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Washington [DC]: Printed by Gales & Seaton. Very Good-. 1833. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very thick octavo volume. Contemporary full sheepskin leather, flat spine "paneled" by pairs of rules in blind, red leather label lettered in gilt in the second panel -- covers with a border constructed of decorative tooling in blind, plain endpapers. There are scuff and shallow gouges to the leather suface of the covers, and scattered foxing (both diffuse and little pin-points) affecting many of the text leaves -- as usual for paper used in official publications of the U.S. Congress of the time. 23rd Congress, 1st Session. Ho[use] of Rep[resentative]s. Executive. [Doc. No. 1 (through 49] This is the first volume, only (of six), of the complete set of the Executive Documents produced by the first session of the twenty-third U.S. Congress, during the administration of Andrew Jackson. As detailed at the beginning of the first section -- [an "Index to the Executive… Read More

Madrid: Patronato de Investigación cientifica y Tecnica. Fine. 1964. Fine in original wrappers. Traducción de Mario Bueno Heimerle ; revisión del texto por Martín Almagro Basch.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Guayaquil: Publicacion del Museo Victor Emilio Estrada. Near Fine. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. No. 7; 205, (6) pages; Clean and secure in binding with brown cloth spine & corners over tan boards. Illustrated with many photographs and several folding tables and charts. Text in Spanish. OCLC 830533260 Manabí is a province in Ecuador; its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people. In the year 1956 we edited what can be called a preliminary study on the prehistory of Manabi (Estrada 1957 b) lightly analyzing a few explorations and stratigraphic excavations carried out throughout the Manabí coast, from its limits with the Guayas to those of Esmeraldas. "In the province of Manabi, in a dry and arid strip extending from the equator south towards Guayaquil, there developed a unique civilization which apparently suffered but little from Incasic influence. In northern Manabi and along the coast of the province of Esmeraldas there are… Read More

Quito: Corporacion de Estudios y Publicaciones. Near Fine. 1968. Third Edition. Hardcover. No. 7; 289 pages; Clean and secure in binding with brown cloth spine & corners over tan boards. Illustrated with many photographs and several folding tables and charts. Text in Spanish. OCLC 1308652868 .

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1860. Removed Document. 36th Congress, 1st Session. House Report No. 198; 2 pages; Removed Document; clean and complete. Report from Mr. Leach regarding petition of John Shaw, praying compensation for property taken or destroyed by the Menomonee Indians. .

Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Very Good+. 1917. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Carnegie Classics of International Law; Edited by and introduction by Ernest Nys. Translation of text by John Pawley Bate. Revised Text, With Prefatory Remarks, list of Errata, and Index of Authors Cited by F. Wright. Clean and tight in original tan cloth binding with lettering in black at spine. Small scrape at lower outer edge of rear board. Former owner's name on front pastedown endpaper: "F. X. Dwyer" Francis Xavier Dwyer was co-author of a widely used textbook: "Introduction to the Study of Law," by Edmund M. Morgan and Francis X. Dwyer, and was a librarian at the Law Library of Harvard University and later for decades at the Law Library of Library of Congress. Franciscus de Victoria (1483-1546) was a Spanish Renaissance Roman Catholic philosopher, theologian and jurist, founder of the philosophical School of Salamanca, and dubbed by some as the "father… Read More

Santa Fe: School of American Research. Very Good+. 1938. First Edition. Paperback. Volume XLIV, April 20, 27 & May 4 , 1938. Photograph illustrations, The Inca Trail System and the Present Day Trail from Cuzco to Ayacucho. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Austin: Cold Mountain. Near Fine. 1975. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. 23 pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers. One of a limited edition of only 700 copies. OCLC: 1386109 For over thirty years Joseph Bruchac has been creating poetry, short stories, novels, anthologies and music that reflect his Abenaki Indian heritage and Native American traditions.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1895. First Edition. Removed Document. 53d Congress, House Exec Doc. No 245; 16 pages; transmitting A List of Judgments of the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases that have been paid under act of Congress approved August 23, 1894. Clean and unmarked removed document. Contains detailed information on individual claims from various tribes and their resolution. OCLC 1065779386 .

Washington, DC: G.P.O.. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Paperback. 15 pages; Message from the President of the United States, transmitting A Report in regard to the expedition among the Indians on the Upper Missouri. Executive Document No. 65, 34th Congress, 1st Session. OCLC: 9102688 Omaha Reserve at Black Bird Hills, Pawnee, Poncas, Sioux, Yancton Sioux, Fort Pierre, Fort Clark, Arickarees, Yellos Stone River, Black Feet, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Hartford: American Publishing Company. Very Good. 1852. Engraving. Wood Engraving; 1 pages; Interesting hand-colored wood engraving from Charles de Wolf Brownell’s The Indian Races of North and South America. Image measures 4" X 5 1/4" (14" x 11" matted). Matted in white stock with clear mylar. "Among the important personages in nearly every tribe upon the American Continent, except those whose habits have been changed by civilization, are the 'pow-wows,' as they were termed in New England, whose incantations were used to relieve the sick and wounded, or to secure success in war and other public undertakings.' .

