The Song of Hiawatha
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First American edition, published shortly after the English edition. The text is in... Read More
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North American Mythology.
N. P: Archaelogical Institute of America. Mythology Company Publishers, 1936. Fine reprint of the 1916 edition. Scarce in the original dust jacket. Volume 10 in “The Mythology of All Races” Series. Read More
Price: $100
Echoes from the Backwoods; or Sketches of Transatlantic Life.
London: Henry Colburn, Publishers, 1846. First edition. The author served in Canada in the suppression of the French Canadian uprising of 1837-8. In this work, Levinge describes his military service, impressions of the wildlife and sporting of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, "A Race Through the United States" south to... Read More
Price: $1,400
The Southern Cheyennes.
Norman [OK]: University of Oklahoma Press, [1963]. First edition. No. 66 in The Civilization of the American Indians Series. Read More
Price: $100
The Indians of Pecos Pueblo. A Study of Their Skeletal Remains.
New Haven: Published for the Dept. of Archeology / Phillips Academy. Andover, Massachussetts / By the Yale University Press, 1930. Read More
Price: $225
The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Scarce prospectus for Bancroft's five-volume history of the natives of the Americas, including a synopsis of each volume and schedule of prices. Includes several "recommendations" from literary luminaries, including Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell, Asa Gray, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Nordhoff, and others. OCLC locates..... Read More
Price: $150
Contributions to the History of the southwestern portion of the United States.
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890. First edition. Read More
Price: $150
Final Report of Investigations among the Indians of the southwestern United States carried on mainly in the years from 1880...
Cambridge: Printed by John Wilson and Son University Press, 1892. First edition. Read More
Price: $150
![[The Bible, translated into the Language of the Kristeneaux or Crees of North America, by WIlliam Mason and Others] [Old Testament & New Testament in Cree Syllabary]. Cree Bible.](/pictures/thumb/230928.jpg?v=1534805359)
[The Bible, translated into the Language of the Kristeneaux or Crees of North America, by WIlliam Mason and Others] [Old...
London: Printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1861-2. First edition. The distinctive Cree Syllabary was invented in 1841 by Wesleyan missionary James Evans. Darlow & Moule note that this translation into Western Cree was prepared “by W. Mason, assisted by his wife, Sophia Mason, H. Steinhauer (an Indian... Read More
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Portfolio of Hopi Kachinas. Foreword by Carl Schaefer Dentzel.
Hollywood, California: Homer H. Boelter Lithography, 1969. First edition, Number 781 of 1000 copies. Read More
Price: $350
On the Border with Crook.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First edition. One of the most acclaimed works on the Indian wars, by an army officer and ethnologist who served on Crook's staff. "A truly great book, on both the Apaches and the Arizona frontier" - Dobie. Read More
Price: $450
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Brotherton Indians.
Washington, D.C: 1855. Read More
Price: $55
Eames' Copy, in Original Boards
Sketches of the History, Manners and Customs, of the North American Indian, with a Plan for Their Melioration.
New York: William Borradaile, 1824. Eames' Copy, in Original Boards. A general work of some limited popularity at the time of issue, cribbed extensively from John Heckewelder's AN ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN NATIONS... (1819). Contains material on Indian languages including a chapter by Peter S. Duponceau. Buchanan was British Consul... Read More
Price: $500
An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo...Arranged in Chronological Order.
Buffalo: Rockwell, Baker & Hill, Printers, 1864. First edition. Read More
Price: $250
Annals of Tryon Country; or, the Border Warfare of New York, During the Revolution.
Cheerry Valley: The Cherry Valley Gazette Print, 1880. Thirdt Edition. An important contribution to the history of New York's border wars, and a book that excited much attention, inspiring several other frontier histories in New York and adjoining states. "A pioneer work in the annals of early western New York... Read More
Price: $150
Case of 1799 re: Mannings Marsh and 17th c./18th c. acts re: tribal Indian lands.
"Mannings Marsh was surveyd for Manning on the 29th March 1663, and was patented the 11th Sept. 1663 to Mr. Dorrington..." Read More
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George Catlin and the Old Frontier.
New York: The Dial Press, 1959. Number 74 of 250 copies signed by the Author. Read More
Price: $400
One of 13 Copies on Vellum
The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the Emperor Charles the...
London: Chiswick Press, 1893. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum (there were also 88 copies printed on paper). One of 13 Copies on Vellum. This work consists of two important ordinances issued by the Spanish monarchy on November 20, 1542, and June 4, 1543. Under the active influence... Read More
Price: $8,000
In Boards
The Natchez; an Indian Tale.
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition in English. In Boards. Read More
Price: $1,250
Chickasaw Indians. Message From the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War Relative to...
Washington, D.C: 1846. Read More
Price: $60
LEASE OF INDIAN RESERVATION--CHICKASAWS. House Rep 488, 22d Congress 1st Session.
Washington, D.C: 1832. Read More
Price: $60
The San Carlos Apache Police & The San Carlos Apache Police II.
np: Reprinted from the New Mexico Historical Review, 1929 & 1930. First separate editions. These books are written by the man who captured Geronimo, later became mayor of Tombstone, and founded the Tombstone Epitah. Read More
Price: $200
The Indians’ Last Fight or The Dull Knife Raid.
[Girard, Kansas: Press of The Appeal to Reason, 1915]. In addition to the account of the capture of Dull Knife, chief of the northern Cheyennes, the author includes material on cow punchers he knew, descriptions of Indian customs, and a good sprinkling of general tidbits of what he saw in... Read More
Price: $150
Manomin: A Rhythmical Romance of Minnesota, The Great Rebellion, and the Minnesota Massacres.
St Louis: Published by the Author, 1866. First edition. Read More
Price: $175
Mission of the Church to the Yankton Sioux Indians.
Yankton Agency [Dakota Territory]: Mission Press, 1870. A rare imprint from the Dakota Territories, a pamphlet detailing the history of the establishment of the Episcopal mission to the Yankton Sioux Indians, ending with a plea for resources and including details of the establishment of a printing press there. Taking the... Read More
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The Little Osage Captive: An Authentic Narrative.
Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong and Crocker & Brewster New York: John F. Hayen, 1822. First edition. Captivity takes place in Tennessee. Read More
Price: $550