Nee Weh (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Jesse J. Cornplanter (illustrator). First Thus. Red-orange cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Just a hint of shelf wear, essentially as issued. 1st ed. 220 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover in clean cream cloth covered boards with bumped spine ends and sharp tips. Age-toning on frt and rear hinge areas of endpapers. Also one area of age-toning from a laid in bit of paper bookmark, else the 217pp text is crisp, unmarked and filled with line art by the author plus a laid-in author's obit (Jesse J. Cornplanter). Original color illustrated dust wrapper has small chips but is 95% complete and displays well. With an intro by Carl Carmer and illustrations by the author written in the form of letters to Sah-Nee-Wah, these legends of the Longhouse are racy tales, and richly imaginative, told in a language as bare, direct and beautifully expressive as the speech of the Indians themselves. They are the ancient legends of the Seneca people, legends that have been passed down by word of mouth for centuries, from generation to generation. The stories of the origin of the world, the ancient Seneca marriage customs, the first attempts at establishing peace and more.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Author (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for prev. owner name on front endpaper, and minor signs of use, in jacket with wear to extremities and folds, a 1 and 1/2 inch chip from toe of front panel, ( internally reinforced ) and some soiling to back panel. Preface by Carl Carmer. Illustrated by author's drawings.