Hartford: American Publishing Company. Very Good. 1852. Engraving. Wood Engraving; 1 pages; Interesting hand-colored wood engraving from Charles de Wolf Brownell’s The Indian Races of North and South America. Image measures 6" x 4" (14" x 11" matted). Matted in white stock with clear mylar. from page 511 of "The Indian Races of North and South America" by Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1853. Many tribes practiced a War Dance on the evening before an attack to observe certain religious rites to ensure success. The warriors took part in a war dance while contemplating retaliation and the dance stirred emotions and filled the braves with a profound sense of purpose as they prepared for battle. Though the ceremonies varied from one tribe to another, there are common points among many including singing, often extending over an entire day and night, interspersed with prayers, handling of sacred objects or bundles, and occasional dancing. Often a sweat lodge or… Read More

Genève [but probably Paris]: Ch.- J. Panckoucke. Very Good. 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. On offer here is an attractive volume in 18th century full calf, bound in the French style, (flat spine with floral tools in gilt, red label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges decoratively stained red). The volume in which these interesting numbers of the now-scarce 'Journal Historique Et Politique Des Principaux Événements Des Différentes Cours de L'Europe' is in a handsome contemporary binding which shows only minor rubbing -- mostly along the hinges, apart from some moderate fraying and loss at the corners and erosion of the top cap of the spine, exposing the headband. The original swirl-marbled endpapers are intact and the inner hinges are tight and secure; the sewing is sound and tight throughout. There are scattered brown marks and paper flaws, reflecting the mediocre quality of the paper selected for this journal, which was hardly expected to… Read More

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1860. Removed Document. 36th Congress, 1st Session. House Report No. 197; 3 pages; Removed Document; clean and complete. Report from Mr. Woodson, Committee on Indian Affairs to whom was referred the memorial of Kerr, Brierly & Co., praying indemnity for losses sustained in consequence of Indian hostilities while crossing the plains to Utah Territory. .

Guayaquil: Publicacion del Museo Victor Emilio Estrada. Near Fine. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. No. 3; 82 pages; Clean and secure in binding with brown cloth spine & corners over tan boards. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings and a folding map and a folding chart. Text in Spanish. Illustrations by Jorge Enrique Swett. The Huancavilcas or Guancavilcas (600 AD - 1530 AD) are a Native American group from pre-Columbian times , which persist in the peninsular comuneros, who settled in the coastal region of Ecuador and extended from the island Puná near Guayaquil, on part of the province of Guayas, and the current province of Santa Elena and south of the province of Manabí. On the coast we find the remains of two entirely different cultures. "In the province of Manabi, in a dry and arid strip extending from the equator south towards Guayaquil, there developed a unique civilization which apparently suffered but little from Incasic influence. In northern… Read More

Guayaquil: Publicacion del Museo Victor Emilio Estrada. Near Fine. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. No. 5; Clean and secure in binding with brown cloth spine & corners over tan boards. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings and a folding map and a folding chart. Text in Spanish. Illustrations by Jorge Enrique Swett. OCLC 475248609 "In the province of Manabi, in a dry and arid strip extending from the equator south towards Guayaquil, there developed a unique civilization which apparently suffered but little from Incasic influence. In northern Manabi and along the coast of the province of Esmeraldas there are the remains of another distinct culture." .

New York: Johnson, Fry and Company. Very Good. 1860. Engraving. 1 pages; Excellent 19th Century steel engraving with modern hand coloring, depicting Massacre at Fort Mimms, an attack on settlers and allied Native Americans on August 30, 1813, by the Red Stick faction of the Creeks. Public outcry sparked the initial military action against the Creek Nation that would usher in the Creek War of 1813-14. Beautifully engraved (perhaps by John Rogers) after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Image measures 5 5/8" x 7 1/8" (14" x 11" matted). Clean sharp nicely colored image, matted in white stock with clear mylar. "In the summer of 1813, indications of hostility appeared among the surrounding Indians, which induced the inhabitants, to the amount of three hundred, to collect at fort Mimms. At eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the 30th of August, a body of six hundred Indians issued from the adjoining wood, and advanced within a few rods of… Read More

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1860. Removed Document. 36th Congress, 1st Session. House Report No. 172; 12 pages; Removed Document; clean and complete. Report from Mr. Leach regarding claims of Nahum Ward (unsuccessfully filed repeatedly over the course of 50 years) demanding the amount of 43 loan office certificates, of 400 USdollars each, dated December 23, 1777 plus interest. The arguments presented in the Court of Claims in Nahum Ward vs The United States. An ancient claim against the United States, founded on loan certificates issued by the Continental Congress in 1777 and sent to the loan office in Georgia to be given in exchange for money when countersigned by the loan officer of that state, rejected, there being no sufficient evidence that the certificates were countersigned and issued as required by the legislation which authorized them, the same claim having been rejected in 1792 by Alexander Hamilton, then Secretary of the Treasury, and there… Read More

Colorado Springs: Taylor Museum of Colorado Springs. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. (xiv), 273 pages; Former owner's names on ffep, otherwise clean and secure in original red cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping at extremities. .

Palm Beach: Society of the Four Arts. Very Good. 1953. First Edition. Paperback. 24 pages; An 24 page exhibition catalogue for the show Pre-Columbian Art - The native art of America before the Conquest. Original stiff brown wrappers with photograph of a Totonac sculpture mounted on front wrapper. Illustrated with photographs of eight additional objects on 7 plates. Two page map showing distribution of archeological sites. OCLC: 80245479; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .