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16 mo. (6 3/8 X 4 1/8 inches) Baltimore: Phillips and Fardon, 1806. 45 page disbound pamphlet; stab holes with original sewing, lacks frontis. Original in good condition.

Includes the remarks of Little Turtle on the adverse affects of alcohol on his "Red Brethren."

Octavo (9 x 6 inches) Santa Fe, New Mexico: San Vicente Foundation, Inc., 1949. First Edition. 156 pages, illustrated with black and white full page captioned photos; black and white sketches, at chapter headings, and one colored drawing, all done by Gerri Chandler.

Designed by Merle Armitage, printed by the Rydal Press. Hardcover, very good condition, light salmon colored paper over boards, bibliography, and index.

A scholarly study of Pima ethnobotany culture. Names and brief biographies of the Native American participants, with a description of the plants they use, and their purposes There is also a section on games and legends.

Octavo (8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches) Smith and Company, 1952. Original edition. 94 pages, illustrated with photo portraits and drawings, map.

Hardcover, decorated brick red cloth, silhouette of Indian on horseback on front cover, good condition (minimal shelf wear to edges, not affecting contents).

Small quarto (10 3/4 X 8 inches) Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1952. Original First Edition. xxix, 326 pages, illustrated by numerous black and white plates, original dust jacket designed by Harry Garo, bibliography, index. Inscribed by author on the half title. Very good condition (protected in its original shipping box), hardcover brick colored cloth binding, title in gilt on spine against a black background, gilt mortar and pestle illustration on front cover.

" ... a definitive study of the mission Indians: how they lived, where they lived, what they ate, their amusements, their arts and their crafts."

Octavo (9 by 6 1/4 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Later Printing (First was 1893) 310 pages, illustrated with 38 black and white halftone images taken from photographs by the author, along with drawings by others, and music; hardcover, good condition, decorated brown cloth, with stamped black and yellow pattern on cover and spine, resembling Southwestern weaving, and framing the title in gilt; and similarly on spine; upper right corner of front cover slightly bent from old bump, not affecting contents.

Signed presentation from the author to William G. Kerkhoff, an early Southern California business man and philanthropist. Lummis writes, "To ... Staunch Old Timer."

Small quarto (9 1/4 X 6 1/4 inches) Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 1937. Second Printing. 325 pages, 33 full page illustrations (many in color) plus several illustrations in the text, red hardcover cloth stamped in gilt with title and author on the spine, plus Notes, and Bibliography.

Among the chapters covering regions of "The Far North," "The Forest Tribes," "The Gulf Region," "The Great Plains," "Mountain and Desert," "The Pueblo Dwellers," and the Pacific Coast," are sections that include studies on "The Eskimo World," "Sun-Worship," "Animal Stories," "Migration Legends," "Prophets and the Ghost-Dance," "The Navajo and their Gods," "Gods and Katcinas," "The California-Oregon Tribes," "Secret Societies . . . .," and "The Raven Cycle."

Very good condition.

Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches) Columbus, Ohio: Published by the Author, Printed by Scott and Wright, 1833 and 1829. First Edition of "A Description .... ". Hardcover: full early original leather. 408 pages, two separate titles bound together as one book, with consistent, and uniform pagination, illustrated by 10 engraved plates (6 are fold out; plate 8 is misnumbered), and 6 woodcuts, and an appendix. Good condition: original early full leather binding, showing minimal wear, with title "Western Antiquities" in gilt lettering on red leather label on spine. Some foxing, nominal staining to margins mostly to the last pages of second title - not affecting the text, which is readable and intact; old rubber stamp of previous owner's name on front fly leaf, same name in faint pencil below title on title page, faint pencil marks to last fly leaf, top edge stained blue.

An early study of the ethnology, and anthropology of the Ohio Valley. The plates reflect the author's focus on Indian mounds. Also included… Read More