BOOK DESCRIPTION: 4to, 236 pgs, ep maps, bibliography, historical illustrations and maps, makers marks illustrated. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: As new; minor shelf rubbing. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: A best of breed kind of book. Martha Hamilton gathers all known Indian trade silver maker's marks and their biographies into one place making it an outstanding reference book. A summary of the historic trading patterns of the First Nations, Americans, British, Dutch, and French shows why trade silver is being unearthed in wide-spread locations in Canada and the US. A section on forms explains the traditional construction of the prescribed shapes, their Indian names, uses, and the significance of Native beliefs and luminosity in the shapes that persisted for 200 years. Seller Inventory # 0122070
Title: SILVER IN THE FUR TRADE, 1680-1820
Publisher: Martha Hamilton Publishing, Chelmsford MA
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, map end papers, 236pp. Interior clean no marks except authors signature and inscription to the former owner on the title page. Binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears. laid in loose is a blank prospectus/order blank for this same book. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 027170
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good+; faint old-book smell; gently used, with very minor edgewear, creasing, and scuffs to wraps; else Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 000701
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Gathers all known Indian trade silver maker's marks and their biographies into one place. A summary of the historic trading patterns of the First Nations, Americans, British, Dutch, and French shows why trade silver is being unearthed in wide-spread locations in Canada and the US. A section on forms explains the traditional construction of the prescribed shapes, their Indian names, uses, and the significance of Native beliefs and luminosity in the shapes that persisted for 200 years. Signed by Author. Edges of spine very lightly scuffed, 236 pages; 8 1/2 x 10 "; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 2392
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0964608707
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0964608707
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0964608707