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black, brown, red & white illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. fifth printing (#5 in # line). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. illustrated title pg. xx+312p. b&w map. illustrated chapter headings. bibliography. index. religion. mythology. american indian history. folklore. cosmology. ancient history. ~ This book presents a composite picture of Pueblo Indian gods and lesser supernaturals. The author uses the Indians' own words as much as possible to retell the myths~which are, he says, "as variable as they are viable" ~ and traces changing attitudes toward the deities among the Zuni, Keres, and Hopi peoples. "Pueblo Gods and Myths most noteworthy contribution is that it synthesizes much of the previous writings on the subject concentrating specifically on 'the gods and divine things.' . 'Must' reading for those interested in the Southwest, for ethnologists, and for students of comparative religion." ~ California Historical Society Quarterly. "A fascinating journey through the mind and cosmos of the Pueblo peoples, with compass points provided in analogy with ancient Greek religion, and with insights provided by such modern thinkers as Buber and Freud. This volume is a substantial contribution to the mythology of the Far West." ~Los Angeles Times. "Tyler shows us possibilities realized, a coherent harmonious society shaped and given body by people not unlike us. We rejoice." ~ The Nation. "Field experience and wide~ranging reading have given the author an unusual kind of authority. His descriptions of Pueblo rites and ceremonies, culled from interviews, observations, and other sources, blend into a decidedly fascinating account of the tribes' practices~perhaps the most readable and provocative one extant." ~Library Journal. "'Why do the Pueblos dance? An old quest for the answer is happily continued in company with one who had the capacity to absorb drumbeats and the emphatic imagination to leave the ranks of the observers and join those of the believers." ~ New Mexico Quarterly.

PAPERBACK. Condizione: Near Fine. Paperback edition. 258pp, octavo paperback. wraps clean and sharp, tight binding, interior clean.

blue gilt lettered full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean with a bit of sunfading along top of covers. edges clean. contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. spine a little sunfaded, not torn. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (same date on title & copyright page, no additional printings indicated). photo illustrated endpapers. xx+278p. 6 b&w maps. 17 b&w figures. bibliographic notes at end of each chapter. biographic sketches. appendix (list of national archives resource papers). index. american history. american indian history. world history ~ Played out against general concern about minorities, protests and confrontations sparked by Indian activists captured the attention of the nation and intensified an already unprecedented interest in the history and culture of Native Americans. Changes in Indian~related policies of the federal government, the establishment of Indian studies programs in schools throughout the country, and ever~increasing scholarly research activities involving all aspects of Indian history reflect the heightened awareness of the original Americans, their heritage and their future. Concurrent with this activity has been a significant increase in the use of Indian~related documents and materials in the custody of the National Archives and Records Service. The intention of the National Archives Conference on Research in the History of Indian~White Relations was to highlight the rich potential of these holdings through presentations of papers based largely on research in the records. The collection of edited papers and commentaries presented in Indian~White Relations: A Persistent Paradox spans a period of a century and a half and covers a wide range of research topics presenting many diverse points of view. F. Paul Prucha's thought~provoking "Doing Indian History" is followed by considerations of such controversial subjects as Indian assimilation in the nineteenth century by Herman J. Viola and Henry E. Fritz with commentaries by Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr., and Loring B. Priest; the role of the military by Robert M. Utley with a commentary by Richard N. Ellis; and Indian reservation policy by William T. Hagan and Kenneth R. Philp with commentaries by Roy W. Meyer, Mary E. Young, and W. David Baird. Finally, some aspects of twentieth~century federal Indian policy are discussed in a commentary by D'ArcyMclvickle and in papers by Lawrence C. Kelly and Louis R. Bruce, former commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Also included are discussions of source materials both inside and outside the National Archives system. Oliver W. Holmes, the former executive director of the National Historical Publications Commission, provides a general discussion of Indian~related records in the National Archives and their use, and Carmelita S. Ryan outlines the standards used in appraising Indian records for permanent retention. John C. Ewers discusses use of artifacts and pictures as documentation, Angie Debo describes major Indian record collections in Oklahoma, and C. Gregory Crampton provides an introduction to the archives of the Duke projects in American Indian oral history.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 4th edition, 1947. Hardcover edition. (India, Punjab, land tenure, economic history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condizione: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 22 (weekend SALE item)* 352 pp., hardcover, ex library, else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

