Nineteenth Annual Report of American Ethnology 1897-'98 Part 1 by J. W. Powell - 1900

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good. 1st edition, 1900. A Good copy. 4to, 576 pp., illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings. Bound in olive green cloth. Rubbed through on tips, edges and on base and top of spine with top 2" of spine faded cloth. Front hinge cracking. Previous owners stamp inside front cover. Text is unmarked.

Governemnt Printing Office, 1900. hardcover. Acceptable. Part 1 of two parts. Hardcover. Binding broken. Text unmarked. Exterior quite worn. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900. 4to, pp. xcii, 576. Notes, glossary, index. Illustrated. Olive green cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's bookplate on pastedoWn. Binding somewhat loose, with several illustrations detached, cover little worn at corners, and at sides and ends of spine, o/w VG.

Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Good. . Volume II ONLY. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and embellishments. Some fading/shelf wear to boards. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900 Fist edition. PART 2 ONLY [of 2 parts] of the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Thick quarto. Index. Green cloth, gilt. Numerous illustraions and photographs throughout. Light rubbing, else a fine copy. Part 2 only, yet includes numerous complete articles. Including "Tusayan Migration Traditions" by Jesse Walter Fewkes, "Localization of Tusayan Clans" by Cosmos Mindeleff, "Mounds in Northern Honduras" by Thomas Gann, "Mayan Caendar Systems" by Cyrus Thomas, "Primitive Numbers" by W.J. Magee, "Numerical Systems of Mexico and Central America" by Cyrus Thomas, "Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies" by Jesse Walter Fewkes, and "The Wild Rice Gatherers of the Upper Lakes" by Albert Ernest Jenks. .

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. g. Ex library. 4to. 577-1160 pp. Gilt-stamped olive cloth and spine. An annual report on various aspects of Native American life, compiled by the Bureau of Ethnology. Delightfully illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions and a few color plates, one in fold-out. Library number in white near tail of spine, library plates and stamp on free front endpaper, one small stamp on title-page. Minor age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Foxing on page 1060, other pages clean. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a American geologist and ethnologist. His efforts towards the reorganization of rival surveys in the West were a factor in bringing about the establishment of the U.S. Geological Survey (1879), of which he served as a director from 1881 to 1894. In 1879, Powell founded and became the first director of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Wash. : Government Printing Office. Good+. 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, complete in 2 volumes. bound in green cloth with gilt l ettering and Indian head design.1160pp total, 4to size,Illustrated thr ough-out, some in color. A Good+ set with some rubbing to the spine & corners and moderate dust soiling to the covers.X-school library with only 2 small stamps per volume to the front pastedown and title pages .. Hinges have cracked but sewing is still fairly firm and nothing has pulled loose.The color frontis in volume 1 has two rub spots. All in all a good working set and priced accordingly.Contains glossary of th e Cherokee language and index. "Tusayan Migration Traditions," by Jess e Walter Fewkes, plus "Localization of Tusayan Clans," by Cosmos Midel eff, and "Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies," by Jesse Walter Fewkes, and other papers.. Heavy set (aprox. 13 pounds) will require extra sh ipping costs. .

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Tall, thick quarto. [1]. Pages 571-1160. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with gilt illustration and title on the front cover and spine. Sturdy binding with some of the over stitching visible. Light shelf wear to the binding. Clean interior. Part 2 only. Accompanying papers include: Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes. Pages 503-633. Localization of Tusayan Clans by Cosmos Mindeleff. Pages 635-653. Illustrated with plates XXI-XXVIII and Figure 3. Mounds in Northern Honduras by Thomas Gann. pages 655-692. Illustrated with plates XXIX-XXXIX and Figures 4-7. Mayan Calendar Systems by Cyrus Thomas. Pages 693-819. Illustrated with plates XL-XLIV and Figures 8-22. Primitive Numbers by W J McGee. Pages 821-851. Numeral Systems of Mexico and Central America by Cyrus Thomas. Pages 853-955. Illustrated with figures 23-41. Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes. Pages 957-1011. Illustrated with… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Large octavo, pp.571-1160. In Good condition. Fully bound in faded green publisher's fabric with gilt lettering to spine. Boards show light plus shelf wear overall with rubbing to edges and corners, rubbing and chipping to spine head, tail, and edges (with binding slightly shaken), and a few scratches. Text block shows light age toning to edges and interior, and two loose folded illustrated plates. SH Consignment. Shelved in Room A. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. IN TWO PARTS--PART TWO. 1370411. Special Collections.

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good Tight condition hardback bookplate. 1900. 1st edition. Some Color Plates. A Very Good set. .

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.

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.

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.

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.