bright gilt-lettering to the spine. 16mo, 188 pgs., top-edge gilt... More
Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Publications, 1932. 1st. Cloth. The 1932 1st edition, The Dartmouth College Manuscript Series, Number One. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel top-edges. Octavo, 327 pgs. "The Aboriginal Mind Under the Puritan Civilization of the 18th Century"... More
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1979. 1st. Cloth. "A leaf from a copy of the first American Bible, translated into the language of the Algonquin Indians by John Eliot and printed at Cambridge in New England in the Year 1663. With a Commentary on its Origins by John Alden"... More
Indiana Historical Society, 1954. Hardcover. 1st thus, 1954. A bright copy, issued without dustjacket, in russet cloth over black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Thick quarto, 379 pgs. Minor, inoffensive staining along the upper right side of the back panel. More
Austin, TX: Self-published, 1900. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon, turn-of-the-century study of 19th century "life on the border, especially in Southwest Texas". Comprehensive and sweeping, with particular focus on the settlers and Indian fighters of the region. Skillfully re-bound (and with new endsheets) in a beige cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the... More
Irving, TX: Tapestry Press, 2003. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY TAMMY GARCIA on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2003 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, nicely illustrated in vivid color thruout. More
New York: Hafner Press (Macmillan Publishing Co.), 1973. Original wraps. The 1973 1st edition of this very uncommon compilation of writings spanning the last 500 years on sacred narcotic plants of the New World Indians. Tight and VG in its pictorial green wrappers, with light creasing along the outer hinges... More
Washington: Gobvernment Printing Office, 1922. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 1922 1st edition. Crisp and VG+ in its green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design to the spine. Octavo, 211 pgs. Bulletin #77 in the Smithsonian's impressive "Bureau of American Ethnology" series. Small institutional stamp at front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY EARL SHORRIS on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1971 stated 1st printing. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one very small stain at the base of the front flap. Octavo... More
Philadelphia: Indian Rights Association, 1961. 1st. Original Wraps. The uncommon 1961 1st edition. Solid and VG in its stapled yellow wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 48 pgs. "Report of a Field Study of the progress of the Program for Rehabilitation being carried out by the Cheyenne... More
Columbus. Georgia: ISAC Press/Institute for the Study of American Cultures, 1991. 1st. Cloth. 1991 1st edition. VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine. Underlining to several pages of the introduction and former owner name at front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. Quarto, 566 pgs. More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1935. Winold Reiss. Boards. A handsome, well-preserved copy of the 1935 1st edition of this remarkable collection of Native American portraits by the German-born American artist Winold Reiss (1886-1953). Clean and Near Fine, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. And in... More
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1965. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1965 signed/limited. 1 of 1,250 copies signed by Frank Waters. Crisp and Near Fine in its decorative cloth. Octavo, 323 pgs. Foreword by the redoubtable Lawrence Clark Powell. Also includes a VG+ example of publisher's slipcase, with title... More
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1947. 1st. Cloth. 1947 1st edition, with a SIGNED, TIPPED-IN BOOKPLATE. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 277 pgs. Signed by Author. More
University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1934 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its russet cloth, with completely unflecked gilt-lettering and rule along the spine. And in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges and spine crown. Still... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1925. Anders John Haugseth. A solid copy of the 1925 1st edition, with the author's personal card laid-in. Clean and VG+ (with a touch of offsetting at the panel edges) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges and at the spine... More
New York: Dewitt & Davenport, 1848. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 1848 1st edition. VG in its original chocolate-brown cloth with gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light rubbing to the panels, light chipping at the spine crown, 2 very small stamps to front endpapers and neat, small former owner signature to title... More
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1972. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JAMES HOUSTON on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light foxing along the flap-folds. Tall quarto, crisp black-and-white photos thruout by B.A.... More
Dallas, TX: Self-published, 1923. 1st. Original Wraps. "Intensely Interesting Little Volume of TRUE HISTORY of the Struggles with Hostile Indians On the Frontier of Texas IN THE EARLY DAYS --Never Before Published in Book Form" (from the front cover). Uncommon, privately-printed 1923 first-person reminiscence by cowboy M.L. Johnson of late... More
The Ward Ritchie Press, 1966. 1st. Decorative Cloth. INSCRIBED BY BOTH MARY AND CONRAD BUFF on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears at the front panel's top-edge. Quarto, nicely... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. 1st. Decorative Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BOTH MARY AND CONRAD BUFF on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Clean and VG in its pictorial cloth, with just a trace of light wear along the panel edges... More
San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2003. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY MEINRAD CRAIGHEAD on the title page. A beautiful copy to boot of the 2003 1st edition. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 340 pgs., crisp color reproductions thruout. Part autobiography, part monograph--a thorough look at the career of this... More
Rapid City, South Dakota: Self-published, 1929. J.A. Anderson. Full leather. The 1929 1st edition of this handsome, self-published tribute to the Sioux Nation in verse and in photographs. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR MYRTLE MILLER ANDERSON AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER, HER HUSBAND J.A. ANDERSON , WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF... More
San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1960. Original cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition. Tight and VG (small bump at the spine crown) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing along... More
San Rafael, CA and Fort Collins, CO: Presidio Press/The Old Army Press, 1978. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1978 1st ed. Clean and Near fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 159 pgs. Signed by Author. More
