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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    THE OWL'S SONG.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Native American author's highly praised first novel, the story of a young boy 's struggle to adjust to living in a society determined to erase his identity. An extremely difficult to find book in the first edition, especially in this good a condition. ISBN: 0-385-019440.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some discoloration from binder's glue on endpapers)

    Book ID: 18752
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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    THE JAILING OF CECELIA CAPTURE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this highly praised young Couer d'Alene writer. ISBN: 0-394-543270.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 18753
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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    BLOODLINES: Odyssey of a Native Daughter.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A very moving collection of essays, a combination of personal autobiography and a family memoir. ISBN: 0-679-415270.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 18754
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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    BLOODLINES: Odyssey of a Native Daughter.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, 1993. A very moving collection of essays, a combination of personal autobiography and a family memoir.

    Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.

    Book ID: 18755
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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    THE OWL'S SONG.

    Edition: Trade paperback - first thus.

    Garden City, New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. Native American author's highly praised first novel, originally published in 1974, the story of a young boy 's struggle to adjust to living in a society determined to erase his identity. ISBN: 0-06-097642x.

    Condition: Near fine (remainder line bottom edge.)

    Book ID: 18784
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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    THE OWL'S SONG.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Native American author's highly praised first novel, the story of a young boy 's struggle to adjust to living in a society determined to erase his identity. An extremely difficult to find book in the first edition, especially in this good a condition. ISBN: 0-385-019440.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (some discoloration from binder's glue on endpapers, as is common with all copies, crease to back cover of dj, small nick at top of dj spine)

    Book ID: 24338
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  • Hale, Janet Campbell.
    THE JAILING OF CECELIA CAPTURE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1993.). The second novel by this highly praised young Couer d'Alene writer. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-10036.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on front cover.)

    Book ID: 41058
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  • TUNKASHILA: From the Birth of Turtle Island to the Blood of Wounded Knee. by Hausman, Gerald.
    Hausman, Gerald.
    TUNKASHILA: From the Birth of Turtle Island to the Blood of Wounded Knee.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mythological saga of native America, from creation through the Battle of Wounded Knee, is recreated from almost 70 tales from such diverse tribes as Creek, Navajo, Roanoke, Hopi, Lakota and Seminole - all of which are loosely strung together. Illustrated with line drawings by native American artists. Introduction by Hausman. Character key and glossary. Map endpapers. xxi, 265 pp. ISBN: 0-312099282.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (neat previous owner's name)

    Book ID: 80433
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  • THE SUN HORSE: Native Visions of the New World. by Hausman, Gerald (collected and retold by)
    Hausman, Gerald (collected and retold by)
    THE SUN HORSE: Native Visions of the New World.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback

    Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Light, (1992). First edition - These visions, from storytellers of many tribes - Pascagoula, Arawak, Iroquois, Arapaho and more - represent the cycle of life, or "materiality." Photographs and drawings in black and white. Square format. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-91495508X.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 55516
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  • Hendron, J. W. (edited Dorothy Thomas, drawings Jocelyn Taylor).
    FRIJOLES: A Hidden Valley in the New World.

    Edition: First edition.

    Santa Fe, New Mexico: Rydal Press, 1946. dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive study of the Canyon of El Rito de Los Frijoles in Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, exploring the many cave dwellings and ruins left by early indigenous inhabitants, and telling the story of the lost cliff dwellers in a popular and readable style. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, map endpapers, source material, glossary. 89 pgs + Index.

    Condition: Very good in a only good dust jacket. (book is tight and clean but missing the plates from the rear pocket, dj has a large chip at the top of the spine, other edgewear, promotional wraparound band still present.)

