Through the Sipapu: A Canyonlands Phantasy
Green River, UT: Canyonlands Gifts & Books, [c.1970]. Paperback. 60pp. Quarto [28 cm] Spiral bound wrappers. Very good. Warmly inscribed by the author on the dedication page. Scarce. More
Native American Literature
Through the Sipapu: A Canyonlands Phantasy
Green River, UT: Canyonlands Gifts & Books. Spiral Bound. 60pp. Quarto [28 cm] Black plastic spiral binding with gray and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very slightly soiled and discolored. A fictional story of creation and the afterlife as viewed by the Native Americans of Utah. More
Creek Mary's Blood
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 292pp. Small skinny quarto [26.5 cm] Beige and black printed wraps. Very good. The top corner of the rear cover is very gently bumped. There is a half inch tear in the top edge of the rear cover. Dee Brown..... More
Navajo Taboos: Navajo Historical Publications Cultural Series No 1
Window Rock, AZ: The Navajo Times, 1972. Paperback. SIGNED. 65pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Tan stapled wraps. Wraps sligtly soiled. Pages beginning to tan with a few minor stains on the title page. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. Former high school English teacher, and now a...... More
Little Navajo Bluebird
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 143pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan cloth over boards. Pictorial endpapers. There is a previous owner's name on the front pastedown. In a dust jacket, with toning, and a number of closed and open tears in the edges. The deepest tear is..... More
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 361pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black paper with decorative white paper covered boards and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine / Near fine. Louise Erdrich won the National Book Critics Award for Love Medicine. More
When Coyote Howls:; A Lavaland Fable
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Bright yellow cloth spine and boards. Faint bump at the head and tail of the spine. Black endpapers. 138 pages, including a list of readings. Dust Jacket - has very slight rubbing at the head of the spine..... More
The Owl's Song
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 160pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Orange brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The endsheets are mildly darkened along the hinges. There is a gift inscription on the front free endsheet. In a price-clipped dust jacket..... More
Dwellings:; A Spiritual History of the Living World
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 159pp. Small octavo [20 cm] 1/2 ivory colored cloth with white paper covered boards, a copper stamped title on the spine, and a copper stamped design on the front board. Fine / Near fine. Signed by the author..... More
Dwellings:; A Spiritual History of the Living World
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 159pp. Small octavo [20 cm] 1/2 ivory colored cloth with white paper covered boards, a copper stamped title on the spine, and a copper stamped design on the front board. Fine / Fine. Signed by the author on..... More
Ancient Tribes of the Klamath Country
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 252pp. Octavo [22 cm] in brown cloth. Light rubbing and a few short tears to price-clipped jacket; boards are crisp and unworn; blindstamp on half-title, interior is clean and tight. Signed by author on half-title. From the jacket: "Delightful anecdotes of..... More
Mountain Home; Tales of Seeking a Family Life in Harmony with Nature
Skookumchuck, BC: Canadian Caboose Press, 1996. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 166 pp. Trade paperback. Adolf Hungry Wolf's 50th book. written in his fiftieth year. Illustrated with photos and drawings. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author has spent most of his life living and learning a traditional..... More
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on a Stolen Land
New York: Ballantine, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. 294pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. 1/4 orange paper over cream boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. "Toni Jensen grew up around guns: As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father, a card-carrying member of the NRA. As..... More
Okla Hannali
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 221pp. Octavo [21.5] Tan cloth with printed titles on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. More
Okla Hannali
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 221pp. Octavo [21.5] Tan cloth with printed titles on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. More
Native American Literature
1994. First edition. Hardcover. 84pp. Octavo [24cm]; brown textured paper covered boards with a color cover label on front board. Signed by author on table of contents. A thorough catalogue of Native American literature by the the bookseller, Ken Lopez, with an introduction by Leslie Silko. More
Apalache
Berkeley, CA: Turtle Island Foundation, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 178pp. Octavo [22.5cm]; yellow illustrated boards with black text on spine. From Metcalf's Wikipedia Page: Apalache is a collage of texts taken from early American journals, exploration narratives, and newspaper articles that Metcalf uses to reconstruct American history in epic scope and..... More
Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land
New York: HarperCollins, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 65pp. Octavo [19cm]. 1/4 peach paper over orange boards, with title stamped in bronze. "One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially its oral tradition..... More
House Made of Dawn
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Early printing. Hardcover. 212pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Scarlet cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Maroon dust jacket with some light tearing, chipping and rubbing at the extremities. Spine rolled, small stain at the head of the spine. Momaday's first novel and winner of..... More
The Way to Rainy Mountain
[Albuquerque]: University of New Mexico Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 88pp. Octavo [24 cm] Orange pictorially stamped cloth over boards, with a rolled spine, and a previous owner's phone number on the front free endpaper. In a dust jacket, with a general layer of light soiling, and light chipping to..... More
Shanty Ann
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1935. Carl Moon. First edition. Hardcover. 200pp. Octavo [21 cm] Turquoise cloth covered boards with black ink and gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. There are multiple small light stains on the covers. There is a large faded patch on..... More
Indian Tales and Others
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First edition. 306pp. Octavo [20 cm] Black cloth with title printed in red on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Jacket is chipped at the corners and has a small piece missing at the head of the jacket's front panel. Uncommon in..... More
Ascending Red Cedar Moon
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown, marble patterned boards quarterbound in black cloth spine. Very light bump at the head of the spine. Light rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the tips of the lower corners. Black endpapers. 82 pages. Second..... More
Taos Pueblo
Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. 25pp. Octavo [22 cm] White illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Small discoloring to head of front panel. Signed and dated (August, 1974) by the author in black ink on the title page. Cover illustration by Wendy Rose. More
A Coyote in the Garden
Lweiston, ID: Confluence Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 66pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with silver stamped title on the spine and silver stamped designs on the covers. Very good. There are a couple of small light stains on the fore edge of the text block. The dust..... More