powell father peter john (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set in Slipcase. Color illustrations. Issued without dustjackets.

Cloth. Condizione: Near fine. First edition of People of the Sacred Mountain by Father Peter John Powell. (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Oblong octavo, [two volumes], xl, 683pp, [2], xiii, 693-1441pp. Full beige cloth, title in gilt on spines. Complete number line listing on copyright page, indicating first printing. Solid text blocks, faint creasing and foxing to spines. Numerous illustrations throughout. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase, near fine with a few small stains. A very nice example of an important narrative of Native American tribes through the 19th century.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Slipcase. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. xl, 1441pp, photographs, illustrations, maps, glossary, bibliography. A history of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies 1830-1879 with an epilogue 1969-1874. Light wear in slightly more worn slipcase. Will incur additional postage due to weight. 7 kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 1441 pages; 2 volume set in slipcase. Inscribed by Powell on front free endpaper of volume 1. Minor soiling and wear to white slipcase. ; Signed by Author.

Rilegato. Condizione: nuovo. prima edizione. "My primary purpose in writing this work is to provide today's Cheyenne People with a history of their own tribal Chiefs and warrior societies. Thus, whenever possible, I have used Cheyenne accounts of the events and people portrayed on these pages." ~Father Peter John Powell A powerful collection of accounts pertaining to the "The People" (Cheyennes) and their encounters with enemy tribes, White settlers, the U.S. government and then later big mining companies. A history of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies 1830-1879. With an Epilogue 1969-1974. A great addition to any collection of books about Native Americans. Volume I & II set with hard cover sleeve.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong 4to. 2 Volumes, Creme cloth, xl, 683pp; 693-1441pp, illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photos, [5pp] map of the People's County. Light wear on tips. Fine in original slipcase, somewhat soiled and worn. The Sacred Mountain documents Events from Cheyenne oral traditions, ceremonial knowledge, warrior accounts, and family histories. Peter J. Powell (1928-2022) was an accomplished historian and scholar of the Plains Indians. According to the American Indian Health Service of Chicago, "on both the 1982 National Book Award in History and the Anisfield-Wolf Award in Race Relations. He began writing by kerosene lantern in Big Horn, WY, and finished both works at his scholarly home, the Newberry Library." He was President of the Foundation for the Preservation of American Indian Art and Culture, was a member of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs Society since 1964, was also an adopted member of the Apsáalooke Tribe, the Adopted Son of the late Tom Yellowtail noted Apsáalooke Holy Man and Sundance priest and his wife Susie Yellowtail [The Brinton Museum].

First Edition. First Printing. Two Volumes. Large Quarto. 22.5cm. Publisher's oatmeal colored heavy grain cloth titled in gilt to spines. Housed in a slipcase, as issued. [xl]; 683pp. [5].; [xiii]; 758pp. [pagination contiguous across both vols]. Both bindings bright and strong, with some light toning to the spines; internally clean, lavishly produced; in a clean strong slipcase with some loose threads in places and a little shelf soiling. A very good, clean copy indeed in its original slipcase. Father Powell is considered one of the leading historians of Native American peoples, founder of the St. Augustine Center for American Indians in Chicago, a researcher at the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History at the Newberry Library, and an Honorary Chief of the Northern Cheyenne Peoples. This mammoth work is essentially an historical biography of the Cheyenne over a critical 40 year period in the 19th century.