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252. -. Same title, second edition. Boulder: Johnson Publishing (1967). This edition has a larger format, completely reset type, and the addition of a short poem by the author, a list of characters, and a short glossary. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fair dust jacket with several small chips and tears and a detached front flap.
253. EASTMAN, Charles A. Indian Boyhood. NY: McClure, Phillips (1902). The first book by this important writer of Santee Sioux descent, an autobiographical account of his first 15 years. Pictorial label to front cover, and illustrated throughout. Previous owner's bookplate and address label on pastedown; shadow star on flyleaf; spine-sunned; near fine, without dust jacket.
254. -. Another copy. Previous owner's name. Slight discoloration to spine and rear board; illustration facing page 148 detached and laid in; a very good copy.
255. EASTMAN, Charles A. Red Hunters and the Animal People. NY: Harper & Bros., 1904. A collection of stories that relate to animals. Eastman (Ohiyesa), was one of the first Indians to receive a white man's education, attending, first, mission schools near the Santee reservation and, later, Beloit College in Wisconsin, Knox College in Illinois, Dartmouth College, where he took premed courses, and Boston University, where he received an M.D. degree. He went back to the reservation to practice as a physician and later wrote extensively, traveled giving lectures, and became a prominent public figure, holding national posts in the YMCA and Boy Scouts, and serving as Indian Inspector for the Coolidge Administration. His books are landmarks in the history of American Indian literature, as they were literate, early efforts at making Native American culture and tribal life accessible to a reading audience. Most of his titles, including this one, went into additional printings soon after their original publication. Ownership inscription front flyleaf; short tear to cloth at crown; about near fine, lacking the dust jacket.
Memoir, in Dust Jacket, Signed with TNS
256. EASTMAN, Charles. From the Deep Woods to Civilization. Boston: Little Brown, 1916. Subtitled "Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian," and the sequel to his earlier memoir, Indian Boyhood. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Signed by the author. Together with a typed note signed, written to Frederic Voelker in 1911 and stating that he, Eastman, is "writing a history of the Sioux nation, including the life of Red Cloud and all other leading chiefs, and as I want to use as far as possible exclusive information, I am unable to furnish you with the data you ask." Folded for mailing, and bearing the evidence on verso of having once been adhered to a jacket or envelope; still near fine. Eastman was educated at the Santee Normal School and later at Dartmouth College and Boston University, from which he received his medical degree in 1889. He returned to Sioux territory just in time for the Ghost Dance movement which culminated in the Wounded Knee massacre. Eastman was the first physician on the field after the massacre, tending to survivors, an event that affected him deeply and is covered in this book. Near fine but for the lower front board showing evidence of dampening; in a very good jacket with two upper edge chips and beginning to split at the fold, but oddly without corresponding dampstaining. An important Native autobiography, very uncommon signed and in dust jacket.
257. -. Another copy. Near fine in a dust jacket that is chipped at crown, affecting two letters, and at heel, affecting the publisher's name. Still, uncommon in any dust jacket.
258. -. Another copy. Previous owner's marginal pencil markings in the text, and a gift inscription on the front endpaper. Rear hinge cracked. Overall, very good.
259. EDMO, Ed. These Few Words of Mine. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1985. Poetry by a writer of Shoshone-Bannock descent. Inscribed by the author to Native American poet and novelist, James Welch with "thanks for your writing, smile & support of my writing." Price sticker rear cover; slight spine sunning; very near fine in stapled wrappers. A nice inscription and a nice association copy.
260. (EDMO, Ed). Northwest Native American Writers. (Portland): (Northwest Native American Writers Association) (n.d.). c. 1990. Poetry by Gloria Bird, Ed Edmo, Ed Edmo Sr., Dian Millon, Phillip Minthorn, R.A. Swanson, Vincent Wannassay and Elizabeth Woody. Inscribed by Ed Edmo. Faint spine sunning; still fine in stapled wrappers.
261. ENDREZZE-DANIELSON, Anita. The North People. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1983. Poetry by a writer of Yaqui descent. Issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly Vol. 29, No. 3. Mailing address of Joseph Bruchac; fine in stapled wrappers.
Scarce First Book
262. ERDRICH, Louise. Imagination. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill, 1982. Erdrich's first book, a workbook in the Reading Reinforcement Skilltext Series, aimed at teaching reading skills and vocabulary to students with 2nd- or 3rd-grade reading levels. The workbook uses short stories that illustrate the meanings of words and introduce vocabulary to be mastered; Erdrich is credited as the author of these stories. This is the Teacher's Annotated Edition, and as such includes pages and annotations not found in the Pupil's Edition. Fine in stapled wrappers.
263. ERDRICH, Louise. Jacklight. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1984). Her first book of poetry, which was only issued in wrappers. According to a letter she wrote shortly after publication, the book was declined by 19 publishers before Holt Rinehart Winston decided to give it a chance, together with her first novel, Love Medicine. Rubbed at the folds; near fine.
264. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to another Native American poet in 1985. With the recipient's handmade bookplate. Rubbed at the spine folds; near fine in wrappers. A good literary association.
265. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac] in 1988, "...memories of a lovely afternoon." Greenfield Review stamp on half-title; underlining to one poem; and a few small ink annotations to the table of contents; near fine in wrappers. Again, a significant literary association.
266. -. Another copy. This is a second printing, and is inscribed by the author on Christmas in 1988 to the President of Dartmouth College and his family. Erdrich was one of the first group of women to be admitted to Dartmouth, and later she taught writing there for a number of years. A nice association copy. Fine.
