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Aztecs of Mexico

Price:  £5.00

Vaillant, G. C.
Classic study of the Aztec civilization Cover a little marked and creased, generally VG p363
Pelican

Broken Promises

Price:  £7.50

Tetterington, Bill
Biographical sketches and events from the American West, illustrated with contemporary photographs. VG, slight foosty smell, in edge-worn, price-clipped but generally VG DJ p156
Golden west Press

Come To Our Salmon Feast

Price:  £15.00

McKeown, Martha Ferguson
A pictorial study of the salmon feast of the Wy-am Indians of Celilo Falls on the Columbia river in the 1950s - vivid b/w photographs of fishing, feasting and dancing, that show the vital part salmon played in Indian life, before dams on the river destroyed it. Illustrative cover with minimal wear, photographic end-papers, name to title verso, generally VG in the tattered remnant of a DJ, carefully rebuilt. p78
Binfords & Mort

Historical Stories of the Amana Colonies

Price:  £5.00

Heinze, Ted W
Undated - 1980's? A booklet telling of communal living in seven villages in the Iowa Valley - a German Lutheran community. Illustrated with old photographs. Stapled booklet, good p32


How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes

Price:  £5.00

Cleaver, Nancy
Illustrated by Laszlo Gal - a charming origin story. Unpaginated. Stapled book, good. p
Scholastic-Tab

Literature of the American Indians - views and interpretations

Price:  £10.00

Chapman, Abraham
From a Seneca tale about the origin of story-telling, through C19th commentaries to contemporary views, this is a collection of thought on American Indian songs, ceremonies, legends and sacred stories Ex-academic-lib - cover worn, marked and creased, stamps and label to prelims, pages yellowed, good p357
New American Library

Long Guns and Tomahawks - stories of Eastern Native Americans

Price:  £6.00

Runk, Reed
A second compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. p52
N&R Publishing

Moonlight at Midday

Price:  £5.00

Carrighar, Sally
Inuit life in the '50s. A little creased and yellowed, generally VG p331
Penguin

North American Indian Mythology

Price:  £7.50

Burland, Cottie
Fully illustrated. VG in chipped , price clipped DJ p97
Paul Hamlyn

Parker on the Iroquois

Price:  £20.00

Fenton, William N ed
Three classic monographs - Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet; The Constitution of the Five Nations. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Cover just a little worn, grubby marks to edge of page block, generally VG in edge-worn and marked but generally sound DJ. p158
Syracuse University Press

Songs and Stories of the Netsilik Eskimos

Price:  £6.00

Field, Edward
Vivid tales, based on texts collected by Knud Rasmussen on the 5th Thule Expedition, 1921-24. Illustrated in Inuit style, in b/w. Stapled booklet, cover a little sunned, generally VG p64
Education Development Center

South America - national costume reference

Price:  £10.00

Sichel, Marion
National and regional costumes, current and historical. Fully illustrated, in b/w and some colour. VG in VG DJ, price-clipped. p64
B T Batsford

Stories and Articles of Eastern Native Americans

Price:  £6.00

Runk, Reed
A compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. p52
N&R Publishing

The Anasazi - prehistoric people of the Four Corners region

Price:  £5.00

Ambler, J Richard, with photography by Marc Gaede
Reprint. The archaeology of the South Western United States - a general overview, profusely illustrated. Large stapled booklet, some creases to the cover, good. p50
Museum of Northern Arizona

The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery

Price:  £14.00

Jones, Herbert G.
Folklore and anecdote in Southern Maine. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ p228
The Bond Wheelwright Co.

The Wisdom of Amish Folk Medicine

Price:  £5.00

Qillin, Patrick
Subtitled 'the plain people's method on how to cut down on doctor bills', this is an alphabetical listing of common complaints and their traditional cures. VG p115
The Leader Co.

The Witch of the North - folk tales of French Canada

Price:  £7.00

Downie, Mary Alice
Witches, devils and the loup-garou, traditional tales (in English), illustrated with collages by Elizabeth Cleaver. Illustrative laminated cover a little marked and worn, name to half title page, o/w VG, no DJ. p55
Oberon

Thirty Indian Legends of Canada

Price:  £6.50

Bemister, Margaret
Gathered from original sources and first published in 1912 VG p153
Douglas& McIntyre

Those Born at Koona

Price:  £15.00

Smyly, John and Carolyn
A detailed study of totem poles in British Columbia. Signed by both authors. VG, page edges a little yellowed, in creased, edge-worn, neatly mended, generally sound DJ p119
Hancock House

We Are Mesquakie, We Are One

Price:  £5.00

Irwin, Hadley
A fictional account of the Mesquakie people VG p115
Sheba Feminist Publishers

When the Legends Die

Price:  £5.00

Borland, Hans
A moving story highlighting the gulf between old ways and new for the Ute. The story of an Indian boy who becomes a rodeo rider. Good - reading crease, marked on cover, but internally VG. p238
Penguin










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