CRAWFORD, ISABEL

KIOWA: STORY OF A BLANKET INDIAN MISSION

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company. 1915, Apparent First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photos. Native American, Red cloth hardcover with white and black titles and decorations. 242 pages illustrated with several B&W photos. Crawford's lively account of a Baptist Missionary enterprise to the Kiowa "Blanket" Indians. Lots of good humor here, as well as insights into white-native relationships and attitudes. Photos are generally of Native American subjects, including one darn cute baby associated with a funny tale. A very pretty bright-red cover with nice contrasting decoration. Very slight edgewear, a couple of tiny spots on top board, name in pencil on front free endpaper, very clean overall. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

-- The Prints and The Paper

Book number: 1215

Catalogue: American Indian Studies

Keywords: Native American, Decorated Cover, American Indian, Missionary, Baptist, Kiowa B&W Photos

CRAWFORD, ISABEL.

Kiowa. The history of a blanket Indian mission

New Yor, Chicago [et al.], Fleming H. Revell Co., [1915]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-242; frontispiece and 12 plates; near fine in original pictorial red ribbed cloth stamped in black and white, and with no flaking of the white. Crawford (1865-1961) spent nearly 11 years in the service of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.

-- Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB

Book number: 28912

Keywords: Americana Native Americans Indians Missionaries Missions

CRAWFORD, ISABEL

Kiowa. The history of a blanket Indian mission

New York, Chicago, Toronto, Fleming H. Revell Co., n.d., [ca. 1921]. 8vo, pp. [3]-242; frontispiece and 12 plates; near fine copy in a slightly chipped dust jacket announcing this as the fourth edition.

-- Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB

Book number: 33834

Keywords: Native Americans Americana American Literature

CRAWFORD, ISABEL

Willowmeads

London: Shaw, nd. Hardcover. Hbk in d/w; presentation sticker dated 1935; Vg-/G++; book has a little foxing, mainly to blocked pp edges; attractive 'Schoolgirl' d/w has closed tear and a bit of edgewear;.

-- Peakirk Books

Book number: 46489

Catalogue: To Be Sorted

Keywords: Girls School Stories

GRAVIN, JOHN W., CHOSEN BY. FOREWORD BY LORNE PIERCE. (JEAN BLEWETT, ARTHUR BOURINOT, ISABELLA VALANCY CRAWFORD, R.E. GUY, KATHERINE HALE, FRANCES HARRISON, WILSON MACDONALD, ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY, TOM MACINNES, JOSEPH EASTON MCDOUGALL, ET AL.)

Cap and Bells: An Anthology of Light Verse By Canadian Poets.

Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1936, first edition.. 105 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover (red cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold title block and image on front board) - no dust jacket. Colourful patterned endpapers. A collection of Canadian poetry, gathered under the headings: We Have With Us; Fan cies About This and That; Frontier and Country; Mainly Historical Research; Tours and Detours. With Foreword and Biographical Index. Previous owner's name on one preliminary page, light browning to pages, corner crease on page 21/22, light c i g a r e t te odor, light browning to edges of textlock, light fading to top/bottom of book and spine, small bump to bottom corner of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Good+.

-- Capricorn Books

Book number: 20684

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Marjorie Pickthall, Canadian Poets, E.J. Pratt, Charles G.D. Roberts, Lloyd Roberts, Robert Service, Arthur Stringer, Anne Sutherland, Ethelwyn Wetherald, Francis Cecil Whitehouse, Constance Davies Woodrow, Robert James Campbell Stead, Virna Sheard,