golden yellow cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. minor soiling, sunfading, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). xii+401p. 27 glossy b&w illustrations. 3 b&w maps. appendix. notes & references. bibliography. index. history of mexico. aztec history. american indian history. religion. astronomy. mythology. ~ The history of the Valley of Mexico in pre~Conquest times, particularly of the period between the Toltec and Aztec empires (A.D. 1200~1428), has long been something of a mystery, entangled in controversy and legend and largely unexplored by modern scholars. In this volume Nigel Davies has undertaken an orderly, analytical examination of the period to provide a detailed account based on the most logical interpretations of the written documents and archaeological evidence. The first part of the book deals with the various invaders of the Valley of Mexico after the fall of Tula, the Toltec capital, about the year 1200: the Chichimecs, nomads dressed in skins, followed by the Tepanecs, the Acolhuas, and others, who carved out for themselves small empires. The author examines closely the story of Xolotl, the great Chichimec chief, and comes to the rather startling conclusion that the account of his "empire" is to a considerable degree apochryphal, belonging as much to legend as to history. There is also a penetrating analysis of the relationship between the nomadic and sedentary peoples on the shifting frontiers of Middle America. The latter part of the book covers the rise of the Tepanec Empire during the reign of Tezozomoc (1371~1426). The founding of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, the rebellion of the Aztecs in 1426, and their subsequent rise to empire brought an end to the Toltec teign. An important facet of The Toltec Heritage ~and a valuable aid to readers~is the examination of chronology and the correlation of native and Christian dates. In the process the author determined that the Mesoamericans used more than one calendar, a point that has been in dispute for decades, and offers new and conclusive evidence in support of his thesis. In this first book~length work on this period Nigel Davies has made a real contribution to Mesoamerican scholarship. The Toltec Heritage is a worthy sequel to the author's The Toltecs: Until the Fall of Tula. All scholars and laymen interested in pre~Conquest history will find it good reading.

shiny orange/yellow faux leather "leatherette" hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. a few spots on the rear, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). b&w frontis. illustration. xvi+349p. b&w map. 36 b&w illustrations. description of the illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. religion. mythology. american indian history. mexican history. art history. ~ This book is about the sky religion, one of the four interwoven yet distinctive religions of the Aztec people, the others being fire, earth, and the cult of Tezcatlipoca. Central in the sky religion is Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, the great sky dragon, son of the dawn and the earth and the slayer and awakener of the light. Quetzalcoatl and his powerful cult of priests (perhaps the first priesthood in the Aztec religious system) had their origins on the Gulf Coast and in time reached through Mesoamerica, merging with Maya cults, and into North America. In these pages the author retells and interprets all the known sky myths, those explaining the creation of the sky and the beings that dwelled there, especially the great Feathered Serpent, brooding over the earth in the dark, a god oriented to man but one without compassion. The author describes the many avatars that Quetzalcoatl engendered over time. He was the wind, the god of priests, the god of blood sacrifice. He was at once a culture hero, a god of warriors, a god of the underworld, the evening star, the god of the Aztec ball game~the great cult act of the sky religion. And always he was the god of the fearsome night, who held it in his power to resurrect or withhold the dawn. Professor Brundage also describes the attire of Quetzalcoatl and his many avatars, their symbols and emblems, and the settings in which they functioned. The descriptions are accompanied by drawings, carefully copied by Jeanne Meinke from statues, murals, stelae, pottery, and other artifacts. They show Quetzalcoatl in the many guises in which his followers depicted him. Indeed, it was the followers of the sky religion who produced the visual records that we have from Mesoamerica. The Aztec artist was above all a man of Quetzalcoatl. The Phoenix of the Western World is imaginative and often speculative, but always based on the author's thorough acquaintance with all that is known of Mesoamerican religion. It falls into the category of the history of religions rather than that of anthropology or history, though it is solidly grounded in both disciplines. It is a brilliant introduction to the mind of the Aztec, for whom the sky religion was the occasion to think, to tell stories, and to wonder. Volume 160 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Tight clean unmarked book in pale yellow cloth, about new; in bright dj with 1.5" edgetear to rear panel and slight chipping to lower edge of spine; "book sale" stamp to rear flap of dj; 125 pp followed by 91 plates.

maps (illustratore). board covers, very good condition.

