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	AMBLER, J RICHARD, WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARC GAEDE The Anasazi - prehistoric people of the Four Corners region Museum of Northern Arizona 1983 PB Reprint. The archaeology of the South Western United States - a general overview, profusely illustrated. Large stapled booklet, some creases to the cover, good. 50pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7400 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BEMISTER, MARGARET Thirty Indian Legends of Canada Douglas& McIntyre Vancouver 1973 PB Gathered from original sources and first published in 1912 VG 153pp GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: BYB4241 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BORLAND, HANS When the Legends Die Penguin London 1965 PB A moving story highlighting the gulf between old ways and new for the Ute. The story of an Indian boy who becomes a rodeo rider. Good - reading crease, marked on cover, but internally VG. 238pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1184 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BURLAND, COTTIE North American Indian Mythology Paul Hamlyn London 1st 1965 HB Fully illustrated. VG in chipped , price clipped DJ 97pp GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: BYB4652 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CARRIGHAR, SALLY Moonlight at Midday Penguin London 1961 PB Inuit life in the '50s. A little creased and yellowed, generally VG 331pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1034 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CLEAVER, NANCY How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes Scholastic-Tab Ontario 1975 PB Illustrated by Laszlo Gal - a charming origin story. Unpaginated. Stapled book, good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7900 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	DOWNIE, MARY ALICE The Witch of the North - folk tales of French Canada Oberon Canada 1975 HB Witches, devils and the loup-garou, traditional tales (in English), illustrated with collages by Elizabeth Cleaver. Illustrative laminated cover a little marked and worn, name to half title page, o/w VG, no DJ. 55pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB7676 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	FENTON, WILLIAM N ED Parker on the Iroquois Syracuse University Press New York 1971 HB Three classic monographs - Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet; The Constitution of the Five Nations. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Cover just a little worn, grubby marks to edge of page block, generally VG in edge-worn and marked but generally sound DJ. 158pp GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: BYB7804 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	FIELD, EDWARD Songs and Stories of the Netsilik Eskimos Education Development Center Cambridge, Mass. 1970 PB Vivid tales, based on texts collected by Knud Rasmussen on the 5th Thule Expedition, 1921-24. Illustrated in Inuit style, in b/w. Stapled booklet, cover a little sunned, generally VG 64pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7627 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	HEINZE, TED W Historical Stories of the Amana Colonies PB Undated - 1980's? A booklet telling of communal living in seven villages in the Iowa Valley - a German Lutheran community. Illustrated with old photographs. Stapled booklet, good 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6660 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	IRWIN, LOUIS TWO RAVENS AND LIEBERT, ROBERT Two Ravens - the Life and Teachings of a Spiritual Warrior Destiny Books Rochester 1996 HB The autobiography of a Native American counselor, from alcoholism, through the AIM at Wounded Knee, to the spiritual path of the Sun Dance. Ex-lib, in hard laminated illustrative library binding, missing ffep o/w good, clean, tight and sound. 164pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB8208 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	IRWIN, HADLEY We Are Mesquakie, We Are One Sheba Feminist Publishers London 1984 PB A fictional account of the Mesquakie people VG 115pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4244 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	JONES, HERBERT G. The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery The Bond Wheelwright Co. Freeport 1st 1953 HB Folklore and anecdote in Southern Maine. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ 228pp GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: BYB1671 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MCKEOWN, MARTHA FERGUSON Come To Our Salmon Feast Binfords & Mort Portland 1st 1959 HB A pictorial study of the salmon feast of the Wy-am Indians of Celilo Falls on the Columbia river in the 1950s - vivid b/w photographs of fishing, feasting and dancing, that show the vital part salmon played in Indian life, before dams on the river destroyed it. Illustrative cover with minimal wear, photographic end-papers, name to title verso, generally VG in the tattered remnant of a DJ, carefully rebuilt. 78pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB7802 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	RUNK, REED Long Guns and Tomahawks - stories of Eastern Native Americans N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2005 PB A second compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. 52pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7845 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	RUNK, REED Stories and Articles of Eastern Native Americans N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2003 PB A compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. 52pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7846 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	SICHEL, MARION South America - national costume reference B T Batsford London 1st 1986 B National and regional costumes, current and historical. Fully illustrated, in b/w and some colour. VG in VG DJ, price-clipped. 64pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB7339 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	SMYLY, JOHN AND CAROLYN Those Born at Koona Hancock House Saanichton 1973 HB A detailed study of totem poles in British Columbia. Signed by both authors. VG, page edges a little yellowed, in creased, edge-worn, neatly mended, generally sound DJ 119pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB6330 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	VAILLANT, G. C. Aztecs of Mexico Pelican London 1978 PB Classic study of the Aztec civilization Cover a little marked and creased, generally VG 363pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2908 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.

