Chief Mountain (9 results)

First Ed. ed. VG+/W.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 134 pages. Move Over, T.Rex (Spinosaurus Aegypticus); When the Snows Fail; Next Green Revolution; Medieval Mountain Highway; Nuclear Tourist.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Chief Mountain [aka S. H. Middleton] on title page. Card covers. Light wear; color smudge and minor soiling on rear cover. Non-authorial inscription on title page. 64 pages. 7.25 x 5.7 inches. An account of both Kootenai Brown (1839-1916), who the author knew personally, and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. Kootenay Brown, the Irish-born soldier, frontiersman, trader, scout, and conservation advocate, first came to Waterton Lakes in 1865. Signed by Chief Mountain/Samuel Henry Middleton (1884-1964), the former Anglican Archdeacon of Lethbridge, inscribing both his native and his given name. Middleton, following his ordination in 1911, was posted to the Kainai Tribe reserve Blood 148, where he also served as the principal of St. Paul's School. He was appointed as the bishop's chaplain for Indian work in 1916 and was made Canon of Calgary Cathedral in 1924. While on the reserve, he studied the Blackfoot language and produced literature on both Blood and Blackfoot (Siksika) history and culture. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. HARDCOVER. The lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta 2nd. Impression (James Muir Edition) . Octavo. 178 pages. History, Evolution and Culture of the Blood Indians - Origin of the Sun Dance. Original Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Buff endpapers. Decorative sepia image on each page. with gilt lettering on spine and front, Fifteen chapters 2 appendices, list of chiefs from 1818. 31 listed illustrations. Book in fine condition with slightest wear. See photographs. Book 7347 location 2-1.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 8vo pp.64.blind crease to back cover. book.

Hardcover, 178 pages, 6x9.25 in, [15x23 cm], illustrated. Originally published in 1953 - the present copy a 1954 Second Impression (The James Muir Edition). Top-edge with moderate dust-staining. Backstrip edgeworn. Covers with modest surface wear. Cover titled Blackfoot Confederacy: Ancient and Modern. Title page reads Kainai Chieftainship: History, Evolution and Culture of the Blood Indians; Origin of the Sun-Dance. Written by the Venerable Archdeacon S. H. Middleton, long-time principal of St. Paul's Residential School on the Blood Reserve, at the request of Chief Shot-On-Both-Sides and the Council of the Blood Indians (Blackfoot Confederacy). The work was prepared to record aspects of Kainai history and tradition and to compile a list of honorary chiefs admitted to the band; Middleton himself was named an honorary chief under the name Chief Mountain. Chapter 13, "Blackfeet Crafts," is credited to John C. Ewers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date but for a p.o. inscription on the front pastedown dated 1953. Large 8vo in maroon cloth, titles in gilt. Binding tight and square, moderate rubbing at the corners and spine ends. Inscribed and signed Chief Mountain on the front free endpaper. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. COMPLETE 2-VOLUME SET; Three hole-punched and placed within a printed binder; ex-corporate library; in very good condition. This is a heavy 2-volume set; extra shipping might be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. 2nd Impression. 178 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's signature and information on the fpdep. Page edges are darkened and lightly stained. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt titles. Faded and creased on the spine. Worn and bumped around the edges. 2nd impression. SCARCE. VG-/- -. Book.