Indian Notes, Signed (14 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. Littleton. 1995. Aigis Publications. 1st Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. 1883930030. Also Available In A Cloth Edition. 448 pages. paperback. Signed by the Author. keywords: Native American History America. DESCRIPTION - This seminal collection of essays provides a devastating portrait of the condition of Native America. From chronicling the genocide committed by European invaders, to exposing the insidious means by which contemporary politicians and academics perpetuate the physical and cultural destruction of American Indians, Churchill's incisive analysis and carefully documented critique comprise a demand for action. These 18 essays serve as an excellent of the breadth and depth of Churchill's scholarship. Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Cherokee) is a professor of American Indian studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A member of the leader-ship council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado, he is a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. A prolific writer and lecturer, he has authored, co-authored, or edited more than 20 books. inventory #22738. Signed by the Author.

Condition: VG+/VG. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. 85 pp. An occasional drawing. 8vo. Long inscription by Baylor on the ffep. Orangish cloth boards with black lettering. Dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. INSCRIBED in red cloth with white decoration and titling, inscribed by author on 2nd front endpaper - dated November 17, 1905 in New York City, decorated endpapers, illustrated, includes Chinook Jargon vocabulary as last chapter, 284pp. Howes #F56. Good- with spotting/wear and hinges starting (see photos). Narrative of the author's experiences on campaigns against the Indians during the development of the West. He is particularly known for his service in the Sheepeater Indian War. Farrow was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy in 1876, and was a commanding officer of Indian Scouts in the Departments of the Columbia. Originally published in 1881 under the title "Mountain Scouting A Hand-Book for Officers and Soldiers On The Frontiers." The 1st edition is quite pricey. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st. Presentation copy from the author to J. Moray Brown. New end papers. Previous owner's ink inscription to dedication page. Internally more or less unsullied, clean and tight except for marginal pencil comments to several pages. Rare. Rebound in half leather and gilt spine label. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 534g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 010318:1-G2) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 534 G. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 284 pgs, Chinook Jargon vocabulary, illustrated. Original red and white covers. Interior has pencilled INSCRIPTION FROM AUTHOR ON FRONT PRELIMINARY PAGE, DATED New York City, June 9, 1906. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers are worn, spotted and stained, with some rubbing to edges. Else the interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Narration of the author's experiences in the far west on campaigns against the Native Americans. He is particularly known for his service in the Sheepeater Indian War. Farrow was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy in 1876, and was a commanding officer of Indian Scouts in the Departments of the Columbia. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xxiv + 291 pages : 23 cm. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 423 pages; Pages of the book are slightly wavy, but no damage of any kind seen. Dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing. Inscribed by author to Michael Blake, Dances With the Wolves author. This book comes from the research library of Author Michael Blake, (Dances With the Wolves). ; Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. iv, 127 pages. Preface, Introduction, and 17 pages of background, thereafter the 108 page Appendix which is primarily notes from the 5 volume Case And His Contemporaries by John Carroll. Likely a very small print run, with no copies known to OCLC. The work is dedicated to Ann M. Boyer [curator at Battlefield House where the author was a volunteer]; this copy is inscribed: "To Ann, With esteem and affection, John". Green buckram with gilt to front and spine. Binding sound; unmarked save for author's inscription. Signed by Author(s).

Leather. Condition: Very Good. E. Smith (illustrator). Four essays on scientific discoveries regarding ants, bees and other insects, signed by respected entomologist George Rothney. Four essays in a half calf binding. Inscribed by the author George Alexander James Rothney to the first blank page and first page of text. Illustrated with 2 plates to the rear of the volume; plates I and II from the 1875 volume of The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. This volume contains essays and plates taken from the volumes of The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London by George Alexander James Rothney (1849-1922) and Frederick Smith (1805-1879): XIII. Notes on Indian ants by George Alexander James Rothney (1889, Part III) VIII. Notes on Indian ants by George Alexander James Rothney (1895, Part II) IV. Descriptions of a new species of Indian Aculeate Hymenoptera, collected by George A. James Rothney by Frederick Smith (1875, Part I) V. Descriptions of a new species of Bees belonging to the genus Nomia of Latreille by Frederick Smith (1875, Part I) Rothney and Smith were both zealous collectors. Rothney formed an extensive collection of Oriental Hymenoptera during his travels in India; his library and collection were later donated to the Hope Entomological Collections. Smith was, for a time, the Curator of the Collections and Library of The Entomological Society of London; he also arranged the Hymenoptera collection for the Zoology Department of the British Museum. Smith was the first entomologist to publish descriptions of more than a hundred ant species that still hold validity. In a half calf binding. Externally, somewhat rubbed to the spine and extremities, with some faint marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but holds firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. (10),227,(1),16pp, of which the final 12 are the publisher's catalogue dated November,1883. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the upper board and spine. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Four full page plates. The board gilt is rubbed, light corner wear, and the inner hinges are neatly mended, else this is a very good copy. Howes A-110. Published in the US in the same year as "Life on a Ranch", but otherwise with the same collation. Publisher's Presentation copy, with the blindstamp on the title page, "Presentation by the Publisher".

