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A CRY FROM THE EARTH: Music of North American Indians.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Four Winds Press, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Although written for older children (Four Winds Press is a division of Scholastic Books) this is a fascinating and interesting book for everyone, as the differences between Indian music and Western music is carefully explained - as well as the differences among different groups of Indians.. Includes many songs from different Native American groups as well as sources, suggestions for futher listening and reading, and an index. Illustrated with many photographs. Oblong format, 113 pages.
Condition: Fine in a very good+ dustjacket (some tiny chips to the edges of the dj.)
Book ID: 13013More details Price: $30.00 -
KINAALADA: A Study of the Navaho Girl's Puberty Ceremony.
Edition: First printing.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1967.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first complete, detailed account of the Navaho girls' puberty ritual, one of the most commonly performed but least examined elements of the Blessing Way complex,. Includes the Navoho text and translations and sheet music of 75 of the songs sung at the ritual. Based on the author's own experiences, and published accounts and on notes by other students. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, charts. Appendices, bibliography, index. xiii, [ 437 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust+ jacket (some minor edgewear to the dj, chip at bottom of dj spine.)
Book ID: 43067More details Price: $40.00 -
WEST OF THE THIRTIES: Discoveries Among the Navajo and Hopi.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - "From 1933 to 1937, the great American anthropologist Edward T. Hall lived and worked on reservations in the Southwest, a frontier where four cultures - Navajo, Hopi, Hispanic, and Anglo - clashed. Re-creating that stark and haunting landscape, Hall pieces together a firsthand account of two proud worlds - the frugal, Pueblo-dwelling Hopi with their isolated villages high on the mesa tops and their deeply felt religious faith and the Navajos, whose rhythm and ceremonious forms of respect Hall learned as he worked with them." Maps and photographs. Selected Readings. Index. xxx, 187 pp plus final double page map. ISBN: 0-385424213.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79586More details Price: $17.50 -
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: 55516More details Price: $15.00 -
SKINWALKERS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper & Row, (1986.). First edition - Hillerman's eighth novel and the first mystery featuring both Joe L e a p h o r n and Jim C h e e , as they investigate a m u r d e r with its roots in t h e d a r k w o r l d o f N a v a j o w i t c h c r a f t . Winner of the AnthonyAward for best mystery. 216 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (signs of having been read).
Book ID: 59299More details Price: $20.00 -
THE TONY HILLERMAN COMPANION: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first "authoritative guide to Hillerman's art and the world it portrays.' Contents include a chronology; a book by book guide to Hillerman's detective fiction by Jon L. Breen; an extensive interview with Hillerman by Breen, a chapter on the Navajo Nation by George Hardeen; a guide to Native American clans in his fiction and a concordance of his characters by Elizabeth Gaines and Diane Hammer; and selections of nonfiction & fiction. 375pp plus 8 pages of photographs from his family's own collection. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-060170344.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 32325More details Price: $18.00 -
THE BLESSING WAY.
Edition: First thus.
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Sidewinder Publishing, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a new introduction, "Natural Born Storyteller" by Ernie Bulow. Chapter headings and full page drawings by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin. Hillerman's first mystery, introducing Joe Leaphorn, originally published in 1970. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-0914001126.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78127More details Price: $45.00 -
MOLDED IN THE IMAGE OF CHANGING WOMAN: Navajo Views on Human Body and Personhood.
Edition: First printing.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1997. Hardcover first edition - A study of several areas of Navajo philosophy, including ideas surrounding conception and birth, how children become Navajo, puberty rites, and symbolic aspects of the body. Illustrated. Includes 3 poems by Wesley Thomas, Pauline Escudero Shafer, and Luci Tapahonso. Glossary, notes, bibliography, index. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-16022.
Condition: Fine in gold cloth, issued without a dustjacket (as new.)
Book ID: 26447More details Price: $25.00 -
BLOOD AND THUNDER: An Epic of the American West.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and sturdy in a good dj.
Book ID: 84491More details Price: $17.50 -
BLACKENING SONG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery novel introducing FBI agent, Ella Clah, who has returned to the reservation when her father is ritually murdered, and her brother, a tribal medicine man is the prime suspect. This series explores the conflicts between the traditional and modernist ways of life among the Navajo. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Walk in beauty." 380 pp. ISBN: 0-312-856520.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (appears unread, but binding is beginning to crack at title page - otherwise as new) . Rather uncommon in the hardcover first edition and especially so signed.
Book ID: 74573More details Price: $50.00