orange, green & black illustrated (spine ~ indian on horseback) full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. top edge a bit darkened by age & dust, other edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. spine faded, missing piece at top, 4 ~ 1cm edge tears, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated first printing (nap). xvi+434p+ colophon. color foldout map. 31 glossy b&w photos & illustrations. 3 appendices. bibliography. index. american history. american indian history. mexican history. equestrianism. ~ One of the truly remarkable phenomena of history was the acquisition of the horse by the Indian tribes of North America. Most primitive people possessed some form of transportation, but the American Indian, like the African native and the Australian aborigine, was pedestrian ~ until the Spanish Conquistadores came, mounted on magnificent beasts the red men thought were gods. With horses stolen from the Spanish frontier settlements ( and not from "strays" accidentally found on the prairies), the Indian was transformed and revitalized. As an intensifier of original Indian traits, the horse gave the red man a new medium of exchange, made him vastly more mobile, enlarged his capacity as a hunter, and made him a more awesome foe in warfare. Northward from Mexico, the horse spread through the Plains and the mountains, reaching central Saskatchewan 150 years after its dispersion had started. The Cheyenne gloried in war, and the Comanche became one of the most splendid horsemen the world has ever known. The Blackfoot were the horsemen par excellence and the Crow the "horse traders" of the Northern Plains and mountains. The Nez Perce ( who developed the Appaloosa), the Piegan, and the Flathead were noted for their wealth in horses, possessing herds which were numbered in "thousands." This is the carefully documented account of the Indian pony, that hardy little animal which, despite its "hang~dog" appearance and apparent lack of intelligence, possessed an almost unbelievable speed and endurance which allowed its rider to run down the fastest buffaloes in the herd or leave his cavalryman pursuer far behind. It is also the story of the American Indian and his relation to this animal which broadened his horizons and developed his abilities as horse master and selective breeder, even though he had previously known only the dog as a domesticated creature. But more than this, it is also a historical comment on one of the most turbulent and fascinating eras of American frontier history. Previous efforts have been made to chronicle the story of the Indian and the horse in early America, but Frank Gilbert Roe's is probably the most exhaustive and certainly the most interesting. It will take its place with the classic works of Robert Moorman Denhardt, J. Frank Dobie, Stanley Vestal, Francis Haines, George Bird Grinnell, and Clark Wissler. Volume forty~one in the Civilization of the American Indian Series, The Indian and the Horse contains thirty one superb illustrations from rare photographs and from paintings and drawings by George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Wimar, Rudolph Friederich Kurz, Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, and others, and a map of the dispersion routes of the horse in North America.

tan cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo) with brown & gilt spine label. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. old bookplate with no name inside front cover, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. spine sunfaded a bit. couple of 1cm tears, mild soiling on the rear, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). b&w frontis. xx+337p. 2 b&w maps. 16 b&w illustrations. 24 b&w plates. 2 appendices. bibliography. index. american indian history. american history. religion. cosmology. mythology. anthropology. art history. archeology. ~FOR MANY PEOPLE the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have become the symbol of all that is Indian ~ colorful figures endowed with great fortitude and powerful vision. They were the heroes of the Great Plains, and they were the villains, too. Royal B. Hassrick here attempts to describe the ways of the people, the patterns of their behavior, and the concepts of their imagination. Uniquely, he has approached the subject from the Sioux's own point of view, giving their own interpretation of their world in the era of its greatest vigor and renown ~the brief span of years from about 1830 to 1870. In addition to printed sources, the author has drawn from the observations and records of a number of Sioux who were still living when this book was projected, and were anxious to serve as links to the vanished world of their forebears. Because it is true that men become in great measure what they think and want themselves to be, it is important to gain this insight into Sioux thought of a century ago. Apparently, the most significant theme in their universe was that man was a minute but integral part of that universe. The dual themes of self~expression and self~denial reached through their lives, helping to explain their utter defeat soon after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. When the opportunity to resolve the conflict with the white man in their own way was lost, their very reason for living was lost, too. There are chapters on the family and the sexes, fun, the scheme of war, production, the structure of the nation, the way to status, and other aspects of Sioux life.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. All four books are clean tight and bright; unmarked but for "booksale" stamp to rear endpaper (estated donations); The two South India volumes have dust jackets with just light signs of handling and lower edgenicks to one; no jacket to North India volumes; a remarkable quartet of books in nearly new condition. 249 pp + 467 pp + 977 plates.