Search Results: NATIVE AMERICANS from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Pr Inc. Very Good. 1984. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 0873800125 . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and spine joints have rubbing, bumping and edge wear. There are several spots of ground-in dirt to the covers, including an inch long white mark to the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "He graduated from Columbian University in 1861, then worked there for 23 years, as principal of the college's preparatory school (1861–84). He first became affiliated with the United States National Museum in 1872, working as a collaborator in ethnology. This in 1884 turned into a full-time position as curator. The Smithsonian had recently built its first purpose-built museum building, the U. S. National Museum building (or Arts and Industries Building). Mason worked closely with George Brown Goode in the installation and reorganization of the museum collections that… Read More

Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books / California Historical Society. Very Good+. 1992. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0930588517 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, and nicking to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Adam Fortunate Eagle, once known as Adam Nordwall, is the trickster incarnate, skipping through swamps and glades where mere mortals fear to tread. It is hard to think of him as an elder - 60 years and counting - because in my last encounter with him we looted one of his relatives' fish-smoke houses at Red Lake, Minnesota and had to flee the country before the tribal police incarcerated us." (from Wikipedia) .

Washington, D. C.: U . S. Department of Agriculture. Very Good. 2017. Facsimile reprint. Stapled wraps. Facsimile reprint. This is a trade paperback booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a strip of sunning to the top rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The print on this booklet is really small. There is an inked previous owner's name on the front inside cover. This publication lists "all of the food plants that appeared in Ethnobotanical publications during a period of nearly 80 years." (From the booklet introduction) The list was compiled when the Carbohydrate Division of the Bureau of Chemistry systematically investigated the amount of carbohydrates in plants - one of the scientists suggested attention be given to "plants used for food by the North American Indians." this booklet results from those investigations. .

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and tiny chips, along with rubbing to the black front panel. "While at UCLA, Wallis rubbed elbows with several members of the second wave of pioneers of Wycliffe Bible Translators. She became interested and eventually joined the organization, after serving on the editorial staff of King’s Business. Because of her training in journalism, Wycliffe’s founder William Cameron Townsend asked her to write the first biography of the organization. Working with Mary A. Bennett, she rose to that challenge, producing “Two Thousand Tongues to Go. ” Ethel… Read More

Boston, MA: Houghton Miffling Company. Very Good+. 1908. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The tan paper covered boards have some generalized toning and spots of rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition occurred between 1886 and 1894 in the American southwest. Sponsored by Mary Tileston Hemenway, a wealthy widow and philanthropist, it was initially led by Frank Hamilton Cushing, who was replaced in 1889 by Jesse Walter Fewkes. It was considered to be a major scientific archaeological expedition, notable for the discovery of the prehistoric Hohokam culture. Until the 1930s, the expeditionary records were in storage. Emil Haury, a Harvard University student, published a monograph on Los Muertos in 1945, a… Read More

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good. 1922. New Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have noticeable patches of toning. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "On an 1844 business trip to New York’s capital, Albany, Morgan started research on old Cayuga treaties in the state archives. The Seneca people were also studying old US-Native American treaties to support their land claims. After the Revolutionary War, the United States had forced the four Iroquois tribes allied with the British to cede their lands and migrate to Canada. By specific treaties, the US set aside small reservations in New York for their own allies, the Onondaga and Seneca. In… Read More

Yosemite National Park, CA: Yosemite Association. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. 2nd Revised Edition. Paperback. Color Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book with plain paper covers and an illustrated cardstock dust jacket / cover. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean and bright, but has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word Miwok means people in the Miwok languages. " (from Wikipedia) .

