Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. First edition thus, first with the color plates issued by Grant. Complete in two volumes. Large 8vo. ix, 298; xii, 303 pp. With three hundred and twenty color illustrations, carefully engraved from the author's original paintings; large fold-out color map of Indian localities in 1833. Publisher's..... 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
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
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
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. First Edition. 8vo. 455, [1] pp. Fold-out map of Indian Territory 1842; illustrated plates. Bibliography; Index. Red cloth in black, yellow and red illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (slight fading to spine; minor wear to extremties). The eighth volume..... 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
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. 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 Director of the..... 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
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railroad, 1947. First Edition. Oblong small 4to. 12 pp pamphlet by Frank Bird Linderman titled "Out of the North: A Brief Historical Sketch of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe" along with biographical sketches of Reiss and Linderman; 24 color reproductions of noted American artist Winold Reiss'..... More
Nicasio, CA: Hawk Hill Press, 2010. First Edition. SIGNED by Ned and Jody Martin. 144 pp. Oblong 4to (12 1/4" x 13 3/4").. Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Includes 500 images (most in color) of silver bridles from museums and private collections, as well as depictions in ledger drawings and historic photos..... More
Bismarck, N.D: Bismarck Tribune Company, 1916. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 200 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author; black & whtie illustrations. Grey cloth with color design of a Sioux chief in war bonnet on upper front and bleck lettering in publisher's grey dustjacket with the same design. A fine copy..... 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
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; xi, 380 pages. More
Santa Fe: Pictograph Press, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 18pp. Hand-made stapled wrappers in dust jacket. 8 color serigraphs illustrating various Indian dances (including a block print on the front cover). Bibliography; Calendar of Dances. Minor wear to extremities and hint of soiling to covers otherwise fine condition. The artistic block..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xx, 260 pages. Civilization of American Indian Series. More
New York: New York University Press, 1964. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED on half title 'Inscribed for John Caughey/who perhaps started it all for me by publishing/my first historical article in the/Pacific Historical Review fifteen years/ago Art(?) Washburn/May 12, 1967 (Plannin Conference/American Indian History). Octavo; xxiii, 480 pages. Fine copy..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 303 pp. Rust colored cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Fine in fine dustjacket, with a hint of wear; dustjacket flap corners clipped but price is intact; a lovely copy. The source for the 1954 Robert Aldrich movie, "Apache," with a blue-eyed Burt..... More