Search Results: American Indians from YJS BOXES OF BOOKS

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, First Edition, Stated Tenth Printing. Cloth/Orangeboards/black spine, blue lettering. Very Good/Very Good. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, First Edition, Stated Tenth Printing, 1971. Very Good +on book, solid, clean, head slightly soiled, no yellowing. DJ Very good, Some shelf wear to top and bottom, some tears, most closed. Very inferior paper used for this DJ, this one fared out better… Read More

Simon & Schuster, First Edition , First Printing, 1990. Simon & Schuster, First Edition , First Printing 09/1990. , Full #'s line 1-10. Grey paper over boards, red cloth spine, gold lettering. Near Mint,clean, bright, vibrant, no writing, no soiling/DJ Near Mint, clean and vibrant, unclipped, $19.95.. In a letter to her daughter back East, Martha Jane is not shy about her own importance: "Martha Jane -- better known as Calamity -- is just one of the handful of aging legends who travel to London as part of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in Buffalo Girls. As he describes the insatiable curiosity of Calamity's Indian friend No Ears, Annie Oakley's shooting match with Lord Windhouveren, and other highlights of the tour, McMurtry turns the story of a band of hardy, irrepressible survivors into an unforgettable portrait of love, fellowship, dreams, and heartbreak. Simon & Schuster, First Edition , First Printing 09/1990, Full #'s line 1-10. Near Mint,clean, bright,… Read More

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiencesThe novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and Uncas, the latter of whom is the novel's title character.
Easton Press, 1979, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Collector's Edition. In MINT unread condition. Fully-bound in richly coloured brown leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. All Edges Gilt. Peach Silk Endpapers. Peach Silk Ribbon Bookmark. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. A beautiful book and a great and memorable gift to give.haracter.

The Easton Press Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979. Easto Press, 1979, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Collecto. Fully-bound in richly coloured brown leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. All Edges Gilt. MINT/no dj as issued. Edward A. Wilson. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and Uncas, the latter of whom is the novel's title character. Easton Press, 1979, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Collector's Edition In MINT unread condition Fully-bound in richly colored brown leather with raised bands and gilt… Read More

Privately Printed The Plimpton Press, 1920. Privately Printed The Plimpton Press, First Edition, First Printing, 1920. Very Good, spine is intact but there is a separation wher the spine is exposed, on second free end paper where the two signatures are. There is some yellowing and small darker spot on both pace-down end papers and free papers. the text is clean and unmarked./no dj. Massasoit, Chief of the Wampanoag tribe from 1620 to 1661, was one of the most powerful native rulers of New England. He was instrumental in the survival of the early settlers at Plymouth. His faithful adherence to a treaty he signed with the pilgrims in 1621 allowed the two groups to enjoy a peaceful coexistence. History will show that these acts of kindness, however, are the beginning of the end of the Indian culture. Alvin Weeks, past Great Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men of Massachusetts, wrote Massasoit of the Wampanoags. Weeks includes a brief commentary and sketches of other great chiefs, tribes and… Read More

Double Day Doran and Company, 1937. Double Day Doran and Company First Edition, 1937. Brown cloth over boards, gold design on spine and gold lettering. Very Good,solid, some fading and spotting to front and back covers, fading at spine, some shelf wear at top and bottom of spine with some open tears./NO DJ. Northwest Passage is an historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937. Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War. Double Day Doran and Company Book One of Two Volumes, Very Good,solid, some fading and spotting to front and back covers, fading at spine, some shelf wear at top and bottom of spine with some open tears. Brown cloth over boards, gold design on spine and gold lettering. Owner's book label at front end papers.