Almost Ancestors: The First Californians by Kroeber, Theodora & Heizer, Robert F - 1968

Sierra Club, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Large chip to jacket. .

San Francisco, California: The Sierra Club, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. The Sierra Club put this catalogue of photographs together largely from long-deceased peoples and cultures of mostly Western America, mostly California. Both front and rear panels of the dust wrapper are brilliant illustrations of influential Native Americans. Augmented with fine ethnographic but mostly ethnological data including the religious ceremonies distinctive of the Yurok, their World Renewal rites. The lead author is famous for both her studies of "Ishi," the "Last Yahi Indian," and birthing of Ursula Le Guin. Wife also to the first Ph.D. student of "Papa [Franz] Boas," the Polish Jew founder of the Ph.D. program at Columbia University. Robert F. Heizer also was a noted Native Americanist (July 13, 1915 – July 18, 1979), an archaeologist who conducted extensive fieldwork and reporting in California, the Southwestern… Read More

Sierra Club-Ballentine. Used - Good. Good condition. (California, Native Americans) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1968. hardcover. very good/good. 117 plates. 4to, cloth, worn wrapper. San Francisco: Sierra Club, (1968).<br/> <br/>