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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

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

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 Tragedy of Tenaya - a Yosemite Indian story

Price:  £5.00

Shields, Allan
Historical fiction. Illustrated by Richard M Schilds. A map of Yosemite is loosely laid in. VG. p86
Jerseydale Ranch Press

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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