    Book ID: 33534
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  • Hogan, Linda.
    RED CLAY.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    New York: Greenfield Review Press, 1991. First edition - A rather uncommon collection of poems by this prize-winning Chickasaw writer. ISBN: 0-912678-836.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 24129
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  • DECEPTION ON ALL ACCOUNTS. by Hoklotubbe, Sara Sue
    Hoklotubbe, Sara Sue
    DECEPTION ON ALL ACCOUNTS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2003). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, set against the backdrop of small-town Oklahoma and its Native Cherokee culture, this introduces Sadie Walela as it "shines a light on violence, corporate corruption, and prejudice in modern America." SIGNED on the title page. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-816523118.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77127
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  • CATCH THE WHISPER OF THE WIND: Inspirational Stories and Proverbs from Native Americans. by James, Cheewa
    James, Cheewa
    CATCH THE WHISPER OF THE WIND: Inspirational Stories and Proverbs from Native Americans.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc, (1995). Interviews with Native Americans across the United States and Canada - including Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, Lakota Sioux; U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne; stateswoman Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee; and prominent political leader Ada Deer, Menominee, and many others. Tie in to the television special "American Indian Circles of Wisdom," featuring Cheewa. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. xvi, 243 pp. ISBN: 1-558743693.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 80615
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  • THE SECRET OF DEAD MAN'S MINE: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery. by Johnson, Rodney.
    Johnson, Rodney.
    THE SECRET OF DEAD MAN'S MINE: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Los Angeles: Ugly Town, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery featuring 13 year old Rinnah Two Feathers, a sleuth-minded Lakota Sioux Indian in South Dakota who investigates a mysterious stranger poking around a long-abandoned house, SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated by Jill Thompson. 221 pp plus a recipe for fry bread. ISBN: 0-9663473-31.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 52021
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  • SANAPIA: Comanche Medicine Woman. by Jones, David E.
    Jones, David E.
    SANAPIA: Comanche Medicine Woman.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1984). An intimate portrait of the last surviving Comanche Eagle doctor based on field research for a 3 year period beginning in 1967. Jones was not only an intimate observer, he was adopted by Sanapia as her son. Among other things, he talks about her treatment of 'ghost sickness' and how she was able to adapt to 3 different religious systems - the Christianity of her father, the peyotism of her uncle and grandfather and the Plains Indians pattern of vision quests as represented by her mother, also an Eagle Doctor. Map frontispiece. Photographs. References, recommended reading. xvii, 107 pp. ISBN: 0-88133041.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80174
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  • Keegan, Marcia.
    PUEBLO GIRLS: Growing up in Two Worlds.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishers, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at two young girls, 10 and 8, and how they live in the modern world with basketball, cheerleading and all the other things girls do, and also in the traditional world of the San Ildefonso Pueblo. Their mother, the great grand-daughter of the famous potter Maria Martinez, is a potter - but also works as a computer technician at Los Alamos. Illustrated with full-color photographs. ISBN: 1-57416-0206.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) SIGNED by the author on the half title page.

    Book ID: 22111
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  • Kenny, Maurice.
    DANCING BACK STRONG THE NATION

    Edition: First printing.

    Marvin, SD: Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1979. First edition - Chapbook published by the Benedictine Missionaries at the Blue Cloud Abbey. Iintroduction by Paula Gunn Allen and illustrated by Mohawk artist and poet Rokwaho (Daniel Thompson.).

    Condition: Very good in stapled wrappers (rear cover served as mailing side, has ink scribbling on it.) Uncommon.

    Book ID: 25029
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  • King, Thomas.
    GREEN GRASS, RUNNING WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this Native American writer - dust jacket includes praise from Margaret Atwood and Tony Hillerman, among others.

    Condition: F/F.

    Book ID: 1987
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  • THE NAVAHO: Revised Edition. by Kluckhohn, Clyde and Dorothea Leighton.
    Kluckhohn, Clyde and Dorothea Leighton.
    THE NAVAHO: Revised Edition.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (1974). Revised edition of this classic work - a collaboration between an anthropologist and a medico-psychiatrist originally published in 1946. Revisions by Lucy H. Wales and Richard Kluckhohn; foreword by Lucy Wales Kluckhohn. Photographs, maps and diagrams. Index, bibliography. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-674606035.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (light reading crease.)

    Book ID: 55524
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  • ALWAYS A PEOPLE: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians. by Kohn, Rita and W. Lynwood Montell.
    Kohn, Rita and W. Lynwood Montell.
    ALWAYS A PEOPLE: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University Press. (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which sets out to honor twentieth century Woodland People, who form a "distinctive, related, cohesive Native American culture." Interviewees include Philip V. Alexis and Frank Bush, Potawatomie; Sharon Burkybile, Miami; Victoria Daugherty, Shawnee/Delaware; Keller George, Oneida; Patricia A. Hrabik, Chippewa, and many more. Oil portraits by Evelyn J. Ritter. Introduction by R. David Edmunds, project consultant and associate editor. Afterword by Michelle Mannering. Index. xix, 297 pp. ISBN: 0-253-332982.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Printed on heavy glossy stock.

    Book ID: 61349
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  • Kroeber, Karl, editor (Gerald Vizonor, Wendy Rose, Jarold Ramsey et al, contributors.)
    BOUNDARY 2: 1492 - 1992 American Indian Persistence and Resurgence. Volume 19, Number 3, Fall 1992.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    [Durham, NC:] Duke University Press, 1992. First edition - A special issue of this journal of literature and culture. Articles include William Overstreet on the Navaho Nightway, Douglas Parks and Raymond DeMallie on the Plains Indians Native Literature, etc. 246 pages. ISBN: 0-822314878.

