native americana
PEOPLE: Visions of the American West
(London): Chartwell, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to (17" by 12" approx.). Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trace toning to jacket. Shallow rippling to pages. Bright, crisp, and clean throughout. Binding sound. 256pp. Collection of European and American depictions of Native Americans in painting.....
SEEK THE HOUSE OF RELATIVES (The Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 4)
Marvin, SD: The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. Near fine. Light rubbing along spine. Interior clean throughout. Unpaginated. Verse collection by Cook-Lynn, a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and professor of English and Indian Studies at Eastern Washington University.
MONSTER ROLLING SKULL AND OTHER NATIVE AMERICAN TALES
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over tan boards. In original pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy in like jacket. Light touches of soil to jacket; 1/2" by 3/4" chip at bottom of spine. Price clipped. Pages bright and clean. Hinges.....
FROM THE HUDSON TO THE WORLD: Voices of the River
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., 1978. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Orange wraps. Light edgewear, some scuffing and creasing to wraps. Very good. Ecology-focused literary anthology of Native American stories and poetry from the Hudson Valley region. Introductory pieces by Pete Seeger and Vine Deloria, Jr. With glossary of Hudson River.....
NORTH: Poems of Home
Marvin, SD: The Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. Very mild touch of soil to rear wrapper, else fine. Pages clean throughout. Unpaginated. Collection of verse by this Native American poet, whose works draw from his childhood in the Mohawk Nation.
HOT LUNCH AT ALL HOURS [Original Photograph]
[Akron, OH?]: [ca. 1905]. Original vintage gelatin silver photograph 8.25" x 5.125" approx. on contemporary mount, 9" x 6". Mild wear. Some silvering to image. Near fine overall. Titled and numbered in the negative. A skilled and moving portrait of a Native American family, probably Mojave, with an unfortunately common.....
ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND VERSE BY INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS STUDENTS
Washington DC: United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Very good. INSCRIBED by Vincent Price to title page: "For Hal / My best / [...] / Vincent Price." Front and rear covers foxed with light soil and some fading. Clean.....
SOLITARY RAVEN: The Selected Writings of Bill Reid
Vancouver / Seattle: Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press, (2000). First Edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo. Blue boards in photographic dust jacket. Just about fine in like DJ; perhaps just a hint of shelfwear to jacket. Clean throughout. 250pp. Collects the writings of this esteemed Native American (Haida) sculptor.....
WEST RIVER: 100 Poems
Dickinson, ND: Northern Plains Ethnic Foundation, (1989). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. About fine. INSCRIBED by Solheim to title page. Clean, bright, and unmarred throughout. 105pp. Collection of verse by this Native American poet from North Dakota, published by a Great Plains cultural nonprofit.
MY INDIAN LIBRARY
n.p. The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1935. First Edition. Wraps. Eight small 8vo volumes in publisher's original pictorial box. Saddle-stapled bright pictorial wraps, with neat ownership signature to back cover of each book and box. Minor soil and toning to back covers; minimal edgewear. Light scuffing to box edges.....
PHILADELPHIA FLOWERS
Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. About fine. SIGNED by Whiteman to half-title. Clean, crisp, and unmarred throughout. 122pp. Collection of poems by this Native American (Oneida) poet from Wisconsin.