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Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Olive cloth, lettered in gilt. ccxxiv,237 pp. + 177 plates (some color), 79 figures in text. Main article on Native American pottery by Holmes + 224 pp. of reports, commentary. Mildly rubbed spine extremities, corners mildly bumped..

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff gold pictorial wraps. Minor handling wear. Square, uncreased binding, unmarked interior. 1st ptg. xx,530 pp..

Kutztown, PA: Kutztown Area Historical Society, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Edition limited to 200 copies. A few slight hints of handling, essentially as issued. 96 pp., illus. w/ b&w photos. History, genealogy, Native American artifact catalog/inventory. Includes extensive biographical essay on the life, career, collecting, and significance of Kutztown native Henry K. Deisher, with genealogical material on the Deisher family, a catalogue of Deisher's Native American artifact collection (now housed at the Pennsylvania State Museum), with additional information on other notable area collections. Also reprints Deisher's collected writings on artifact gathering and Native American history as well as selections from other volumes, most long out of print, concerning the aborginal populations of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties..

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology, 2005. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. As issued. 208 pp., illus..

1914. Book. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue buckram, lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to spine extremities and joints. [ii],133 pp. No publisher given. Claim stamp dated 1 Jan. 1914 at top corner of main title, "Attorney General's Office" stamp at top corner of p. 1. A few minor internal marks in pencil. Scarce..

New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/4 cloth, tan boards, lettered in black. Minimally ex-library with a few markings including call number on lower spine, did not circulate and thus shows only minor wear. Both covers mildly soiled, with moisture spotting to portions of front cover. Firm binding. xvii,399 pp..

Philadelphia, PA: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1871. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth, bordered in blind, lettered and with front cover illus. in gilt. Moderate shelf wear, soiled covers, narrow strips of loss to cloth at both spine extremities with light exposure to top corners and moderate to bottom. Firm binding. Text block edges somewhat dulled by age, light scattered internal foxing/soiling. "Compliments of Ritter & Co." (an Allentown printer of the era) hand-written on front blank. viii,9-258 pp., frontis., decorative head- and tail-pieces. Acceptable reference copy of a scarce issue. Early collection of Native American myth and fable, or, as the preface states in a ghastly bit of cultural imperialism, "the heritage of the red man of America, and now the property of the white man, who alone is capable of giving them literary form.".

New York: Outdoor Life Books-Meredith Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red leatherette, lettered in white. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows just a hint of shelf wear, with crease along bottom rear edge, now in mylar. 1st ptg..

David McKay Co., 1956. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark red cloth, lettered in gilt. xiv,242 pp. Essentially as issued. Illus. dust jacket is mildly toned along white flap edges and folds, rubbed with a few short tears at spine extremities, now in mylar..

Tucson, AZ: Treasure Chest Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Minor surface rubbing to covers, otherwise about as issued. xiv,130 pp., illus. 1st ptg..

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv,229 pp., illus. Tan cloth, as issued. Dust jacket as issued other than one light corner crease to rear flap..

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth, lettered and with front cover decoration in brown. Modest shelf wear, mildly rubbed spine extremities and corners, a few minor spots of exposure to cloth turn-in along bottom rear edge. Minor binding lean, but firm, with clean and unmarked interior. 238 pp., illus., folding map. Foxing to sides of endsheets adjacent to text block only..

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to extremities, top corners slightly bumped, gilt spine title partially rubbed. Tanned text block edges, minor scattered tanning internally (typically adjacent to plates). xx,21-392 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Probable 1st ed..

Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1886. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original edition, rebound in brown cloth, spine panel lettered in gold foil, with new endpapers, new head- and tail-bands, text block edges slightly shaved to tidy up appearances. Presents virtually "as new" by virtue of recent, sympathetic rebinding, rendering a very durable reference copy. xi,264,[2],vii,939 pp., complete w/ 144 full page plates, as called for, reproducing as line illustrations Catlin's paintings and drawings, folding map opposite p. 422, (2) folding maps with itinerary route outlined in color opposite p. 424. Accompanied by the final two maps (both large color folding) originally bound in at pp. 834 and 852, both loose/detached. Map of Indian Reservation shows several separations to folds along top edge, mild separation at one fold juncture, and minor mildew soiling (not active); Map of Indian Territory nicely intact with only light soiling to verso.… Read More

Washington, D.C.: GPO for Smithsonian Institution/Bureau of American Ethnology, 1939. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff green wraps, lettered in black. 305 pp., illus. Institutional stamps to top and bottom text block edges, book plate mounted inside front cover. Mild handling wear with square, uncreased binding, sunned spine panel. CONTENTS: (7) Archeological Investigations in the Corozal District of British Honduras; (8) Linguistic Classification of Cree and Montagnais-Naskapi Dialects; (9) Sedelmayr's Relacion of 1746; (10) Notes on the Creek Indians; (11) The Yaruros of the Capanaparo River, Venezuela; (12) Archeology of Arauquin..

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1873. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth, black scalloped border, gilt spine lettering. xvi + 532pp., illus. with woodcuts and 30 photo-lithographic plates. Ex-library w/ typical marks and stamps but only modest overall wear. Call label on lower spine, bumped corners, lightly rubbed extrems. Lacks front flyleaf, else internally complete. Hinges a bit weak. Interior clean. More than acceptable as reference copy. Howes J-194. Scarce..

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1950. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff blue wraps, lettered in black. 1st thus (off-print, retaining original pagination). Covers show a few mild soiling marks and several mild creases, mild fading/tanning. Slight binding lean with minor stress creasing, minor surface loss at heel. [iv],95-200 pp., 15 plates..

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth, lettered in black. Slight sticker ghost on upper front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. xxvii,499 pp., illus..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1959. Book. Illus. by Reuben Goldberg (photographs). Very Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ivory cloth, lettered in black, illus. in brown. Minor shelf wear, cloth somewhat soiled on both covers from use. 124 pp. includes 40 pp. text followed by b&w plates..

New York: Seminar Press-HBJ, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown cloth, lettered/illus. in copper foil and white. Essentially as issued. xvi,347 pp., illus. First edition..