New York: The Dial Publishing Company, Inc., 1921. First edition. Octavo (10" x 6"); 624 pp. Original pale pink printed wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Edge worn with small closed tears, not affecting text. Pages clean and unmarked. This issue includes a reproduction of an 1882 drawing, titled "Rain-in-the-Face,"..... More
New Haven: Institute for Human Relations / Yale University Press, 1941. First Edition. Octavo; [xvi], 248pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.00 price intact; book in blue cloth with dark blue lettering. Jacket shows a few clean, shallow tears along edges and a chip over bottom front corner, with toning..... More
Montreal: Messenger Press, 1922. Wraps. Octavo. 443 pages. Black and white illustrations and fold-out map of Historic Caughnawaga 1667-1890. Covers a bit edgeworn with light creasing at bottom corners and some thumbprinting to front. Some sparse marginal foxing to a few plates and with faint, corresponding foxing on..... More
Cambridge, MA: Archaeological Institute of America Mythology Company, 1936. Reprint of the 1916 edition. Octavo. 325 pages. Color frontispiece with tissue guard; black and white and color illustrations throughout. Lacking map of linguistic stocks at rear. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is soiled..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Octavo. 418 pages plus advertisements. Green cloth stamped in red and gilt. Leafed endpapers. Poet and novelist Jackson was also an activist for Native American rights, and this volume of travel writing includes her essay, "The Present Condition of the Mission Indian..... More
Limited Edition. Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1975. Limited Edition. Signed by both authors with brief inscription on title page, and by Felix W. Allen, Chairman of the Ponca Tribal Business Committee of Oklahoma on limitation page, with "Author's Copy" stamped below. Octavo; 104pp. Photos and maps throughout, some..... More
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New York: Alfred Van Der Marck, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (29cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket; 208pp.; color photographs throughout. Light shelf wear, corners gently bumped, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Bookplate signed by Heat-Moon laid in. Travelogue photobook portraying a...... More
Chicago: The John C. Winston Co., 1936. First Edition. Octavo; 121pp. Illustrations throughout: 22 full-page full-color; 8 full-page B&W; mixture of full-color and B&W head-pieces, tail-pieces, illustrated glossary, and Hopi motifs throughout. Full-color pictorial dust jacket. Five-color cloth binding with Hope textile motif on both front and rear..... More
New York: E.F. Applegate, 1850. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); removed; 35pp.; illus., title paged printed within decorative border. Minor dust-soil and light wear from handling, else a Very Good, albeit imperfect copy, lacking original wrappers. Bogus travelogue of high-stakes adventuring in Central America, featuring Pedro Velasquez of San Salvador..... More
Minneapolis: The Midwest Company, 1931. Second Printing. Octavo; [xii], 384pp. 9 photos, including frontis, and two maps, all present. Printed black and yellow dustjacket over burnt orange cloth with stamped yellow lettering with "the Caxton Printers, Ltd." imprint at tail of spine (the First Printing read "Midwest" before Caxton's buyout..... More
Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1930. First Thus, one of 640 hand-set popular edition copies (160 de luxe copies were also produced). Reprint of the ca. 200 copy 1906 Holly Press edition. Octavo; xv, 170 pp. Color frontis. Beige cloth with red arrowhead illustration to front and lettering to spine. Initial..... More
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Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1987. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Tony Hillerman loosely laid in at front. Quarto. Unpaginated. Color photographs throughout. Photographic dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Light edgewear to unclipped dust jacket. Boards are a bit sunned along edges with some wear to extremities..... More
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Philadelphia: George S. MacManus Company, 1955. Limited Edition of 350 copies. Octavo (8.25" x 5.75"); 200p. Red cloth with black and gilt titling. Ex-library with card pocket at back, call number at tail of spine, and stamping / writing to title page and foreword. Bookplate of the..... More
![In Old America: Random Chapters on the Early Aborigines [Autograph Letter, Signed, Tipped in]....](/pictures/thumb/7469.jpg?v=1602008904)
New York: Walton Book Company, 1931. First Edition. Slim octavo (24cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; xii,79pp. Corners very gently bumped, spine gilt rather dulled, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Autograph letter signed by the author dated 1963 and addressed to Robert Masserman tipped to front..... More
New York: Delcorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1966. First Edition. Signed twice: "For Ann with best wishes, Bill" [opposite title page]; "William Jay Smith" [title page]. Octavo; x + 68pp. Metallic silver coating on dust jacket. Charcoal cloth with silver spine stamping. Top of textblock stained black; deckle-cut..... More
New York: A. Wessels Company, 1904. Later Printing. Part of the Wessels series "Source Books of American History." Octavo; 219pp, including "Notes to the Legends." Full-color frontispiece portrait of the Cornplanter, with captioned tissue guard. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; front panel blind-stamped with "Source Books of American..... More
St. Louis: Press of Perrin & Smith, 1909. First Edition. Octavo (7" x 5.25"); 155p. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffing down joints and a small dampstain to back. Opens easily to between gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages..... More