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 about The Indian Captivity of O.M. Spencer
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 about Letters of Eleazar Wheelock's Indians
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 about A Testament of Faith (Leaf Book
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 about Walam Olum or Red Score: the Migration Legend of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians
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 about Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas
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 about Tammy Garcia: Form Without Boundaries
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 about Sacred Narcotic Plants of the New World Indians: An Anthology of Texts from the 16th Century to Date
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 about Villages of the Algonquin, Sioua, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi
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 about The Death of the Great Spirit: An Elegy for the American Indian
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 about Rehabilitation Program on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
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 about The Dene and Na-Dene Indian Migration --1233 AD: Escape from Genghis Khan to America
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 about The Man Who Killed the Deer
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 about The Yogi of Cockroach Court
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 about The Five Civilized Tribes
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 about Manito Masks: Dramatizations, with Music, of American Indian Spirit Legends
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 about The Indian in His Wigwam, or Characteristics of the Red Race of America
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 about Obijwa Summer
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 about A Real Cow Boy's Experience with Indians and the Cow Trail
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 about Kemi: An Indian Boy Before the White Man Came
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 about Dancing Cloud: The Navajo Boy
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 about Crow Mother and the Dog God: A Retrospective
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 about Sam Houston's Indians: The Alabama-Coushatti
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 about Glittering Misery: Depemndents of the Indian Fighting Army
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1938. Cloth. A crisp, lovely copy of the 1938 true 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear along the top-edge. Octavo, 158 pgs. A superb copy. More about Singing for Power: The Song Magic of the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona
Ublic Museum of the City of Milwaukee, 1933. 1st. Original Wraps. A crisp, clean copy of the 1933 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in its light-green wrappers. Quarto, 375 pgs. Former owner blindstamp to title page. Nicely illustrated thruout, many of the plates including their original printed tissue-guards. More about Miwok Material Culture
