Santa Fe, NM: D.B. Chase, Photographer, (c.1885). Boudoir albumen [18.5 cm x 11.5 cm] cabinet card on a cream blind stamped mount [20 cm x 13 cm] The back contains a lengthy description of the town of Santa Fe with an advertisement for the Denver & Rio Grande. Near fine..... More
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2010. First Edition. 338pp. Quarto [29 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. "Of these numerous records from Standing Rock, perhaps the most historically..... More
Denver: Duhem Brothers, New Art Gallery, (c.1875). CDV. Carte de visite. Albumen [10 cm x 6 cm] photograph on the original light tan mount [10.5 x 6.5 cm] Duhem Bros backstamp. Image is faded. Staged portrait of a Native American woman standing with a baby in a carier on her..... More
Denver: Duhem Brothers, New Art Gallery, (c.1875). CDV. Carte de visite. Albumen [10 cm x 6 cm] photograph on the original light yellow mount [10.5 x 6.5 cm] Duhem Bros backstamp. Image is faded. Staged portrait of two Native Americans (one seated - one standing) in hats and jackets. Possible..... More
Saint Paul, MN: Haynes Picture Shops, (c.1885). Silver gelatin photograph [42 cm x 30 cm] under a gray mat and in an attractive modern wooden frame [64 cm x 51 cm] 'Haynes Yellowstone Park' blind stamped at the lower right corner. Haynes number manuscript on the reverse (27651). Brass plaque..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains, [1873]. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse. Corners of the mount are rubbed and the image is gently faded. View of..... More
Caldwell: Caxton Press, 1941. First Edition. 362pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip and gilt stamped illustration on the front board. Very good/Near fine. Minor nicking to extremities of the jacket. "No single Indian in American history embodies so completely the attributes of the..... More
Detroit: Detroit Photographic Company, 1899. Photochrome [23 cm x 17.5 cm] nicely matted and framed [41 cm x 35 cm] Image is bright and sharp. Bright view of two women (one seated/one standing) in front of a pueblo (Shongopovi?) with a pile of corn in the foreground. Launched as a...... More
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1985. Fifth Printing. [13pp.] Sextodecimo [17.5 cm] Tan stapled wrappers. Near fine. Bulletin Number One in this landmark series. Hasteen Klah (1867-1937) was a famed weaver and chanter who was introduced to the Boston heiress Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1959) in 1921, these..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1955. Second Printing. 22pp. Sextodecimo [17.5 cm] Green stapled wrappers. Lacks rear cover, otherwise very good. Bulletin Number Five in this landmark series. Hasteen Klah (1867-1937) was a famed weaver and chanter who was introduced to the Boston heiress, Mary Cabot Wheelwright..... More
Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1980. First Edition. 259pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Orange cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket. Inscribed by the author to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the title page. Nice association copy. One..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1985. First Edition. 285pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket. Inscribed by the author to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the front free endsheet and again on..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908. First Edition. 272pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "Mrs. E.F. Samuels - from - K.C. McBeth - Lapwai, Id. Feb. 20th 1913." Interesting..... More
[Salt Lake City]: (c.1940). Black and white silver print photograph [35 cm x 28 cm] (c.1950) Glue residue present on the reverse of image. J.H. McGibbeny (1891-1970) was born in Philadelphia, and he spent his early years in the eastern U.S. He later moved west and attended the University of..... More
[Salt Lake City]: (c.1940). Black and white silver print photograph [35 cm x 28 cm] (c.1950) Glue residue present on the reverse of image. J.H. McGibbeny (1891-1970) was born in Philadelphia, and he spent his early years in the eastern U.S. He later moved west and attended the University of..... More
[Delta, CO]: (c.1950-1960). Small collection fo material related to Chief Lone Star of Delta Colorado. Collection includes: - 2 Black and white photographs [24 cm x 18 cm] one contains a photographer's handstamp on the reverse: 'Edgar B. Smith, Photographers. Wichita, KS' (c.1950) - 3 RPPC [14 cm x 8.5 cm] by..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. 418pp. Quarto [26 cm] Black cloth with the title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. From primary sources collected over thirty years, both textual and photographic, the author tells the story of the military subjugation of these Plains Indians and their removal..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. First Edition. 260pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/2 gray cloth over gray boards. Near fine/Near fine. In previous accounts, the U.S. Army's first clashes with the powerful Sioux tribe appear as a set of irrational events with a cast of improbable characters - a Mormon..... More
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Incorporated, 1962. First Edition. 196pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] White buckram with the title in red on the backstrip and printed blood splatters on the front board. Black buckram slipcase with printed white a wraparound printed label. The backstrip is gently sunned. Stain to wraparound label on..... More
[Virginia City, NV?]: (c.1910). Albumen photograph [9 cm x 8.5 cm] on a pebbled tan mount [12.5 cm x 12.5 cm] that shows minor overall age toning. Manuscript note in pencil on the reverse. Image shows three Native American (Paiute/Western Shoshone) girls that are posed in front of fence. The..... More
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1971. Third Printing. 91pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Cream printed wrappers. Very good. Minor age toning to extremities of covers. Short monograph on the Hopi of northern Arizona, that is illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. More
Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 1993. First Edition. 272pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A ground-breaking study of the relations between the fur traders of Fort Nez Perces and the Indians of the region, primarily..... More
Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1956. First Edition. 245pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title in red on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Gentle fading to the jacket's spine. map endsheets and pastedowns. Profusely illustrated. The battle of the Rosebud, has been overshadowed by the..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1957. Revised Edition. 14pp. Sextodecimo [17.5 cm] Black illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Bulletin Number Two in this landmark series. Hasteen Klah (1867-1937) was a famed weaver and chanter who was introduced to the Boston heiress, Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1959) in 1921, these..... More
