History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington by MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. AND JAMES HALL - 1855

Philadelphia: Published by D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1858. Three volumes. [2],iv,3-333; xvii,9-290; iv,17-392 pp., plus 120 handcolored lithographic plates. Large octavo. Publisher's brown morocco, covers elaborately blocked in blind, spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth, the others ruled in blind with repeat decoration of a simple leaf tool, a.e.g. Very light wear to corners, joints, and spine ends. Older ownership inscription on front pastedown of each volume. Scattered soiling, light tanning, an occasional light fox mark. Very good. The fourth octavo edition of McKenney and Hall's classic work, after the first octavo edition of 1848-50 and the sumptuous large folio format produced in 1836-44. The plates for the first four octavo editions were all produced by the same lithographer, J.T. Bowen, and retain the high quality of printing and coloring of the plates found in the first edition. McKenney, the superintendent of Indian Affairs, and James… Read More

Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, 1848-1850. . Internally generally clean; some toning and mild foxing to plate "Me-Te-A" (opposite page 59), plate "Wa-Pel-La" (opposite page 65), and plate "Tustennuggee Emathla" (opposite page 71). Plates generally clean and bright, the bright colours in these iconic plates are well preserved. A very good to near fine set.. Edition: First Octavo Edition. , Binding: Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in style, decoratively ruled in gilt, spines with five raised bands and red morocco labels; Marbled endpapers, all edges trimmed. , Notes: In his Practical Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books, Bennett notes, "M'Kenney's [sic] plates are generally conceded to be the outstanding Indian Gallery. Hall, a noted writer on Western subjects, supplied sound text." Field concludes in his Essay Towards an Indian Bibliography, "[this] work is one of the most costly and important ever published on the American Indians. The plates are accurate portraits of celebrated… Read More

Philadelphia: D. Rice and A.N. Hart, 1855. Third octavo edition; considered by some to be the best of the octavo editions for the superiority of its hand coloring; three volumes; publisher’s red pebble-grained morocco; all edges gilt; thick, beveled boards; raised bands; elaborate gilt decoration on the boards and the spine; in superb condition. Most of the illustrations are by artist Charles Bird King, many of whose original oil paintings were destroyed in a 1865 fire at the Smithsonian.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of… Read More

New York: Exposition of Indian Tribal Ars, 1931. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. First Edition; 4to, stapled pamphlet of a short essay by Austin; good (covers stained and soiled; waterstain to bottom corner and bottom stapled corner from cover to cover; rear cover creased; stapled ends torn; edgeworn); 5pp.

First edition 1st printing, Fair to Good book with spine slant, wear and fraying at edges, corners and ends of spine, offsetting and yellowing of end pages and paste-downs, PON front end page, something had been taped at one time to back end page with old tape residual and offsetting from tape to back paste-down. Now in new facsimile jacket for appearance. Waters' classic story of cultures clashing in the Four Corners area of the Southwest.

London: Harvey and Darton, 1839. Disbound. Good+. Tracts relative to the Aborignes No. 4. A disbound 24-p. tract, primarily a collection of extracts from letters, mostly concerning the Christianization of the Indians. G+; title page is taped along the left side, and loose from the rest; other pp. nearly separating but all in one piece, and free of marks.

Georgetown, Guyana: Red Thread Women's Press, 1993. Staple-bound paperback. Revised Edition. Good. Ex-Library. Text block unmarked. Binding secure. Covers clean. 74 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Millwood, New York: Todd Publications. Very Good. 2004. Eleventh Edition. Soft Cover. 777 pages: 8.25 x 10.75 in.: 4.4: Ex-Library: KB#005426: Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Copy's covers and pages are bright, clean, tightly bound and sharp cornered. It does have Library stamp inside, label on spine, some dark marks on covers under plastic covering and title page has been neatly removed. Editorial Review by From Library Journal: "Klein's editions of the Reference Encyclopedia have been the major source for listings of information on American Indian and Alaska Native groups for more than a decade. The first section of the book contains the source listings, presenting names, addresses, and often leaders of the tribal organizations (both federal and other) across the United States. The resource provides similar information for Canada. The second section is the bibliography, which contains citations for 4500 in-print titles. Separate lists by subject follow, and there is also a… Read More

Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge (1929 Houghton Mifflin 1st. Edition) No date on title page. Green boards with maroon titling. Spine is sunned. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included.Summary: Laughing Boy is a 1929 novel by Oliver La Farge about the struggles of the Navajo in Southwestern United States to reconcile their culture with that of the United States. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930. It was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1934."

Pasadena, Socio-Technical Books, 1970, hardcover, 176 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound, spots to top edge, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, light wrinkles, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-regarded anthropologist, museum director, supervising archaeologist for the Fort Massac Reconstruction project in Southern Illinois, and author of The Long Walk: A History of Navajo Wars, 1846-68 takes us back to the years 1863-68, the military roundup of the Navajo Indians and the creation of Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a forty-square mile concentration camp where the Navajo lived according to the dictates of an alien people and suffered disease, starvation, and generational trauma. Illustrated with 22 period photographs. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780870261008

RARE! Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana: Harpy Books, November 2002. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Stamp of Michael Forde Bookshop to title page, otherwise interior pristine. Rubbing and shelf-wear to covers. Not from a library. 40 pages. Contents: Encounter with a Tiger-Cat, The Year of the Wild Pig, A Night to Forget, Jungle Tug-O-War - Man vs. Beast, Trespasser in the Jungle, The Angry Bull, Bush-master!, Christmas in the Deep South, Diamonds are Fatal.