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California Indian Folklore (SIGNED)
by Latta, Frank
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- Signed
- first
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Monterey, California, United States
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About This Item
Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. First Edition, Limited Edition #4 of 10 copies printed on special paper and hand-bound by the Santa Barbara Bindery (as noted by the author in his own hand). SIGNED by Latta. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. Latta's business card as Director of the Kern County Museum laid in. Maroon half-leather spine over cloth boards with gilt lettering. A fine copy of this scarce limited edition. As told to F. F. Latta by 15 Native Americans. A Collection of California Indian Folklore Tales which were told during the long Winter evenings long before the White People came to California. Latta's first work to specifically focus on the Indians of the San Joaquin Valley, dealing with the culture of the more than 60 tribes that made up the Yokuts. Latta was a well known historian who in 1906, while still a student conducted his first interview. He later went around and found old timers still living and interviewed them about various historical people and incidents.
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- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16939
- Title
- California Indian Folklore (SIGNED)
- Author
- Latta, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Limited Edition #4 of 10 copies printed on specia
- Publisher
- Published by the author
- Place of Publication
- Shafter, CA
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- western americana; signed books; limited edition; yosemite; miwok, Californiana, , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native Americana;
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About Carpe Diem Fine Books
Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.
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