Nee Weh (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 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. Jesse J. Cornplanter (illustrator). 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 +. 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. Author (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint. Inscribed and signed with a doodle by author/illustrator on front endpaper ('Aboriginally, Jesse J. Carpenter, with sincere best wishes to our new brother - Ha-ie-we-yoh'). Boards and jacket lightly soiled, a couple small blemishes to front jacket panel with 1/2 inch closed tear along top edge, ink Genesee Country Museum stamp on title page. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked. 1938 Hard Cover. 216 pp. Introduction by Carl Carmer, illustrations by author. A collection of folklore, myths and traditional stories of the Senecas/Haudenosaunee , compiled by a member of the tribe, with commentary on reservation life. The author was the first Native American to be a leading actor in a feature film (Hiawatha, 1913). He was also the last descendant of Cornplanter, who was a friend of George Washingotn. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator.…