HISTORY / Native American Books

Chicago:: Willett, Clark & Company, 1932 A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Lettering on spine a little dull, as usual. Previous owner's tiny printed label on pastedown endpaper (William E. Bates, Bergen Co., New Jersey). Illustrated with 21 plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard. Three different endpaper maps. A fascinating history with sections on the city's early history, pioneers, Indians, the fur trade, the first jail in 1836, Frink & Walk... more information

Offered by About Books (New Jersey, United States) +/-

Crescent. Hardcover. 051764455X Dust jacket condition: VG. Oversized. North of everyone else in this world live the Inuit (Eskimos). Their land is a vast area that covers northern regions of the U.S.S.R., Alaska, Canada and Greenland. The Inuit have lived here for thousands of years, surviving in a land that for most of the year is locked in the grip of snow and ice. Out of their centuries of experience has arisen a knowledge of and respect for the birds and animals they hunt. This book documents the f... more information

Offered by Wombat Book Company, LLC (Nevada, United States) +/-

Ottawa: Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1959. Stapled binding. Some wear to wraps. 40 pp. Numerous illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. ... more information

Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (Washington, United States) +/-

Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1964. Page edges soiled, stained rear cover, no marking of text or names, 261pp., illus. A reprint (without folding maps) of the original edition published by The Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, 1888.. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Bluejacket (Florida, United States) +/-

University of Illinois Press, 2007. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. 250 pages.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Virtuous Volumes et al. (Wisconsin, United States) +/-

U.S.A.: Amethyst Medallion, 2006. Wear/tear. . First printing. Soft Cover. Fair. Ex-Library. ... more information

Offered by Cal's Books (Saskatchewan, Canada) +/-

Vancouver, BC, Canada: New Star Books, Limited, 1990 About fine, in jacket with insignificant traces of wear. Inscribed and signed on the ffep., and signed again on the title page.. Inscribed By Author. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

Offered by Renaissance Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Vancouver, B.C.: New Star Books, 1990 AS-NEW/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing. An exceptional unmarked copy with no wear. Clipped DJ is superb. 5.75" by 8.75", 200 pages. The author "pursues the Gitskan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs' struggle for the recognition of their peoples' rights, from the first blockade and protest on the Skeena River in 1872 to their current campaign of legal challenges and roadblocks." An important work, objective and sympathetic, a milestone in white &... more information

Offered by Bruce McLeod (Manitoba, Canada) +/-

Point Roberts, Washington, U.S.A.: New Star Books, 1991. Light rubbing, minsicule shelfwear, no bumping, one impact mark to price-clipped dust jacket. Barely noticeable impact mark on front board. Interior tight and unmarked. "[I]nterweaves profiles of the Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en leadership with descriptions of their peoples' history, culture, beliefs and folklore" while chronicling their legal battle for recognition and land claims, a battle that was won subsequent to this publication.. First 1st... more information

Offered by First Used Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Point Roberts, Washington, U.S.A.: New Star Books, 1998 Trade Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Balthazar Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Maple Creek, Saskatchewan: Butterfly Books Ltd., 1979. First edition in hardcover without dust jacket (as issued?). From the authors forward: This book is written in the style of the historical novel. Except for the fabrication of the story, all the relevant historic facts, statements and descriptions are accurate, reflecting in-depth research. Some rubbing/soiling mainly visible on rear board. Very Good.. ... more information

Offered by Ken Jackson (Alberta, Canada) +/-

New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385113323 . B&W Photographs; Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Grey paper covered boards have a black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Text pages are clean & bright. Bottom edge of book has remainder speckling. Endpapers are a solid white color. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing... more information

Offered by S. Howlett-West Books (California, United States) +/-

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good-. 1927. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight, clean & intact. B/W illustrations. Sauk & Fox sacred pack. Native Americans; Spine gilt faded. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 168 pages . ... more information

Offered by Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (New Jersey, United States) +/-

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press., 1990. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. From the library of author and historian Graham A. MacDonald with his signed bookplate on the front pastedown. 338 pp. Illustrations, footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. Jacket has some very minor edgecreasing. Fine/Near Fine.. ... more information

Offered by Ken Jackson (Alberta, Canada) +/-

Brownwood: Brown Press, 1964. 199 pp., e.p. maps, index. Both endpaper maps have minor brown tape stains, otherwise fine copy. This is the only work devoted to this important West Texas fort in Coleman County, Texas, which existed for one purpose--the control of Indian incursions--so for nine years the Second Cavalry engaged in almost constant activity against the Comanche and other hostile tribes. First copy I have had with the plain brown d.j. Extremely scarce to rare, it is rarely offered for sale.. 1st.... more information

Offered by The Wright Collection (Texas, United States) +/-

NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. 245pp., illus. Clash of cultures and subsequent war to exterminate the Apaches.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Offered by Bluejacket (Florida, United States) +/-

NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. 245pp., illus., end maps.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Bluejacket (Florida, United States) +/-

University of New Mexico Press, 1967. Large paperback, very nice, no remarkable flaws, "First Edition" stated on copyright page, 62 pages, illustrated throughout, includes a bibliography, "links past, present, future at the center of the Mogollon magic circle, which is forever frontier" . 1st ed.. Trade Paperback. NF. ... more information

Offered by Mainly Books (Pennsylvania, United States) +/-

Creston, BC, Canada: Sunpath Books, 2003 222pp. ; b/w photos, illus. ; gift inscribed & signed ; looks brand new. (55). Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Card Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Liddle, Wendy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. ... more information

Offered by Libros Especiales (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Published by Hancock House Ltd., Orwell Street, North Vancouver First Edition 1980. Vancouver 1980. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, silver lettering to the spine. Folio 11½'' x 9''. ISBN 0888390378. Contains 313 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout, tipped-in colour frontispiece. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. Dust wrapper supp... more information

Offered by Little Stour Books PBFA (Kent, United Kingdom) +/-