San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 156640598X . Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the illustrator, with a short inscription, on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one tiny hole to the top spine joint and some light bumping to the top front panel. "The land, the people, and the animals and their stories have inspired my mixed media paintings. I use water color, colored pencil, oil pastel, ceramic stucco on water color paper and canvas. Each element is a collage piece made from specialty and water color papers. I am currently working on four collections in my work: ON COMMON GROUND, a multicultural collection of women of power, wisdom and beauty, drawn from the wheel of life;… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+. 1982. Reprint. Paperback. 0806117656 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine has noticeable fading. The text pages are clean and bright. "Under the pseudonym T. D. Allen, Don B. And Terril Diener Allen (1908- ) wrote historical fiction and non-fiction about the West and Native Americans. They were best known for Doctor in Buckskin (1951) , based on the story of Marcus Whitman, a doctor and missionary in the Oregon territory; Troubled Border (1954) , about John McLoughlin, head of the Hudson Bay Company's outpost at Fort Vancouver; Navahos Have Five Fingers (1963) , an account of the couple's stay at a Navaho reservation and the people they met there; and Miracle Hill (1967) , the story of a young Navaho boy, Mitchell Blackhorse. Terry Diener was a professor of… Read More

Scottsdale, AZ: Fun Publishing Co.. Near Fine. 1975. 10th Printing. Paperback. 0918858038 . B&W Illustrations; Coloring book. This is an oversized, thin paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Completely free of coloring. "The Navajo is the largest Indian tribe living in America today. They number some 140,000, with most of them living on the Navajo reservation located in the North East corner of Arizona, a small portion of South West Utah, and a part of Northwestern New Mexico." .

South Brunswick, NY: A. S. Barnes and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0498018040 . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small semi-closed edge tears, nicks and rubbed spots, especially to the spine ends. "An Old World tradition, a New World heritage: the result is ian exciting new dimension in needlecraft." .

London, England: Michael Joseph. Very Good. 1959. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine of the book cover has some light fading. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page, and the front endpaper has a portion of the dust jacket with photos of the author and the illustrator pasted on the front endpaper. There is a short inked notation on the rear endpaper and another inked number on the rear pastedown page. "Alberta Leona Pierson Hannum (August 3, 1906 - February 18, 1985) was an author best known for her best-selling novel Roseanna McCoy, a fictionalized account of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, which was turned into a motion picture in 1949 by RKO General. Hannum lived in Moundsville, West Virginia and wrote fiction, non-fiction and essays. Many of her books showcased life in the Appalachians ranging from West Virginia… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0684182327 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There is a small mostly closed edge tear to the top front edge of the dust jacket as well. This book was awarded the Southwest Book Award for 1984. "Pieces of White Shell is a journey to a largely unknown country, a land of the mind and spirit as well as earth and grass, where people live in intimacy with landscape, where earth, mountains, stars, sky, hold meanings largely unknown to us." .

New York, NY: Dutton Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Nancy Wood (June 20, 1936 – March 12, 2013) was an American author, poet, and photographer. Wood published numerous collections of poetry as well as children's novels, fiction, and nonfiction. Major themes and influences in her work were the Native American cultures of the Southwestern United States. Her career, which spanned over five decades, included 28 publications of prose and poetry, and several photograph collections. Wood was a National Endowment for the Arts fellow, and a recipient of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award. " (from Wikipedia) .

San Jose, CA: American Indian Center of Santa Clara Valley, Inc.. Very Good. 1991. Stapled wraps. This is an oversized program booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. THe covers have some spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, with the exception of several brownish spots of discoloration to the top of the first text page. The program includes: A Fun Run, Opening Ceremonies, Aztec dancers, Pow Wow, Pomo Dancers, Ohlone Dancers, and more. .

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. Very Good+. 1949. Later Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: The Indian Association of America, Inc.. Very Good-. 1957. 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. Cover Art; Signed by Rosana Webb, author of the poem Lyrics on the Red Man. This is a larger than trade sized booklet with self covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet covers have noticeable toning, especially the spine joints. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There are a couple of small chips to the edges of the text pages. Included are: The Early American Indian Builder by Eddie Wilson, Y-ail-mihth as told by Chief Kahlserton Sepass of Chilliwack, BC. Canada) , Jamyke, by Lone Eagle, Lyrics on the Red Man, by Rosana Webb (signed by the author at the end of her poem) , Some Notes on the Language of the Lenape Indians, Two Haida Legends, and more. ; Signed by One Author .

San Francisco: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0064520005 . Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There area a couple of small spots of fading / discoloration to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has numerous edge nicks, tears and chips missing, especially to the spine ends and front cover edges. .