The Indian Tipi; Its History, Construction, and Use by Reginald and Gladys Laubin (AUTHOR SIGNED) - 1957

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1957. Stated First Edition. Long personal inscription by Gladys on the FFFP with drawings and date of June 15, 1957 in Moose Wyoming to Ralph Velich, a well-known taxidermist in Omaha, NE. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to tail and lower tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped; ($3.95); light shelfwear to head, tail, bottom edge of front panel, and tips. Turquoise cloth boards and spine with black lettering in a silver shadowbox on the spine. 208 pp 8vo. The art of making a tipi is almost lost, even among the Indians, but here is the complete story of this fascinating Indian tent, its history and development, the different types and locations, furnishings and etiquette, religious significance and symbolic paintings. Written primarily for the interested amateur, this book will appeal to everyone who likes camping, out-of-doors, and Indian lore, as well as furnishing much authentic information for the historian or ethnologist. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.