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(Acorn Press) Hollister, Isaac A BRIEF NARRATION OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ISAAC HOLLISTER, WHO WAS TAKEN BY THE INDIANS, ANNO DOMINI, 1763.
Washington March, Milligan & Company 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 14, (2) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 400 numbered copies. Designed and reprinted by Jean and John Michael at the Acorn Press. Originally printed and sold at the Printing Office in New London in 1767. A rather matter-of-fact first-hand account of Isaac Hollister's captivity by Native Americans beginning in 1763. Surprisingly devoid of details about the people who captured him or the circumstances surrounding the situation. Half title page with a woodcut of the captivity. Headers and footers throughout. Section titles printed in red. Title page printed in red and black. Cover printed with brown and silver on the red paper wrappers.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 79438

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(Americana) Leclerc, Ch. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA: CATALOGUES DE 1867 ET 1878 ET SUPPLÉMENTS DE 1881 ET 1887.
Photographic reprint of 1878 Edition and Supplements 1 and 2 (1881 and 1887) Paris G.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose 1974 8vo cloth (iv),vii,424; (v),xx,737,(3); (iii),102; (iii),127(+1) pages
Four volumes reprinted in one. Charles Leclerc edited the 1878 catalogue (and supplements) of Americana offered for sale by the French firm Maisonneuve and Co. (Besterman 310, Blogie 634 & 637) By the time of the last supplement (1887), the company's name had changed to Maisonneuve Frères & Ch. Leclerc. The combined work includes well over 3620 entries dealing with North and South (and Central) America and the Philippines. The first catalogue was issued in 1867. Bookseller's ink stamp on free endpaper.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 103808

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Brasseur de Bourbourg, (Étienne Charles) BIBLIOTHÈQUE MEXICO-GUATÉMALIENNE.
Précédée d'un Coup d'Oeil sur les Etudes Américaines. Paris Maisonneuve & Co. 1871 8vo later cloth xlvii, 183+(1) pages
(Besterman 2765, 3892). Text in French. Introduction by the author. Entries arranged alphabetically with brief description of each item. Listing of works translated into Native American languages. Ex library with library bookplate on front pastedown. Some pages torn without obliteration of text.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 107844

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Chambers, Robert W. CARDIGAN
New York Harper & Brothers 1901 8vo. original decorated cloth (x), 512, (4) pages
Illustrated. Book has a spine slant, damp stained top edge of the last 150 pages not affecting text or exterior appearance. Worn at the extremities, spine sunned.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 94232

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Garland, Hamlin THE BOOK OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN.
New York Harpers & Brothers (1923) large 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards (x), 274, (2) pages
Thirty-fine illustrations by Frederic Remington taken from various other works. Frontispiece in color. Lacking dust jacket. Rear hinge cracked, but holding. Shaken.
Price: $ 70.00 other currencies Order nr. 99490

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Hargrett, Lester A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
Cambridge Harvard University Press 1947 8vo cloth, dust jacket xxi, 124 pages
(Besterman 353). Bibliography of lliterature relating to Native American tribes who adopted written constitutions. Organized by tribe with capsule history of the constitution-framing process. Frontispiede. Nine black and white plates. Preface by the author. Index of plates and explanation of location symbols. Appendix, letter of 1809 from President Thomas Jefferson to Cherokee deputies. Index. Ex library with markings. Dust jacket torn at top of spine. Boards rubbed at top edge near spine. Tanning.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107876

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Hirschfelder, Arlene B. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE ON AMERICAN INDIANS PUBLISHED IN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
New England and Middle Atlantic States Millwood, NY Kraus International Publications (1982) 8vo. cloth xvi, 356 pages
1182 listed records along with an extensive index provided on the subject of American Indians in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 99123

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Hirschfelder, Arlene B. (compiler) AMERICAN INDIAN AND ESKIMO AUTHORS: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
New York Association on American Indian Affairs (1973) 8vo stiff paper wrappers (viii), 99, (5) pages
Foreword by the compiler. Preface by Mary Gloyne Byler, Member, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. Tribal index. Entries arranged alphabetically by author. List of publishers. Wrappers lightly soiled, back wrapper dented at fore-edge.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 109111

