Navahos Have Five Fingers
Norman, OK: Univeristy of Oklahoma Press, 1963. 3rd. Hardcover. Third printing. 8vo. (xiv) 245pp. Bibliography; Index. Volume 68 of Civiliation of the American Indian Series. More
Norman, OK: Univeristy of Oklahoma Press, 1963. 3rd. Hardcover. Third printing. 8vo. (xiv) 245pp. Bibliography; Index. Volume 68 of Civiliation of the American Indian Series. More
boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. xiv, [2], 296, [1] pp. Color frontispiece; numerous photographic plates.Red cloth with printed spine label in publisher's dustjacket with wraparound cover art depicting the capture of Geronimo by Herbert Morton Stoops. Previous owner name else fine in good only dustjacket (some..... More
Santa Fe: The Peripatatic Press, 1941. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition 400 copies. Square octavo. 178pp. Striking serigraphs depicting 10 Zuni ceremonial masks reproduced in color; 20 line drawings of life in the pueblo and initial letters by Fanita Lanier. Grey cloth with green & silver lettering in grey printed dustjacket..... More
Norman, OK: 1939. Advance Copy. Softcover. Octavo. (xxiii) 319pp. Photo-illustrations; map; folding genealogical chart. Grey wrappers in decorative dust jacket with blue lettering. A series of letters printed exactly as written providing first hand accounts of the western Cherokees before, during and after the Civil War. The four main authors..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 399pp, including bibliography and index. Black & white illustrations; photographic plates; maps. Blue cloth covered boards; gilt titles to spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Book in near fine condition (light wear to extremities) in very good dust jacket..... More
Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1936. Reprint. Original cloth. Early printing. INSCRIBED to a friend by both authors; original pencil drawing by Edwin Deming. An additional notation in Mrs. Deming's had indicates this book was written from her diary when she was a youngster of 18 years. Small 8vo. 224 pp. Pictorial..... More
Chicago, New York & San Francisco: Laidlaw Brothers, 1931. Reprint. Original boards. Early printing. INSCRIBED to a friend by both authors; original pencil drawing by Edwin Deming. Small 8vo. 96 pp. Pictorial brown cloth with minimal wear; inscription on separate paper pasted inside front board; a near fine copy (light..... More
Chicago, New York & San Francisco: Laidlaw Brothers, 1932. Reprint. Original cloth. Early printing. INSCRIBED to a friend by both authors; original pencil drawing by Edwin Deming. Small 8vo. 191 pp. Pictorial brown cloth with minimal wear; inscription on separate paper pasted inside front board; a near fine copy (light..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. First edition; review copy. 8vo. xv, 432pp, including bibliography and index. Black & white illustrations; frontispiece portrait illustration of Pawhuska, White Hairs or Cheveaux Blancs, Chief of the Great Osages; 14 maps. Black and purple cloth covered boards; original cream illustrated dust..... More
Moscow, PA: Maurose Publishing, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Frist Edition. SIGNED by the author in year of publication. Large 4to. 432 pp. Over 400 photo-reproductions, more than 325 in color. Red cloth in black dustjacket with photographic image titled "A Navajo Boy" on front cover. Minor wear to extremities else a...... More
Pasadena, CA: Trail's End Publishing, 1947. First Edition. 143 pp. Bibliography; Index. 9 illustrated plates (including one in color after a painting by Charles M. Russell). Blue cloth with gilt lettering; map illustrated endpapers in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket, with a hint of wear..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xvii, 329pp. Bibliography; Index. Black & white illustrations; drawings; photographs. Red cloth covered boards; silver & black illustration to front board; silver titles to spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Book in near fine condition (light bumping along upper front..... More
Saint Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1916. 2nd. Original boards. Second Edition, Limited to 365 copies; reprint of the very rare 1846 original edition printed in Waterloo, Illinois. 8vo. 316pp, [i]p of publisher's advertisements. Black & white tissue-guarded illustrative plates; map. Frontispiece and facsimile of 1846 title page included. Quarter black..... More
Pasadena, CA: George Wharton James, 1903. 3rd. Hardbound. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo. 271, [1]; 136, [8] pp. Bibliography; Appendix; Index. Hundreds of illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Light wear to extremities; shelf wear; a very good copy. This volumes contains two titles for the..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1907. 2nd. Leather bound. INSCRIBED "To Inez Ray Smith/with the compliments & good/wishes of a fellow lover of the/Indian/George Wharton James." Second Edition. 8vo. xxi, 268pp + [3] advertisements pp. Bibliography. Black & white photo-illustrations (including frontispiece with tissue guard). Three-quarter green morocco and cloth..... More
Pasadena, CA: George Wharton James, N.d. (c 1920). New Edition. Enlarged and Revised with New Illustrations. Cloth. Octavo. 124pp. Numerous black & white photo-illustrations. Black cloth with gilt lettering. More
Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. 1st. Half-leather. First Edition, Limited Edition #4 of 10 copies printed on special paper and hand-bound by the Santa Barbara Bindery as noted by the author in his own hand; SIGNED by Latta. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. Latta's business card as Directory..... More
Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. SIGNED and dated by the author. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy. As Told to F. F. Latta by 15 Native Americans. A Collection of California Indian Folklore Tales..... More
Glendale: Arthur C. Clark, 1974. 1st. Original cloth. INSCRIBED by Magnussen in the year of publication. First Edition. 8vo. 339pp, including appendices, bibliography and index with lists of officers under Terry & Custer's command. Black & white illustrations; maps; photographs; large fold-out map frontispiece. Single page prospectus laid in. Blue..... More
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. A Rutledge Book; Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1974. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition, Limited #5 of 150 copies, specially bound; SIGNED by the author. 4to. 447 pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrated with 16 color plates; more than 300 previously unpublished photographs; and over 200 charcoal and pencil drawings. Padded brown..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 309pp, including glossary of Osage language; Index and Bibliography. Black & white and duo-tone illustrations; photographs; drawings; 2 large fold-out maps. Teal cloth covered boards; red titles to spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Book in near fine condition (edges..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xi, 271pp, +54 plates. Black & white illustrations; 54 photographic plates. Review copy with publisher's card & photograph of 'Hohmsona and the Racing Gods' laid in. Black cloth covered boards; gilt titles to spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Near fine..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. Eggenhofer, Nick. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 291pp. Black & white illustrations by Nick Eggenhofer. Grey cloth covered boards; red lettering to spine & red illustration to front board in tan & brown illustrated dustjacket. Small spot to page fore-edge; minor shelf wear..... More
New York: American Folk-Lore Society, 1940. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. x, 296pp, including bibliography and index. Red cloth covered boards; gilt titles to the spine. All edges neat and clean; slight wear to spine ends; light spine fading. Near fine. Contents include: The Origin Myth; Tales of Encounters with..... More
New York: J. J. Augustin, 1939. 1st. Half leather. First Edition. 4to. xvi, 83 pp. Frontispiece, 24 color silk-screen printed plates, portrait etching of the artist Miguelito by H. F. Kraus, numerous text illustrations. Half brown morocco over brown cloth boards, gilt design to front cover; housed in uncommon publisher's..... More