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pp. v, 195. Text in Fox and English. Small 4to. Original printed wraps. Some loss on front wrap. LOC W17
in-8, 27 pp., carte, broche, couv. ill. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA28-3*] Premier livre publié en France écrit sur les indiens par un indien sioux.
Traduzione di Giorgio Galli - Parte prima: I costumi: Premessa, Le origini, Il paese: la flora e la fauna, L'organizzazione sociale, La vita spirituale - Parte seconda: La storia: I coloni, I soldati, I guerrieri, I vinti 1 24x16,5 cm., legatura in piena tela, simbolo in oro in angolo inferiore del piatto, titolo in oro sul dorso, sopraccoperta illustrata a colori con simbolo delle penne, pp. (2), 240, 40 illustrazioni in nero e a colori, su tavole in carta patinata, fuori testo, prima edizione italiana, ottimo stato. Risalendo fino alle origini...gli Autori descrivono l'ambiente e i costumi dei cosiddetti "Pellirosse": la flora, la fauna, i grandi laghi, le foreste, le pianure, il cavallo selvaggio, i villaggi, le armi, i calumet e i tomahawk, le canoe, l'ipersensibilit?. il loro spirito guerriero. la loro ricchezza spirituale, la loro profonda religiosit?, la bellezza del loro linguaggio figurato, l'alto valore delle danze...la storia del popolo indiano, le lotte, i colonizzatori, l'esodo, la caccia all'indiano, le stragi del bestiame, il commercio degli scalps....la loro disperata, meravigliosa resistenza, le stragi dei Cheyennes, degli Apaches, la pietosa morte di Toro seduto, i massacri...l'agonia di tutto il popolo si pu? considerare conclusa con la morte di Nuvola Rossa, spentosi tristemente nel 1909 nella riserva...Questo librosottolinea l'importanza della questione indiana...che permea di s? e della propria spiritualit? la societ? americana...
Scritti e testimonianze degli Indiani d'America.
Mm 110x180 Brossura editoriale di pp. 341, 10n disegni in bianco e nero nel testo e 4 tavole a colori fuori testo, fioriture alla copertina, in buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
366 p. Illustrated with a map. Large 8vo. Softcover. Third printing. Hardbound. Very good. W8RtFront
pp. xxii, 413 + Frontis. Illustrated. Double column. Color pictorial end papers. Inked ownership on fly leaf. Small 4to. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket, chipped with slight loss. Second printing. Title continues: "To Which Is Added Important Items Of Custeriana and A Complete and Comprehensive Bibliography by Fred Dustin." Hardbound. Very good. W7
Alvin Josephy presents the history, archaeology and ethnology - including origins and languages - of all the major Indian cultures from Alaska to Patagonia. 398pp. Numerous illustrations and eleven maps. Slight soiling and edgewear to dust jacket.
394 pages. Facsimile reprint. Originally published by the Queen's Printer 1888 to 1889. In these early reports are first hand accounts of many of the stirring incidents which shaped the history of the West, written by those who actually participated in them. The Indian Treaties, the influx of the American Sioux under Sitting Bull, the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the North-West Rebellion, and the coming of the settlers are just a few of the dramatic events in which the North-West Mounted Police played an important part. Light external wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. A quality copy. Book
pp. xx, 374. Illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. 8vo. Paperback. Very nice copy. Volume 72 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series. LOC W17
Features: Sophia Coffee - History's Firefly - married four times; The Dead Apache Silver - The Bradshaw Mountains; The Wild Young Man in Australia's Past - Ned Kelly; Is Mercur Really Dead This Time? - a deserted town beneath Utah's Oquirrh Mountains; Sioux and Ree - from a handwritten account of Jeane LaCroix Douglas, Government Interpreter on the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota; The Lubbock Brothers Changed Texas - Col. Tom and Francis; The Andelana Disaster; Wheat Harvest and Moonshine; San Francisco's Bon Vivant - Francois Louis Alfred Pioche; Tammany - the gentlest and fastest racer its trainer had ever known; Wild Old Days!. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
in-8°, 257 pp., broche, couv. illustree. Bel exemplaire [CA-6]
76 pages. Features include: The excitement of shaping a gem; Detector penetration; Treasure on Sioux Lookout; Is your find marketable?; The naked eye - your built-in coin detector; Gems and fossils in Florida sand beaches; Rubies in North Carolina; Youth camp treasure sites; Largo Canyon treasures; the Panamint Valley; Collecting Ships Bottles; Panning. Above-average wear. Book