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(Indians) INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
Minneapolis Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center (1975) 8vo. self paper wrappers 20 pages
An annotated bibliography of titles in the rare book collection of the Minneapolis Athenaeum. With drawings by Capt. S. Eastman, US Army. Contains unnumbered entries.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 102230

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Irving, Washington ASTORIA, OR ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
2 volumes Philadelphia Carey, Lea, & Blanchard 1836 8vo. contemporary full leather 285+(1); viii, (ii),279+(1) pages.
BAL 10148. This is a first edition, first state as indicated by the pagination, copyright and imprint information on the verso of the title page, and the garbled footnote on page 239 of volume II. It is lacking the folded map and advertisements and is slightly smaller than the measurements noted in BAL. It has been rebound (original binding was cloth), which would account for these things. Faint water stain after page 252 in volume II. Boards quite worn, clumsy earlier repairs to joints which are beginning to fail, lightly foxed throughout.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 94279

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(Kansas) Socolofsky, Homer E. and Virgil W. Dean KANSAS HISTORY
An Annotated Bibliography New York Greenwood Press (1992) 8vo. cloth xxiv, (ii), 587, (3) pages
4565 items well-indexed in this useful bibliography. Light wear at the corners.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 96866

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Kluckhorn, Clyde and Spencer, Katherine A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NAVAHO INDIANS.
New York J.J. Augustin (1940) 8vo cloth, title gilt-stamped on front board xiv, 93+(1) pages
(Besterman 4162). Introduction, list of abbreviations, table of contents. Includes sections on bibliographical, historical, environmental, Navaho-white relations, and popular culture. Index of authors. Ex library with library bookplate on front pastedown, library name perforated on title page, and markings. Light scuffing at corners.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107900

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LAMB SITE: A PIONEERING CLOVIS ENCAMPMENT
(Buffalo, NY) Persimmon Press 1999 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 110 pages
A monograph of an archeological dig in Darien, NY. With a summary, bibliography, index, and two appendices. With 37 black-and-white figures and 52 black-and-white plates throughout. Corners bumped, fore-edge curling, minor wear.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 100772

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Mathews, John Joseph WAH'KON-TAH
The Osage and the White Man's Road Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1932 8vo. cloth with Indian design stamp on front, dust jacket 360 pages
First edition. Historical fiction about Major Laban Miles and his interaction with the Osage tribe. Design on front of dust jacket. Frontispiece by Major Laban Miles. Illustrated by May Todd Aaron. Cloth is fading. dust jacket is worn along hinges and edges.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 96402

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(McCurdy, Michael) Norman, Howard HOW GLOOSKAP OUTWITS THE GIANTS AND OTHER TALES OF THE MARITIME INDIANS.
Boston Joy Street Books, Little, Brown and Company (1989) 8vo. full leather, gilt stamping on front board and spine (iv), 60 pages
A retelling of of tales of Native American tribes inhabiting what is now Maritime Canada and northern Maine. Six tales of the mythical giant who roamed the coast and created Indian peoples to keep himself company. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Table of contents. Marbled endpapers. Letter from Jane Snyder of Joy Street Books to the illustrator laid in which states that this is a special binding executed for him in appreciation for his illustrations.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 114911

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Meltzer, David J. and Robert C. Dunnell (editors) THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES.
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press (1992) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers variously paginated
Contains four essays by William Henry Holmes on his archeological findings, as well as an introduction and references by the editors. With many black-and-white figures and photographs throughout. Minor wear.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 100819

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(Miniature Books) Cunningham, Carol KACHINAS.
(Mill Valley, CA) Sunflower Press (1980) oblong miniature book (6.4 x 7.3 cm) cloth, paper cover label. unpaginated
Limited to 125 numbered copies, signed by author/printer on colophon (Bradbury, Sunflower Press 13). Illustrated by Dianne Weiss. A look at Pueblo masked men. With miniature bookplate of Kalman Levitan on front pastedown.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 118414

