Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1974. Hardcover. First Edition. xiii, 267 pp. 8vo. Light wear to dust jacket, tiny chips at head and foot of spine, slight sunning, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards are clean as is the interior.
A scarce volume, especially with dust jacket. An important work on First Nation people of the Pacific Northwest. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 457, 6 [ads] pp.8vo. Brown cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Light bumping to corners, some scuffing. Ex-library with call number in white ink at base of spine. Minor library markings within, call number in ink on title page. Clean and tight otherwise.
An important early book on the mistreatment of native people by the bestselling author of "Ramona." Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) was a lifelong proponent of Native American rights and the mistreatment they have endured under the Federal and State government. Very Good. More
Grant, Campbell. Socorro, NM/Santa Barbara, CA: Ballena Press/Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 1978. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. Tan paper wraps with photo image on front cover, light scuffing. Clean and tight within.
An important and scarce early research volume in the study of ancient astronomy among the Chumash of present-day southern California. Very Good. More
London: Printed for the Author, 1791. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. [2], x, [2], 295 pp. 4to. Three quarter brown leather binding with five raised bands at spine, gold embossed titling and flower insets to panels without titles, light brown cloth insets to front and rear boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Very clean within, containing the errata sheet that precedes the folding map of the Western Countries of Canada which has very minor offsetting -- standard with this item. Two previous owners have added their name and location to the title page, a contemporary ownership inscription in black ink at the top of the title page, a 1955 ownership inscription at the foot of the title page in blue ink. [Howes L443; Streeter VI..... More
Ewing, Louie. Santa Fe, NM: Laboratory of Anthropology & San Vincente Foundtion, 1947/1949. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 102 pp. 8vo.; 99 pp. 8vo. These two items, which match in height and have similarities in design both have paper covers over boards. Both copies are housed in a custom slipcase with a leather spine and gold embossed titling. Both volumes heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and descriptions of the textiles and their origin. "The Alfred I. Barton Collection of Southwestern Textiles" also contains three color serigraphs by Louie Ewing that reproduce vibrant Pueblo, Navajo, and Rio Grande tribal designs at the beginning of each section illustrating their work.
"Navajo Textile Arts" [Purcell 69] was printed in an edition of 1,250 copies. "The Alfred I. Barton..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 155 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has chips, tears, and losses, now in mylar cover. Dark orange cover boards with light sunning at head of spine where dust jacket is missing. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims, clean within. Very Good / Good. More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art, 1939. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. viii, 120 pp. 8vo. Ivory wraps with darkening around the edges from age, very light scuffing. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, clean and crisp within.
A very nice copy of the elusive first printing of Whiting's groundbreaking work of ethnobotany. Very Good. More