American / 1. Native American from LEFT COAST BOOKS

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1981. Cloth, 96 pages, illustrations (partly colour); 29 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Catalogue complementing the exhibition held June 18 to October 18, 1981 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slipcase in fine condition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS:… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum and the Henry Art Gallery; University of Washington Press, 1972. 96 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Index of art in the Pacific Northwest, no. 3. Catalogue of the Sidney Gerber Memorial Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, NM: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 1977. 1 volume (unpaged), chiefly colour illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum from May 15 to July 8, 1977. An acceptable reading copy, with the first few leaves loose (laid in). . 1st. Paperback. Fair. 4to.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1979. 253 pages; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, lightly soiled, protected in a mylar cover. "The Arrow and the Cross describes the earlier missionary penetrations in the Southwest, California and the Northwest. In those colonial empires, men of the cloth, both Protestant and Catholic, strove to crush the Indians'… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2012. xii, 465 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1997. Cloth, 150 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, price-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Frank Howell's paintings dazzle the viewer with their luminous colors and haunting images. A unique chronicler of… Read more about this item

Denver, CO: Harmsen Publishing Company, 1990. 68 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Revised Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995. 128 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Subtitle on wraps: Folk Art Images of Native Americans. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Profusely illustrated. . Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2006. viii, 200 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 24 x 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. Stated First printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This beautiful art book tells the story of the 'other Southwest,' tracing the history of centuries of conflict and resolution between Natives,… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1985. 150 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Alice Kaufman, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy of the first printing. CONTENTS: A brief introduction to Navajo weaving; The first weavers; The classic period; Bosque Redondo and the aftermath; The reservation traders; Contemporary Navajo weaving; The weaving process:… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001. 118 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 23 cm. Photography by Kyle A. Castle and Blair Clark. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Cindra Kline, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy of the first printing. "Colorado-based advertising writer and part-time Indian and antiques dealer Kline examines the genre created by Navajo artisans… Read more about this item

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1987. 248 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This new and gorgeously-illustrated book presents important information on Pueblo, Navajo, Rio Grande and Northern Mexican weaving styles of the Southwestern U.S. region. Traditional and modern styles of… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972. Cloth, 373 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with closed tears & a creased front flap, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with 125 colour plates. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. xi, 307 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits; 30 cm. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 14. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Numic Indians. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Southern Numa; The Western Numa; The Central Numa; Comparative philologies.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, Inc., 1990. 256 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Dust spotting/edges, more pronounced on the top edge. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible titles), protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Albuquerque, NM: Center for Anthropological Studies, 1999. 52, xv, 187 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. First published 1924. With a New Introduction by Albert E. Ward. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Charles Bernheimer's classic book shares his 1920-1924 adventures in the canyons that shelter the world's largest and grandest natural bridge. Prominent in the story… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2005. 48 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, "A Tribute to Paul Mills: A Life in Art Remembered," July 16 to October 2, 2005. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Boston, MA: Da Capo Press; A Merloyd Lawrence Book, 2015. xxv, 341 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish,… Read more about this item

Victoria, BC: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1999. 48 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Published on the occasion of a travelling exhibition held first at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada, August 5 to October 31, 1999. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Cloth, viii, 343 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A necessary reckoning with America's troubled history of injustice to Indigenous people, After One Hundred Winters confronts the harsh truth that the United States was founded on the violent dispossession of… Read more about this item