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(Miniature Books) Cunningham, Carol KACHINAS.
(Mill Valley, CA) Sunflower Press (1980) oblong miniature book (6.4 x 7.3 cm) cloth, paper cover label. unpaginated
Limited to 125 numbered copies, signed by author/printer on colophon (Bradbury, Sunflower Press 13). Illustrated by Dianne Weiss. A look at Pueblo masked men.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 118413

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(Miniature Books) Miller, Gary THE ART OF ANCIENT PEOPLES.
(San Diego) The Iron Bear Press (1995) miniature book (7.4 x 7.4 cm) full tan leather, gilt stamping on front board 63+(1) pages
Limited to 60 numbered copies, signed by author and illustrator on colophon. (Bradbury, Iron Bear, 1). Two-color linocut illustrations by Kathy Miller. Introduction. Illustrations (on endpapers and in text) and text based on petroglyphs found along the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 116382

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(Miniature Books) A STRAWBERRY STORY: A CHEROKEE TALE.
(Spartanburg, SC) Kitemaug Press 1972 miniature book (6.1 x 5.7 cm) cloth, paper labels on spine and front cover, dust jacket unpaginated
Limited to 125 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kitemaug Press 12). Frontispiece. Preface states that tale adapted from Myth No. 12 of James Mooney's Myths of the Cherokee (Washington, 1898).
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 117474

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(Miniature Books) A STRAWBERRY STORY: A CHEROKEE TALE.
(Spartanburg, SC) Kitemaug Press 1972 miniature book (6.1 x 5.7 cm) cloth, paper labels on spine and front cover, dust jacket unpaginated
Limited to 125 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kitemaug Press 12). Frontispiece. Preface states that tale adapted from Myth No. 12 of James Mooney's Myths of the Cherokee (Washington, 1898). With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 117475

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Moore, Clarence B. ANTIQUITIES OF THE OUACHITA VALLEY.
Philadelphia P.C. Stockhausen 1909 4to. cloth 252 pages with 8 additional color leaves of plates
"Reprint from the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. XIV." One of several books by Moore documenting his archaeological findings in the American South. Report on an additional collection of skeletal remains, from Arkansas and Louisiana (made and presented to the National Museum, in 1909, by Mr. Clarence B. Moore) by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. Accompanied by eight color plates depicting Native American pottery. Includes countless other black-and-white illustrations of earthenware as well as a map of the Ouachita River, which runs from central western Arkansas into Louisiana. Loosely inserted is a commemorative booklabel which indicates that this came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale. Some faint white marks on covers.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 74635

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Murdock, Geroge Peter ETHNOGRAPHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA
Yale Anthropological Studies volume 1 New Haven Yale University Press 1941 4to. stiff paper wrappers (xvi), 168 pages
Bibliography of references concerning Native American Tribes who inhabited North America. Type script. Map pocket with map on inside of rear wrapper. Bookplate on inside front wrapper indicates that this copy came from William P. Wreden's reference library. Wrappers slightly tanned at the edges.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 104633

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Peel, Bruce THE ROSSVILLE MISSION PRESS.
The invention of the Cree syllabic characters, and the first printing in Rupert's Land Montreal Osiris (Publications) 1974 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 48 pages
Autographed by author. A short history on the Cree syllabic script invented by Reverend James Evans and used by the printer William Mason. Cover an exclusive Fabriano. Hand-made cover-stock with etching of printing press on front. String binding loose.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 96431

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(Powers Mercantile Co.) Wells, L.H. A CATALOGUE OF INTERESTING OLD AND CURIOUS BOOKS IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE, RARE AND FINE IMPORTED BOOKS, MANY IN SPECIAL BINDINGS...
Personally selected by our Mr. L. H. Wells from the Book Marts of Europe. Volume IV. Minneapolis, MN Powers Mercantile Co. 1914 8vo. stiff paper wrappers not paginated.
Contains 606 entries on Americana ("Covering the American Continent; Voyages of Discovery; General Histories; Travel; Geology; Zoology, etc., Particularly the Northwest and an Exceptional List Pertaining to the American Indian." (from the title page)), as well as Cruikshankiana and Napoleon and the French Revolution. Corners bumped, tears and paper loss at spine ends, front cover slightly separating at the bottom
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 100907

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