    Condition: Near fine (appears unread, but some curling to edge of front cover.)

    Book ID: 21577
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  • RED INK: A Native American Student Publication Volume Three (3) Number Three (3), Spring 1995 by Lomayesva, Frederick; Adrienne King, Annetta Sapier and others.
    Lomayesva, Frederick; Adrienne King, Annetta Sapier and others.
    RED INK: A Native American Student Publication Volume Three (3) Number Three (3), Spring 1995

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona, American Indian Studies Program, 1995. First edition - Red Ink was a literary journal focused on the stories, art, poetry, and essays of Native American students, and which was published for 25 years, from 1990-2015. This issue includes articles on American Indian identity by Frederick Lomayesva, on films by Brent Michael Davids. Words of the Wind by Adrienne King, photo essay by Annetta Sapier, book reviews, notes on contributors and more. Large format. 46 pp.

    Condition: Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78455
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  • NIGHT SKY, MORNING STAR. by Lucero, Evelina Zuni.
    Lucero, Evelina Zuni.
    NIGHT SKY, MORNING STAR.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2000. First edition - From first time author Evelina Zuni Lucero, comes a story of dreams, denial, and lies, of Indian arts to the reality of prison life. Winner of the First Book Award. A title in the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas series. 228 pp. Cover art from a painting by R. C. Gorman. ISBN: 0-8165-20550.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (minor wear to the covers)

    Book ID: 59650
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  • MANKILLER: A Chief and Her People. by Mankiller, Wilma and Michael Wallis
    Mankiller, Wilma and Michael Wallis
    MANKILLER: A Chief and Her People.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An Autobiography By the Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation" Both the personal story of this leader and spokesperson of Native American. who was a 'child of the sixties' describing her political awakening, her involvement in the Indian rights movement, including the occupation of Alcatraz, and an account of the Cherokee culture and history, including the Trail of Tears. Photographs, chronology, bibliography, index. 292 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-098685.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (a bit of bleeding from the covers to the interior of the dj.)

    Book ID: 51210
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  • MANKILLER: A Chief and Her People. by Mankiller, Wilma and Michael Wallis
    Mankiller, Wilma and Michael Wallis
    MANKILLER: A Chief and Her People.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An Autobiography By the Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation" Both the personal story of this leader and spokesperson of Native American. who was a 'child of the sixties' describing her political awakening, her involvement in the Indian rights movement, including the occupation of Alcatraz, and an account of the Cherokee culture and history, including the Trail of Tears. Photographs, chronology, bibliography, index. 292 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-098685.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52571
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  • IN A BARREN LAND: American Indian Dispossession and Survival. by Marks, Paula Mitchell.
    Marks, Paula Mitchell.
    IN A BARREN LAND: American Indian Dispossession and Survival.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1998) dj. Hardcover - A complex and detailed history covering "nearly four centuries of conflict, beginning with the first European settlements in America and extending to the courtroom showdowns of the 1990s. . . there has been plenty of heartbreak along the way: devastating diseases; massacres; lies; broken treaties; loss of ancient hunting, fishing, and burial grounds to private development and federal control; and rampant poverty on many reservations." Photographs. Notes, selected bibliography, index. xxiv, 451 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-688141439.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (an unread copy but with a remainder line).

    Book ID: 73822
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  • IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. While the dust jacket refers to this book as controversial, I don't think the publisher realized how controversial it would be: as the result of lawsuits, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 628 pp. ISBN: 0-670-397024.

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    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (one corner bumped, some edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 65368
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  • IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. While the dust jacket refers to this book as controversial, I don't think the publisher realized how controversial it would be: as the result of lawsuits, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 628 pp. ISBN: 0-670-397024.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to front flap of dj.)

    Book ID: 48488
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  • IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Penguin, (1992.). A detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. When this book was first published in 1983, it was suppressed…

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    New York: Penguin, (1992.). A detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. When this book was first published in 1983, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Afterword by Martin Garbus in which he discusses the attempts to censor this book by filing libel suits. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 646 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0144560.

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    Condition: Near fine in in illustrated wrappers (spine slightly faded.)

    Book ID: 53811
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  • THE FT. LARNED INCIDENT. by Medawar, Mardi Oakley.
    Medawar, Mardi Oakley.
    THE FT. LARNED INCIDENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring the healer Tay-Bodal, set in 1868 following the signing of the Medicine Lodge Treaty. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-312-208782.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86839
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