[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 9 biographies and histories of Native American and Dakotan pioneers.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Mar 27, 2023
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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 9 biographies and histories of Native American and Dakotan pioneers.
TAYLOR, Joseph Henry. Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri & Great Plains. Bismarck, ND: By the Author, 1897. One quarter maroon calf with marbled boards, smooth spine gilt (rear board detached, wear to extremities, scuffing). Later edition. -- JOHNSON, W. Fletcher. Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War. [Philadelphia]: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1891. Two copies. Original illustrated cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- ELLIS, Edward S. The Story of Red Feather: A Tale of the American Frontier. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1908. Original illustrated blue cloth (stains, spine soiled). FIRST EDITION. -- McLAUGHLIN, Marie L. Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Bismarck, ND: Bismarck Tribune Company, 1916. Original grey cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally very good to fine.
[With:] HILGER, Sister Mary Ione. The First Sioux Nun Sister Marie-Josephine Nebraska, S.G.M. 1859-1894. Milwaukee, WI: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1963. Original cloth; illustrated dust jacket (minor creasing). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. -- PIPER, Marion J. Dakota Portraits. Mohall, ND: N.d., 1964. Original yellow cloth, illustrated dust jacket (minor wear at edges). FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. -- DRIPS, J.H. Three Years Among the Indians in Dakota. New York: Sol Lewis, 1974. Reprint edition. -- Together, 3 books, condition generally very good to fine.
[Also with:] Rare Keepsakes. Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Company, 1960. Group of facsimile books and pamphlets including: MUMEY, Nolie, editor. Edward Dunsha Steele, 1829-1865. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, numbered 232 of 500. -- History and Laws of Gold Hill. -- Sketch of Boulder. -- Views of Boulder and Vicinity. -- Biography Of "Rocky Mountain Joe." -- Trading Post at Fort Totten, Dakota Territory. Housed in 9 x 11 1/2 in. cardstock clamshell box.
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