CIVILIZATION (As Told to Florence Drake By Thomas Wildcat Alford)
by Alford, Thomas Wildcat
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1936. xiii, 203 pages. Octavo. First printing of the first edition. Alford was born in 1860, the great grandson of Tecumseh, the famous Shawnee Indian. Alford learned white culture, attended Hampton Institute in Virginia, and became a leader and educator when he returned to his tribe. This is his story as related to Frances Drake, in his own words. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight. The dust jacket is in good+ condtion: some edgewear; chipped at corners and especially top of spine; some small creases and tears at edges; light soiling and a couple of small waterstains at bottom of rear panel. The dj still is attractive in archival mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H2334
- Title
- CIVILIZATION (As Told to Florence Drake By Thomas Wildcat Alford)
- Author
- Alford, Thomas Wildcat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Native American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American Studies;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.