FS: Children's Native American Books (1931-1988)

[P. O. Box 2321]

The cultural awareness of each of these out of print children's books
speaks for itself...

[#1857] Beausay, Florence E.: MOCCASIN STEPS. Grand Rapids: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1960. Cloth, 12mo, 115 pp. Very Good in Very Good
dust jacket: owner signature, remaindered. Steven is adopted by blood
ceremony, learns 'guttural' tongue and brings Jesus to 'evil,'
'war-loving' Indians. Whew. OP. $30.00

[#1728] Clark, Ann Nolan: IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. New York: Viking Press,
1960. 9th ed. Cloth, 4to, 56 pp. (Herrera, Velino illust.) Very Good in
Very Good dust jacket. The world viewed through the eyes of young Tewa
Indian children of Tesuque pueblo near Santa Fe. Out of print. $25.00

[#1179] Hoadley, Mabel Veatch: CHIKETTA AND THE PUKWUDJIS. Caldwell:
Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1950. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 146 pp. (Holcomb,
Robert illust.) Very Good in Good dust jacket: two small ink spots, dj
chipped. Elvin creatures called Pukwudjis help a little Indian girl
through her troubles. Charming stories and illustrations. $40.00

[#489] Holling, Holling C.: THE BOOK OF INDIANS. New York: Platt & Munk
Company Inc., 1968. Cloth, 4to, 125 pp. (Holling, H. C. and Lucille
illust.) Very Good in dust jacket. Extensively researched tales of
young Natives of North America, illustrated by Holling C. Holling.
$27.50

[#437] Kennedy, Howard Angus: THE RED MAN'S WONDER BOOK. New York: E.
P. Dutton, 1931. Cloth, 12mo, 366 pp. (Cumine, George L. illust.) Very
Good: front hinge starting. Signed and inscribed by the author in the
name of his fictional narrator, Chief Ossawippi. $25.00

[#1737] Litchfield, Sarah: HELLO ALASKA. Chicago: Albert Whitman &
Company, 1945. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 31 pp. (Wiese, Kurt illust.) Very
Good in Very Good dust jacket. The Native peoples of Alaska, the
discovery of Alaska by Russia, the Gold Rush of 1897, the purchase of
Alaska by the United States and much more are in this readable young
reader. With full color and black & white illustrations by Kurt Wiese.
Although small tears to jacket head and bumps to cover tail, this book
is still conservatively Very Good. OP. $37.50

[#1701] Meigs, Cornella: THE WILLOW WHISTLE. New York: Macmillan
Company, 1931. 1st ed. Cloth, Square 12mo, 144 pp. (Smith, E. Boyd
illust.) Very Good: light rubbing to extremities, small spots end
papers. A mid-Western family encounters the Sioux on the open prairie.
Color frontis, out of print. $40.00

[#2176] Siceloff, David: BOY SETTLER IN CHEROKEE STRIP. Caldwell:
Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1964. 1st ed. Cloth, 12mo, 249 pp. (Dunn, Alfred
C. illust.) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket: lt wear to clipped
jacket. Life for a boy in 1893, when the Cherokee Strip (later a part
of Oklahoma) was first thrown open. Signed by the author. $35.00

[#2512] Smith, Franklin Hyrum: BENEATH THE EAGLE'S EYE. New York:
Carlton Press, Inc., 1988. Cloth, 12mo, 135 pp. (Christensen, Trudi
illust.) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Alberta-set tale of
intrigue between Native Americans and Canadian Mounties. Signed, 1st
novel, Oregon illustrator, OP. $25.00

[#1784] Sperry, Armstrong: LITTLE EAGLE / A NAVAJO BOY. New York: John
C. Winston Company, 1938. 1st ed. Cloth, 12mo, 102 pp. (Sperry,
Armstrong illust.) Very Good. Bold, colorful illustrations in color and
black & white accompany the tale of this Navajo boy. Out of print.
$30.00

[#560] [Ward, Lynd] May McNeer: THE AMERICAN INDIAN STORY. New York:
Ariel Books, 1963. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to, 95 pp. (Ward, Lynd illust.) Near
Fine in Very Good dust jacket: light wear to jacket. Animated,
anecdotal tellings of the life and history of the American Indian.
Over 60 lithographs by Lynd Ward. OP. $35.00

[#2624] Garst, Shannon: JOHN JEWITT'S ADVENTURES. Boston: Hougton
Mifflin Company, 1955. 1st ed. Cloth, 12mo, 211 pp. (McKay, Donald
illust.) Near Fine in Good dust jacket: owner sig, wear/chips to
jacket. 18-year-old sailor John spends three years as a captive of the
Nootka Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Out of print. $32.50

[#2631] Clifford, Mary Louise: WHEN THE GREAT CANOES CAME. Gretna:
Pelican Publishing Company, 1993. 1st ed. Cloth, 12mo, 144 pp. (Haynes,
Joyce illust.) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. A 17th-Century
Pamunkey Indian describes how the coming of English colonists changed
her life. Out of print. $27.50

[#2704] [Kubasta, Vojtech]: THE DAY OF THE BISON HUNT. London: Bancroft
& Co. Ltd., [1960]. Wraps, 4to, 7 pp. ([Kubasta, Vojtech] illust.) Very
Good. From the Panascopic Model Books series of pop-ups by V. Kubasta.
Out of print. Canvas tape binding separating, rubbing to edges, gift
inscription (identifying date of publication as 1960), pop-up Near
Fine. V. Kubasta is described as 'remarkably innovative' by Montanaro
and was the featured artist / author of the January 1997 issue of
Biblio magazine. A Native American scene through East European eyes:
bits and pieces of many nations joined in pop-up form. Wigwams, a
moving weaver and moving dancers, totem pole and masked dancers, canoes
and woven blankets... very colorful, large and beautiful. Scarce in any
condition, conservatively presented as Very Good. $350.00
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