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	AMBLER, J RICHARD, WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARC GAEDE The Anasazi - prehistoric people of the Four Corners region Museum of Northern Arizona 1983 PB Reprint. The archaeology of the South Western United States - a general overview, profusely illustrated. Large stapled booklet, some creases to the cover, good. 50pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7400 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BEMISTER, MARGARET Thirty Indian Legends of Canada Douglas& McIntyre Vancouver 1973 PB Gathered from original sources and first published in 1912 VG 153pp GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: BYB4241 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BORLAND, HANS When the Legends Die Penguin London 1965 PB A moving story highlighting the gulf between old ways and new for the Ute. The story of an Indian boy who becomes a rodeo rider. Good - reading crease, marked on cover, but internally VG. 238pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1184 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BURLAND, COTTIE North American Indian Mythology Paul Hamlyn London 1st 1965 HB Fully illustrated. VG in chipped , price clipped DJ 97pp GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: BYB4652 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CARRIGHAR, SALLY Moonlight at Midday Penguin London 1961 PB Inuit life in the '50s. A little creased and yellowed, generally VG 331pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1034 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CLEAVER, NANCY How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes Scholastic-Tab Ontario 1975 PB Illustrated by Laszlo Gal - a charming origin story. Unpaginated. Stapled book, good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7900 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	DOWNIE, MARY ALICE The Witch of the North - folk tales of French Canada Oberon Canada 1975 HB Witches, devils and the loup-garou, traditional tales (in English), illustrated with collages by Elizabeth Cleaver. Illustrative laminated cover a little marked and worn, name to half title page, o/w VG, no DJ. 55pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB7676 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	FENTON, WILLIAM N ED Parker on the Iroquois Syracuse University Press New York 1971 HB Three classic monographs - Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet; The Constitution of the Five Nations. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Cover just a little worn, grubby marks to edge of page block, generally VG in edge-worn and marked but generally sound DJ. 158pp GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: BYB7804 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	FIELD, EDWARD Songs and Stories of the Netsilik Eskimos Education Development Center Cambridge, Mass. 1970 PB Vivid tales, based on texts collected by Knud Rasmussen on the 5th Thule Expedition, 1921-24. Illustrated in Inuit style, in b/w. Stapled booklet, cover a little sunned, generally VG 64pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7627 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	HEINZE, TED W Historical Stories of the Amana Colonies PB Undated - 1980's? A booklet telling of communal living in seven villages in the Iowa Valley - a German Lutheran community. Illustrated with old photographs. Stapled booklet, good 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6660 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	IRWIN, LOUIS TWO RAVENS AND LIEBERT, ROBERT Two Ravens - the Life and Teachings of a Spiritual Warrior Destiny Books Rochester 1996 HB The autobiography of a Native American counselor, from alcoholism, through the AIM at Wounded Knee, to the spiritual path of the Sun Dance. Ex-lib, in hard laminated illustrative library binding, missing ffep o/w good, clean, tight and sound. 164pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB8208 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	IRWIN, HADLEY We Are Mesquakie, We Are One Sheba Feminist Publishers London 1984 PB A fictional account of the Mesquakie people VG 115pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4244 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	JONES, HERBERT G. The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery The Bond Wheelwright Co. Freeport 1st 1953 HB Folklore and anecdote in Southern Maine. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ 228pp GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: BYB1671 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MCKEOWN, MARTHA FERGUSON Come To Our Salmon Feast Binfords & Mort Portland 1st 1959 HB A pictorial study of the salmon feast of the Wy-am Indians of Celilo Falls on the Columbia river in the 1950s - vivid b/w photographs of fishing, feasting and dancing, that show the vital part salmon played in Indian life, before dams on the river destroyed it. Illustrative cover with minimal wear, photographic end-papers, name to title verso, generally VG in the tattered remnant of a DJ, carefully rebuilt. 78pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB7802 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	RUNK, REED Long Guns and Tomahawks - stories of Eastern Native Americans N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2005 PB A second compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. 52pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7845 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	RUNK, REED Stories and Articles of Eastern Native Americans N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2003 PB A compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. 52pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7846 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	SICHEL, MARION South America - national costume reference B T Batsford London 1st 1986 B National and regional costumes, current and historical. Fully illustrated, in b/w and some colour. VG in VG DJ, price-clipped. 64pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB7339 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	SMYLY, JOHN AND CAROLYN Those Born at Koona Hancock House Saanichton 1973 HB A detailed study of totem poles in British Columbia. Signed by both authors. VG, page edges a little yellowed, in creased, edge-worn, neatly mended, generally sound DJ 119pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB6330 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	VAILLANT, G. C. Aztecs of Mexico Pelican London 1978 PB Classic study of the Aztec civilization Cover a little marked and creased, generally VG 363pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2908 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.