Condition: Very Good -. Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Press, 1928. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 238. Octavo; publisher's navy blue gilt-lettered cloth; xiv,290pp. Cloth margins a bit scuffed, most notably at spine ends, renewed endpapers, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, else a Good to Very Good reading copy of this uncommon reference. Signed by the author on limitation page.

First edition. The Indian Press, Allahabad. 1926. Red cloth, gilt type to upper board. 247 pages. A few faint splash stains to spine; small amount of damage to boards from boring insects. A few small marks in red pencil to title-page. Presentation copy from the author - his signed inscription to front free end-paper.

First British edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Davidson, with compliments of the Author, Geo. Catlin, 1848." This work recounts Catlin's tour of Europe, for which he shipped eight tonnes of freight, including two grizzly bears, and was accompanied by several Native Americans. A lawyer turned portraitist, Catlin (1796-1872) left Pennsylvania in 1830 to paint Native Americans and record their way of life. His eight years among the major tribes of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains resulted in his "Indian Gallery," an enormous collection of artefacts as well as more than four hundred paintings, including portraits and scenes of tribal life. "The history and the customs of such a people," Catlin declared, "preserved by pictorial illustrations, are themes worthy of the lifetime of one man, and nothing short of the loss of my life shall prevent me from becoming their historian" (quoted in Hassrick). Though criticised on publication for the indelicacy of certain passages, Notes remains "a readable and revealing book in the classic satirical vein of the visitor from a foreign culture" (Dippie, p. 467). The work was also issued in New York in the same year. Hassrick, 15 (note); Sabin 11533. George Catlin, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, 1841; Brian W. Dippie, Catlin and his Contemporaries, 1990. 2 vols, octavo. With 24 wood-engraved plates. "Note to the Reader" tipped in at rear and "Author's Note" tipped in at pp. 302-3 in vol. 2. Original green cloth, rebacked with original spines laid down, front covers stamped in gilt and blind, spines gilt-lettered direct, yellow surface-paper endpapers. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedowns, pasted newspaper clipping to front pastedown and ink-stamped number to rear pastedown of vol. I. Extremities and covers rubbed, corners bumped, rear pastedown of vol. I lightly stained, contents toned, occasional minor marginal foxing, slightly heavier to blank verso of free endpapers of both volumes and to couple of initials and final leaves in vol. 1: a very good copy.

A presentation set, inscribed on the front free endpaper of the first volume: "Mr. A.B. Wright, from his friend, the author, Geo. Catlin 1848." This is the second edition, published the same year as the first. This work appeared just as Catlin's Indian Gallery reopened in London, only to be bashed by British critics who complained of "a recklessness and a roughness in some of his anecdotes" and "indelicate innuendoes and double entendres" (Dippie). Later printed under the title, ADVENTURES OF THE OJIBBEWAY AND IOWAY INDIANS IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND BELGIUM. "Anecdotal though it is, NOTES is a readable and revealing book in the classic satirical vein of the visitor from a foreign culture commenting on the peculiarities of civilized society" - Dippie. SABIN 11533. FIELD 256. Dippie, CATLIN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES, pp.126-27 and passim. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 77 (note). Two volumes. xvi,296; xii,336pp., plus twenty-four plates. Printed slip bound in following p.302 in second volume. Original pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blind, expertly rebacked, retaining original gilt backstrips. Endpapers renewed, save for original front free endpaper in first volume, bearing Catlin's presentation inscription. Cloth lightly rubbed. Old ink stain on p.91 of first volume, else clean internally. Very good.