Search Results: Native North Americans from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st edition. 270pp. Illust. Endpaper maps. Near fine in vg, pc dj with bit of fraying top backstrip.

Calgary: Frontier Publishing, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. This may be a first printing, but it is sometimes hard to determine on the Anderson books when a few later titles are listed on the back cover. Pictorial wraps. 47pp. Illus. References. Map. Brief biography of the "Cree outlaw." From the internet: "Almighty Voice's tragic confrontation with the NWMP highlights the tension between Indigenous peoples and federal and police agents on reserves during the 1890s." A few stains on lower back cover; still a vg copy.

NY, 1971, 1971. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. Unabridged republication of expensive 1950 book. Pict wraps. Profusely & very descriptively illustrated with b/w drawings & a couple of color plates. Includes a couple of sections on Central & South A merica. Text block with rather minor crease first 60pps, else vg.

El Paso: Texas Western Pr, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 174pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Near fine in good, complete dj with some tideline stain lower spine corner area.

Washington DC: Gov't Printing Office & Smithsonian, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing. Original octavo cloth. 264pp + 939pp. Illustrated with plates of Catlin drawings of American Indians. Owner's signature on front paste down. It is really quite impossible to try to detail all of the information in this book and to describe the remarkable Catlin drawings. Added to that are the maps, all present, including the large and valuable color folding map of Indian Territory, chock full of detail. In good condition, but we note that because of the thickness of the book, some signatures pull a bit when opened. Boards show some wear, but not excessively with a little fraying at head and toe of spine. Very scarce.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 2nd printing of Scribner reprint. Cloth & boards. 128pp. Philanthropic Library label on ffep. Common, but this copy fine in vg dj.

Norman: OU, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing. Cloth. 389pp. Illus. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in dj. Fresh copy as if just off the press.

Phoenix: Arizona Highway Dept, 1974. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st, original printing these issues, Feb. & July, 1974. 48pp. each. Splendidly illustrated. Two of the very popular issues that year devoted to art and artifacts, these two the pottery issue and the Southwest Indian Weaving issues. Five articles. Light rubbing to Feb. & corner crease to July.

NY: Hastings House, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 59pp. Illustrated with fifty very nice b/w portraits of Arizona Indians presumably taken by the author. Photo pictorial endpapers. Vg in vg dj which is browned on part of the reverse, but clean on the visual side. Uncommon.

Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 263pp. Appropriately illustrated with the author's work and other illustrations. Notes. Index. Original signature by Hauser on the title page. (Facsimile on the half-title). Upper corner of text block is bumped so we grade this copy good, but as they say, "else fine." In near fine dj. A great Native American sculptor.

Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st printing. Oblong pictorial wraps. 134pp. Illus. Map. Glossary of Nez Perce words. Fine, like new.

Fort Worth: Privately Printed, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Hardbound. 211pp. Illust. Bibliography. Appendices: "Chronology, Seminole Negro Indian History", "Roster Seminole Negro Indian Scouts August 1870 to September 1914". Endpaper maps of Frontier forts in Indian Territory, Texas, & border states. An important contribution to the subject. Fine, like new. No dj as issued. Already very scarce to find.

Wash. D. C.: United States Indian Service - Bureau of Indian Affairs. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Apparent 1st printing. No date. Pictorial wraps. 66pp. Illustrated with photos & drawings. Selected Readings. Map. On the half-title is an 8-line comment in pencil gleaned from the "museum at Browning Montana" about the sacred lance. Some pages a little wavy from exposure, but no mold or must. Bottom 3" of stapled spine split, repaired. Good copy with great graphics.

NYC: Grove Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st printing. Cloth. 465pp. Signed (signature only) by Alexie on title page. Fine, like new in like new dj.

Taipei, Taiwan: Ming-Huei Chen, 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Pirated edition printed from plates of the 1972 2nd printing. Maroon-red cloth. Dimensions (14.5 cm x 21 cm) smaller than the authorized American edition than the American edition. 487pp. Illus. Note. Bibliography. Index. Printed in a thinner grade paper than the standard edition. This edition is published in English, but the publishing information on the copyright page is printed in Chinese. The February, 2007, issue of FIRSTS: The Book Collectors' Magazine, has an excellent article by Charles Michaus on the pirated books printed in Taiwan, between the late 1950s into the 1980s. Many of these books were brought back to the U. S. during the Vietnam War by military personnel; many were purchased direct by colleges students in the U. S. They eventually became illegal to import. However, well-established is the fact that these books are legal to sell (as is this copy) on the secondary market and have become sought for… Read More

Portland: Binford & Mort, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 259pp. Illus. Bibliography. Endpaper maps, "Modoc and Klamath Country in 1873." Fine in dj with a few tiny chips.

Alexandria: Time Life, 1982. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. As New. Facsimile reprint. Giltp-stamped faux leather. 290pp. Illus. Fine, like new.

NY: Holiday House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Small 4to cloth. 63pp. Illustrated with drawings by Nadema Agard. Signed "Best Wishes" by Sneve. The author "spent her childhood on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation." Just a trace of wear at some of the tips; near fine in vg dj. Rather scarce, especially signed.

Ottumwa: P B L, Limited, 2014. First Thus. Soft cover. As New. q. 1st printing. 4to glossy pictorial wraps. 85pp. Illus. Wapello, "the county's namesake -- chief of the confederated tribes of Sac and Fox and the successor of Chief Black Hawk of Black Hawk War fame." Fine.

Bayfield: Sunshine Studios, 1988. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 12 original & unused folded note cards with front color designs by Bresette, "a Lake Superior Chippewa from the Red Cliff Reservation", b.1947- d.1999. The cards, each with a striking original color design, represent the 12 months of the year. The packet is accompanied by a small, printed paper sheet imprinted with all 12 designs. Mr. Bresette was active in N. Wisconsin environmental issues regarding spearfishing, mineral extraction mines, & he helped found the first Green Party in Wisconsin. Fine. Very hard to find sets now.