Search Results: Amerind / Indigenous from Ironwood Hills Books

A married set in very good condition. Second edition, 1758, London. Original full leather boards. Volume 1 has a new spine (sometime in last 50 years) by Edward F. Gruver, Washington, DC. V.1 has bookplate and pencil notations of prior owner and booksellers, no other markings. The first four leaves after the map are loose at the bottom and remain attached at the top. Volume 2 has the original binding, no interior markings of any kind. Paginates: Volume 1: new blank, old blank, map, 4 leaves, 324, 5 leaves, old blank, new blank; Volume 2: blank, map, 6 leaves, 308, 1 blank (all original). See Howes B968; Hill 218/219; Field 206. Please see images of the books you will receive. Notes: The beautiful laid paper of 18th century London is gorgeous; supple, readable, amazing. Check out the map of North America from 1747 by Emanuel Bowen - upper midwest labeled New France; Louisiana extends west to New Mexico. More images are available. Feel free to inquire. [Amerind]

First edition, first printing, with dust jacket. Book is in terrific condition. No markings inside of any type, no creases, no tears. Some mild toning and dust to edges. Scarce dust jacket is 98% complete. Although it has many old tears they received tape a long time ago which has held it together. The front is especially nice with only a small closed tear touching picture. The corners and edges have chips. Now in Brodart archival cover. Collectible book in like condition. Please see scans of the book you will receive.

American Indian Art Magazine, Autumn, 1976. Condition is Good. Moderate general wear to covers. Excellent art and photography. Articles include Ghost Dance, Mimbres pottery, Salish Power Dances. I have included an image of the table of contents. Please images of the magazine you will receive.

Hardcover, Boston, circa 1876. Likely second edition (see notes below). Condition is Good: original cloth boards show moderate general wear, some fraying to corners and spine ends. Binding is functional, book lays open. No interior writing of any kind. A few smudges and some foxing is present. Paginates: blanks, frontis, 548, [6], blanks, 28 unpaginated plates including frontis and half title. Measures 8.5 x 6.25 inches. Author traveled through Territory 1858-1860. The plates, personal anecdotes and observations are major attractions of this book. He was fortunate to meet and befriend Cochise early in his travels. See Howes C843; Rader 950; Graff 898. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Although not stated this is likely second edition. Has copyright date of 1876, ads are for books published in 1877 or earlier. The text is identical to the 1873 first edition through page 527. The additional material elaborates on the Apache / US conflict and gives an account of formation of the… Read More

First edition bound in vellum. Munich, 1647. Condition is Good. Primary condition issue is missing spine. Text block binding remains sound. Vellum boards with Yapp style fore-edges and typical vellum warp. Interior has modern stamp (R151) on interior front pastedown, ffep with pencil notation and older ink info, title page with old library stamp, prior ownership inscription dated 1699, half title has pencil note at bottom. No other interior markings or problems. Quite decent old paper remains supple. Paginates: [24], map, 480, [12] with original blanks. This is a small format book (12 mo) approximately 12.5 x 7 cm. See Alden European American 647/28. A cool old book with a 17th century map of the Americas. Please see images of the book you will receive. Feel free to inquire. Notes: Alden states this is historical fiction based on Gobeo's shipwreck narrative of 1610 (EA 610/115). It does not read like that to me (I observe and make no claim to authority). This is a description of Central and South… Read More

Scarce first edition. Circa 1985. Virtually all copies on the market are the 1999 reprint - this is the rare first edition. Softcover, 32 pages. This is from the 1980s but exact date is unclear. See OCLC: 21008720. Only 3 copies of this early printing are listed. Condition is excellent. Please see scans of the book you will receive.

Volume 1 of Burney's 5 volume history of the exploration of the Pacific Ocean. 1803. Volume is ex-library copy with library stamps of University of California dated 1870 and found on title page, p.57 and p.131. Soundly bound in modern blue buckram. Collation: Title page, xii, [8], 391 with 5 maps and modern end blanks. Overall condition is good with some condition issues. All repairs described are professionally done. Title page rehinged. Frontis map and map opposite p. 277 are original. Frontis map is rehinged. 3 maps bound at end are professional full size reproductions (image of California map is provided). Appendix (pgs. 385-391) is also professional reproduction. Page 20 has closed tear repaired with rice paper. Water stain at head of spine waxes and wanes on pages 121-146, and 193-249; occasionally encroaching on text. Ink stain margin of p.220-21. Stain of indeterminate origin penetrating margins of p.273-78. On the plus side: binding is sound, volume is (now) complete, pages are wide margined… Read More

First UK edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. 1957. Dust jacket has small chips to corners and wear at folds, not price clipped. Volume has no interior writing, marking, folds or vandalism. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Notes: While reprints are common true first UK editions are scarce especially in this condition.

First edition, first issue, hardcover, 1844, New York. True first issues are uncommon and are discussed in the Notes section below. Overall condition is Very Good but not without defects. Old plain gray paper boards, possibly original, certainly 19th century. Boards have a general patina and small ink stain on back. Binding is sound. Endpapers are an odd yellow with a waxy feel. The yellow papers have central darkening that does not affect any other leaves. Prior bookseller notes seen on ffep. Stamp of New Jersey Historical Society on title page, pp. 164, 166. No other writing or stamps seen. The half title, title and map are lacking top outside corner not affecting image or text in any way (see images). The front blanks have water injury which lightly affects map and title page (see images). Paginates: blanks (3 leaves), foldout map, viii, 166, [2 pp adverts], errata slip (21 lines), blanks (3 leaves). The errata slip is lacking a corner (see image). Complete as issued. See Field 1595. Feel free to… Read More

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Book is fine condition with no markings or defects. Dust jacket is price clipped but no other problems. Very nice book. Scans show the book you will receive.

