Land Spirit Power : First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada
Amsterdam: The Pepin Press, 1999. Softcover. Softcover. Some very light edgewear. A square and bright copy. More
Indigenous Peoples
Haida Carvers in Argillite. Bulletin 139 Anthropological Series 38.
Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. 8vo. Pp. viii, 214. Illustrated in black and white. Wrappers, very lightly nicked and sunned at the spine, otherwise a fresh and tight copy. Inscribed by Marius Barbeau on the title-page to W. E. Toye. More
Contemporary Coast Salish Art
Seattle, Washington: Stonington Gallery, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed. Soft cover. First edition. Bar code sticker on back. Signed by both authors on title page with inscription "Enjoy!" from Nancy Davenport. As new copy. More
Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers. In 3 Volumes. A Story as Sharp as a Knife; Nine Visits to the Mythworld; Being in Being, The Collected Works of a Master Haida Mythteller Skaay of the Qquuna Oiighawaay
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. Hardcover. 3 volumes. V.I: First paperback edition. V.II: Hardcover, first edition. V.III: First paperback edition, 2002. The three volumes in 'like new' condition, fresh and bright copies, bindings tight and square. More
The Raven Steals the Light
Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 1996. Reid, Bill. Soft cover. 8vo, 109pp, second edition. Clean and unworn copy, like new. More
The Indian Races of North and South America. Comprising An Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races, A Description of their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies....With Numerous and Diversified Colored Illustrations...
New York: The American Subscription House, 1856. Hardcover. 8vo. 640pp., with last page mis-numbered. More recent reback in smooth black calf over the original leather boards. Thick gilt titles right on the spine, slightly off and imperfect, spine faded at the top. Edges a little scuffed and the contents with..... More
North American Indian Mythology
The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1968. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. 1968 new edition. Blue boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Illustrated in colour and b/w copy. Front end paper has label of award from Crescent School, art prize, 1968-69. Near fine book, minor rubbing throughout. Very good dust jacket..... More
The Rhythm of the Redman In Song, Dance and Decoration
New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Tall 8vo, 280pp. Teal coloured cloth with orange lettering and design to the front board. Light bumping to the corners and light wear to the cloth along the bottom edges, ink name to the front endpaper, book clean throughout and the..... More
The American Revolution in Indian Country. Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities
Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 327p. Black boards with gilt spine lettering. Spine foot lightly bumped, a couple of very tiny spots of white paint to the front board and spine head, but overall a fresh and as new copy in dust jacket. More
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. In 4 Volumes.
Ottawa: The Royal Canadian Geographic Society, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 large format (4to) hardcover volumes housed in a slipcase. Metis, First Nations, Indigenous Canada, Inuit. All in fine condition, about as new, in a fine slipcase. More
Aborigine Dreaming: An introduction to the wisdom and thought of the Aboriginal traditions of Australia
London: Thorsons, 1992. Softcover. 8vo, 148pp. Reprint. Near fine condition. More
Desert Drums. The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico 1540-1928
New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. No dust jacket. 8vo. 393pp. With folding map and 32 black and white plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to the front board and spine and cover decorations in green and orange. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing..... More
Zuni Fetishes (Special Binding)
Nevada: KC Publications, 1994. Hardcover. 8vo. Tenth printing of this pamphlet. With illustrations. Bound by Toronto binder Don Talyor in decorated paper over the boards, with the top and bottom edges in brown leather, with a leather gilt stamped spine label. Nice copy. More
Tales of the Tepee
New York: D. C. Heath & Company, Publishers, 1920. Hardcover. Signed. 12mo. pp. x, 119. Original brown cloth, lettered in darker brown, with an illustration on the upper cover. Corners and spine ends bumped, with a small splash mark to the upper cover at the upper fore-edge. Clean and bright..... More
Before And After The Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists Of The Great Lakes. (Inscribed by Travis Shilling)
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2014. Soft cover. Signed. Catalogue. Softcover. Inscribed by Travis Shilling: "Horizons always after the horizon opening at Ingram 2014. Travis Shilling" In other words, he autographed this copy of the catalogue on the night of his opening at Ingram Gallery in Toronto on September 4, 2014..... More
Before And After The Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists Of The Great Lakes. (Inscribed by Travis Shilling)
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2014. Soft cover. Signed. 4to. Illustrated covers. One little nick to rear cover corner, otherwise a fine copy. More
History in their Blood: The Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1982. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 4to. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Nice clean copy with light wear to head of jacket. More
History in their Blood: The Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison
Douglas & McIntyre: Bank of Montreal, 1982. Hardcover. Hard cover in mylar binding. Minor wear to the back flap of the dust jacket on the top and bottom. Has inscription from 1988. Otherwise an as new copy. More
The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition
Canada: National Gallery of Canada, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Soft cover. First edition. An as new copy. Signed and dated by the author to 2008. More
Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian
New York, NY, United States: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 4to. 1st edition. White cloth, white lettering to spine, title engraved on front cover. Illustrated in b/w and colour photographs. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition, minor rubbing to top of jacket..... More
Ruth Egak Esmiko. From Superstition to Holiness
Huntington Park, CA. Training School Press, 1924. First Edition. Softcover. No date, c. 1924. Preface by Martha Hunnicutt. 24 unnumbered pages. Yellow printed wrappers, stapled at spine; a few minor creases, otherwise in fine condition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic reproductions. A biographical work on Arctic Alaskan Native Ruth Egak by..... More
My Eskimo Friends "Nanook of the North"
Garden City, NY. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with photogravures, colour plates from photographs by the author, halftone drawings, and maps. 4to. Pp. 170. With 3 colour illustrations including frontispiece, 6 halftone illustrations, 9 photogravure plates, and 6 maps. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards..... More
The Spirited Earth: Dance, Myth and Ritual from South Asia to the South Pacific
New York, New York, United States: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990. Hardcover. Hard cover. 1990 edition. Inscribed on end paper. Otherwise as new copy. More
The True Story of Hiawatha And History of the Six Indian Nations
Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1925. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. 298pp. Maroon cloth boards with dulled gilt lettering to the front board and spine. Light bumping to the spine ends, erasure of previous owner's inscription to the front endpaper, book clean otherwise and the binding tight and square. The..... More
Indian Legends. Nanabush The Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood.
1885. Softcover. No publisher. Barrie [Ontario]. 8vo. [215 x 145mm] Pp. 22, errata at foot of last page. Two legends in verse, by J. I. Hindley. Written with knowledge obtained only by him from personal experience among the Ojibbewa dwelling on the North Shore and at French Bay. Original printed..... More