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Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, 1992. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Monograph number five in the publisher's series, a collection of pieces by different authors on aspects of baskets and basketmaking among native American peoples (North and South America) . 175pp, 10 colour and 175 b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, 1977. Minor scuffing to spine ends, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Number 1 in the publisher's Monograph Series, this book looks at the Beechey and Belcher collections of Eskimo artifacts (hunting and fishing items mostly) acquired by Captain Beechey and Lieutenant Belcher of HMS Blossom from Natives in northern Alaska in 1826-27. 139pp, b&w illustration throughout.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Some fading to the spine and foxing to back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to lower end of red cloth spine strip, a previous owner's name and date (1974) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children aged around 10-12, the book deals with the legends and traditional life of the Navajo people of Arizona. 124pp, numerous b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Bartlett, Richard C. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1967. Ex library copy with remains of paper labels inside font board and on f/ep, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, and on page edges. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and small tears to the edges, and a lot of fading to the spine. Bumping to spine ends and corners, white library markings to top and bottom ends of spine, and some shelf-wear to bottom edge of blue boards, but otherwise a not too bad, internally clean and tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1966, this is a second printing from 1967. Deals with the use of peyote among the Navaho (or Navajo) people based on field work from between 1949 and 1953. A heavy book, packaged weight is over 1250g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 454pp, 26 b&w illustrations, 50 charts and tables.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2000. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the kachina (or more correctly katsina), small carved wooden figures used in the culture of the Hopi Indians, and more so at the modern Hopi carvers. Signed by the author on title page to original owners "For .... Thanks for the support! Enjoy the doll and The Book!". 122pp, colour illustration throughout.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.