First edition hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. 1969, Auckland. Dust jacket is very good, minor shelf wear, price clipped. Volume is very good or better. There is a "P" stamped on front endpaper, no other interior markings, folds or vandalism. An interesting book that describes Cook's exploration of New Zealand concurrent with author's own experiences along the same route. Gorgeous photography. Please see scans of the book you will receive.

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Book is fine condition with no markings or problems. Dust jacket is fine, now in archival cover. A collectible item in like condition. See scan of the book you will receive.

Hardcover, first US edition. Philadelphia, 1891. Half leather, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt top edge. 5 raised bands on spine. Condition is Very Good: Boards show light general wear, binding is sound. Interior has no markings, folds or other issues. 17 x 11 cm. Paginates: blanks, viii, 192, blanks. A pleasing small volume. A collectible book in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: There is a four volume 1890 UK edition that includes Russian/Polish, English, and Scandinavian folk-tales. The name of the editor is derived from one of those volumes.

Complete 18 volume set, half leather with original boards and modern matching spines. 1824. Overall condition is very good. Recent fine binding using original boards. Old blanks are gone, this has new blanks. Only interior markings are pencilled numbers on back of title page. Some foxing in text, heavier in maps. Many pages uncut. 17 unpaginated maps and one plate of vocabulary. Set is a compilation of journals and texts from every major European voyage of discovery from antiquity to 1800. Kerr is not so much an author as an editor. Wherever possible he reproduced the original texts and journals. He edited them to reduce redundancy but maintain fidelity to the original text. His first volume shows the trouble he went to. He has rendered into English 9th century Icelandic texts then proceeds on to 9th and 10th century Anglo-Saxon texts. Where meaning is obscure he annotates generously. This was a major effort by a true scholar. The maps show a commensurate effort to create the best maps from the… Read More

1883 edition. Original full leather. Condition is Good: Front board professionally reattached, back board hinge reinforced. Spine leather shows loss and old repairs distant past. Text block is sound, boards stablized. Interior is very good: No interior writing, folds, smudges or other evidence of use. There is rare foxing. Rough on the outside excellent on the inside. Full leather binding is uncommon. Paginates: blank, frontis, title, (9)-548, blank. 16 color plates including the frontis. Complete as issued. See Howes B927; Rader 532; Adams Six-Guns 314; Graff 467. Feel free to inquire. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: book is packed with illustrations which is best feature. Adams notes there is more myth than history here (which you can pretty much tell from the pictures). True first is 1881.

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. 1999. Book is fine without markings. Dust jacket has some modest wrinkles at front top corner. I have provided scans showing these. No tears, not price clipped. Please see images of the book you will receive.

Circa 1875 edition of popular captivity narrative. Nelson & Phillips, New York. Spencer was 11 when captured in 1792. Brown blindstamped cloth, gilt title on spine. Condition is Very Good: Recased using original boards sometime in last 40 years. Modern endpapers. No interior writing, occasional foxing, some smudges, old corner folds. Small hole pp.13/14 affecting a few letters. Binding is sound. 160 pages with 4 plates and 4 engravings embedded in text all included in pagination. Contents bound at end as usual with this book. The plates and engravings are same topics and locations as the 1842 edition but are by a different engraver. True first edition is 1835 in either New York or Pennsylvania. See Howes S843; Ayer 272; Field 1470; Graff 3930 and OCLC: 35730821. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: putting an accurate date on this edition is problematic. Nelson began publishing in 1854 so definitely after that. WorldCat suggests "187?" which is reasonable looking at materials used.… Read More

Magazine issued for the annual Inter-Tribal Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico. I believe there was one issue per year from 1990-1998. A scarce item. At the time of listing I found none for sale and only one copy in WorldCat / OCLC. Condition is very good: volume is used, shows some shelf wear, closed tear to front cover with repair, no interior writing. Please see scans of the volume you will receive.

First edition, hardcover, Syracuse, 1854. Green blindstamped cloth, gilt spine titles. Overall condition is Good: boards show moderate general wear, most at spine tips. Binding is sound. Spine is sun faded. Interior has ancient owner's name on front blank, a few stray pencil marks. Foxing is present is intermittent with most at front and back. Paginates: frontis, vi, 375 Field 324. A collectible book in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Author is known for his scholarly writing on the Onondaga. This volume is his collection of stories from the native American peoples and early settlers of the Northeast. These reside at the intersection of history and myth. A talented writer and story teller. Recommended.

Pamphlet, 1825, Andover, Mass. Early edition. Condition is Fair: wraps show significant general wear, top outer corner of blank and last wrap missing causing loss of part a letter. Interior has ownership inscription on front blank with date of 1827, old prior seller's price on blank. No other writing or markings. Spine reinforced with paper in distant past. Paginates: wraps, blanks, 48. Illustrations included in pagination. Complete as issued. This edition is uncommon. WorldCat locates ~15 copies. See OCLC: 34635134 & 22449258; Rosenbach 681. Harlan Page is the engraver, author is unknown. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: identification of edition priority is a challenge. The undated New-York Religious Tract Society is generally considered the true first. The sources on this make conclusory statements and there is reason to doubt them. I put together a summary of my research for those who are interested.[Indigenous, South Pacific, theology]