[Rarebooks] Ethnographica under $100

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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*  Cooke, Sarah E. & Rachel B. Ramadhyani. "INDIANS AND A CHANGIN
FRONTIERr. THE ART OF GEORGE WINTER". Indianapolis; Indiana Historical
Society: 1993. First edition. George Winter painted the Miami and
Potawatomi tribes in Indiana in 1839-1839, just before they were removed
from their homelands and sent West. He also painted landscapes and
portraits of pioneers in his home of Logansport, Indiana, and the
neighboring country, as well as the many rivers in the area.   Hardcover.
9"x12", 269 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj; a fine copy in a fine
jacket. [01141] $50.00



*  Ray, Dorothy J. "ESKIMO ART. TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN NORTH ALASKA".
Seattle; University of Washington Press:1977. A well illustrated study of
North Alaskan native arts from the first contact with Europeans to the
present day.  Hardcover.  9"x11", 298 pages, 307 b&w illustrations, dj.
[28550] $85.00


*  Sawyer, Alan R. "ANCIENT PERUVIAN CERAMICS. THE NATHAN CUMMINGS
COLLECTION". Greenwich; New York Graphic Society for the Metropolitan
Museum of Art:1966. A noted collection of fine Peruvian ceramics,
catalogued by an expert who helped to build the collection. The text is
augmented with fine b&w photographs of the pots and line drawings
detailing the design motifs.  Hardcover.   8.5"x11", 144 pages, b&w and
line illustrations. [16625] $75.00


*  Thomas, Davis & Karin Ronnefeldt (eds.). "PEOPLE OF THE FIRST MAN. LIFE
AMONG THE PLAINS INDIANS IN THEIR FINAL DAYS OF GLORY..." New York;
Promontory Press: 1982. "The firsthand account of Prince Maximilian's
Expedition up the Missouri River, 1833-34". Maximilian's monumental
narrative, reprinted here with new notes, is considered one of the classic
early 19th century travelogues of life along the Missouri through
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, and Montana. Artist Karl Bodmer
accompanied the expedition, and his watercolors are reproduced here.
Hardcover. 10.5"x12", 256 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations,
dj; a near fine copy in a lightly soiled jacket. [02350] $75.00


*  Wannyn, Robert L. "L'ART ANCIEN DE METAL AU BAS-CONGO". Belgium;
Editions du Vieux Planquesaule:1961. Metalwork from the Congo region in
brass, bronze and iron, of both native and foreign inspiration, including
crucifixes, swords, bracelets, bells and rings. Some of the work, (for
instance, some crucifixes) were imported to the Congo from Europe, but
much of the rest of the material is of native manufacture.   7"x10", 96
pages plus 39 b&w plates, softcover; old address label on the cover.
[20942] $65.00


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