First Nations from Purpora Books

West Vancouver: J. J. Douglas, 1973. Bound in dark grey-green paper over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Fading of the boards along the very top edge and some along the bottom edge (as the dust jacket is too short), owner name and address on front pastedown. Dust jacket very slightly tanned and though not price-clipped, the price… Ler mais sobre este item

Victoria, BC: Horsdal & Schubart (H&S), 1998. Owner name on first page. Worldwide background to rock carvings with specific focus on the petroglyphs of Quadra Island, BC. Pen and ink drawings by Stewart, B&W illustrations from photos, and maps of the petroglyph sites on Quadra Island. 111 pages with sources.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Morroq, 1997. Remainder mark on bottom edge of pages. Dust jacket spine panel a bit faded. Inuit stories. Okheena is Inuit artist. 142 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by Mary K. Okheena.

Saskatoon: Fifth (5th) House, 1996. Large format, 8" x 10". 184 pages. Full of B&W photographs of First Nation Canadians. . Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine..

Vancouver: Mckellar & Martin, 2018. A new unread children's book about Loo Taas, a real 50-foot canoe designed by legendary Haida artist Bill Reid commissioned for Vancouver's Expo '86. The author is Bill Reid's daughter. Colour illustrations by Yahgulanaas.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.

Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1960. Bound in dull red cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. Long vertical crease at centre of spine, endpaper sound, but text block is slightly pulling away. Dust jacket has largish pieces missing along top and bottom edges. A new section appears in this edition, Appendix C, which… Ler mais sobre este item

(Surrey, BC): Raven Calling Productions, 2018. Small booklet, 5 1/4" x 7 1/4", bound in bright pinky-red paper over boards with gilt titles on upper board, four pages long. Page 1 is a photo image of Lewis Collinson (Hereditary Chief Skidgate, 1881-1970) carving argillite, ca. 1960; page 4 is photo image of Haida Gwaii forest; pages 3 & 4… Ler mais sobre este item

Durham, NC: Duke University, 2007. A rediscovered treasure of Native American Literature. Edited, annotated, and with a history of the Penobscot Nation and an introduction by Annette Kolodny. 222 pages with the text of the original publication of 1893.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

Aurora, IL: American Indian Historical Publishing Co., 1906. Bound in reddy brown cloth with silver design and lettering on upper board and silver lettering on spine. Corners turned in, short split bottom of front joint, spine faded, bottom rear fore corner worn through, minor fraying bottom of spine, front inner hinge reinforced with clear tape, owner name on front… Ler mais sobre este item

Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1974. Large format, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4". Bulletin 235. 139 pages illustrated in soapstone carvings.. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus..

Toronto: Prospero Books, 2000. 348 pages with index plus 37 B&W plates. Originally published in 1915 by Cambridge University.. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Self-Published, 1972. Large oblong, 11" x 8 1/2". Four round splotches of white on front cover ranging in size from 1/4" in diameter to 3/4" in diameter. Story of scattered clusters of humanity which dot the frigid shorelines of the Canadian Arctic coast, specifically the town of Pangnirtung on the southeast coast of Baffin Island. 30 pages… Ler mais sobre este item

(Edmonton): Judy Armstrong Design, 2014. Largish oblong, 9 1/2" x 8 1/2", bound in black faux leather with white lettering on upper board. New and unread. History of early Hunt totem poles and especially about an 85 foot pole carved in Victoria by Henry Hunt and transported to the Totem Pole Resort on the shores of Shuswap Lake… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Gage, 1974. Former owner return address stamped top of front free endpaper and paper age toned, else internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket has small sticker shadow top of front panel and very light shelf soiling overall. Translated from the French by David Ellis. Sections on The Atlantic Coast and Eastern Woodlands, The Prairies,… Ler mais sobre este item

Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1993. 300 pages with bibliography, index and many illustrations, some in colour.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Scottsdale: Fun Publishing, 1975. Large format, 8" x 14", stapled in wraps. Age toning of white rear cover; internally clean and un-marked.. Third Printing. Wraps. Near Fine..

Vancouver: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, 1994. Small catalogue of this exhibition with invitation card laid-in. With 28 full colour illustrations from photos of the masks in the exhibition.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine.. Exhibition Catalogue.

Alberta: Self-Published, 1978. 11" x 8 1/2". Aspects of present-day Indian culture in Alberta; text and photography by Sonia Leper.. First Edition. Oblong Tr. Paperback Original. Near Fine..

Seattle: University of Washington, 1981. Dust jacket has minor rubbing of gloss and wrinkle at bottom of front panel. Summarizes the history of traditional indigenous art in southern Alaska; 251 pages with index and many B/W illustrations from photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

University Park, IL: Governors State University, 1987. Light wear, name top of front cover and small light stain on front cover next to spine fold. 48 page magazine devoted to articles about American Indian Women.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good.. Magazine.