267. ERDRICH, Louise. Love Medicine. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1984). Her first novel, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the L.A. Times Award for Best Novel of the Year. Critical acclaim for this novel was instantaneous and unanimous, and it was reprinted several times quickly. Love Medicine was the first in an ongoing sequence of novels, each of which has been well-received, and each has had a larger first printing than the last: Erdrich has come to be one of the most commercially successful literary authors writing in America today. As with the best Native American writing, Erdrich's writing is infused with a rich sense of myth derived from American Indian traditions, even as it uses the Western forms of poetry and the novel to contain and shape the images. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
268. -. Another copy. Very slight foxing to page edges; very near fine in a fine dust jacket.
269. -. Another copy. Edge-sunning to boards; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of edge creasing and a mild dampstain visible on verso.
270. -. Same title. A review copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket with review slip and solicitation laid in.
271. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac], "luck and love." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A newspaper clipping (Valley News, March 5, 1984) about Erdrich is laid in.
272. -. Same title. A later printing of the trade edition. Warmly inscribed by the author to the President of Dartmouth College in 1988. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket with the National Book Critics Circle Award sticker on the front panel. A photograph of Erdrich and the recipient is laid in.
273. -. Another copy. Third printing. Inscribed by the author to another Native American poet in 1985. Recipient's handmade bookplate on flyleaf and notes in text. Near fine, with clipped portions of the dust jacket affixed to the boards.
274. ERDRICH, Louise. The Beet Queen. NY: Henry Holt (1986). Her second novel, after Love Medicine. The success of her first book prompted the publisher to print this novel with a first printing of 35,000 copies. The continued critical and commercial success Erdrich enjoyed with this novel has led to her books being bestsellers upon publication since then. This copy is fine in a fine dust jacket with a paperclip imprint on the front panel. Laid in is autograph postcard signed from December 1990. The postcard is homemade, with a photograph by Erdrich of one of her children. She writes thanking the recipient for the books he sent her and commenting on his own novel, which she is at that point reading. Fine. A nice association.
275. -. Same title. Second printing. Inscribed by the author to the President of Dartmouth College, with a drawing of a beet. Photograph of the author at a podium giving a commencement speech at Dartmouth laid in. A little sunning to the cloth at the crown; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
276. -. Same title. The advance reading copy. Because of the success of her first novel, this title was aggressively promoted, and an advance reading copy was rushed to press as a promotional giveaway for the American Booksellers Association's annual convention. The author was still in the process of making the last revisions to the novel, so the text of this advance copy varies from that of the final published book. Signed by both Erdrich and Michael Dorris, her husband: both writers credited the other with virtually co-writing their novels. Slight spine fading, else fine in wrappers.
277. ERDRICH, Louise. The Lefavor Girls. Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1986. A broadside of a poem that first appeared in Jacklight. Originally issued as a Christmas/Hannukah gift from Black Oak Books, in Berkeley, California. 8" x 16". Fine.
278. ERDRICH, Louise. Tracks. NY: Henry Holt (1988). The advance reading copy of the third book published in her sequence that began with Love Medicine and continued with The Beet Queen. This is the "prequel" to those books, set in the same locale, but at an earlier time. Signed by both Erdrich and Dorris. Fine in wrappers.
279. -. Same title, the trade edition. Warmly inscribed by the author: "Dear _____/ Ahead of you, the good road -- / wishes/ for/ Love in your daily life -- / Satisfaction in your work./ What more does a good man need?/ Always/ Louise." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
280. ERDRICH, Louise and DORRIS, Michael. Route 2. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1991. Her first limited edition, a travel essay co-written with Dorris, her husband. Illustrated with drawings by Erdrich. Of a total edition of 301 copies, this is one of 275 numbered copies signed by both authors. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
281. ERDRICH, Louise. Z. (n.p.): (Viking) (1991). An eight-page pamphlet printing Erdrich's essay as an advance excerpt of the book The Movie That Changed My Life. In a sometime humorous and self-deprecating essay, Erdrich chronicles her awakening political awareness as a result of the Costa Gavras film about a Greek leftist leader who is assassinated by a secret death squad. Erdrich's novels, while consistently praised for their lyrical and luminous writing, also reflect an understanding of the hard edge of social and political oppression that has afflicted her Native American characters, and their forebears, through the years. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers.
282. ERDRICH, Louise. The Bingo Palace. (NY): HarperCollins (1994). The fourth novel in the series that began with Love Medicine. Inscribed by the author to the President of Dartmouth College and his wife, "luck and love," with a star. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a photograph of Erdrich laid in. A nice association, as Erdrich both attended Dartmouth as a student and worked there as a writer-in-residence for a time.
283. -. Another copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with an autograph note signed laid in, conveying a drawing from one of Erdrich's daughters (also laid in) in thanks for the Christmas present the recipient had sent. A nice association.
284. -. Another copy, this being a review copy sent to The Washington Post, with publicity material laid in. Inscribed by the author: "____/ will there ever be anything more to say?/ Louise." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
285. -. Same title. Northridge: Lord John, 1994. The limited edition. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by the author. Clothbound; fine in a fine slipcase.
286. -. Same title, the deluxe edition. One of 26 lettered copies, bound in quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards, and signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. This is the letter "U."
287. ERDRICH, Louise. The Blue Jay's Dance. (NY): HarperCollins (1995). The second printing of her first major work of nonfiction, a chronicle of pregnancy and birth and the consequent writing and lack of writing. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a "Compliments of the Author" card and a photograph of Erdrich laid in.
288. ERDRICH, Louise. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. (NY): HarperCollins (2001). A novel that was a finalist for the National Book Award, by the author of Love Medicine, among others. Signed by the author. Lower corners tapped; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
289. (ERDRICH, Louise). "Brenda Silver" in Mentors. Hanover: Dartmouth, 1991. A collection of tributes by Dartmouth alumni to the teachers who most affected them. Erdrich writes about Brenda Silver. Included among the other essays are one about Michael Dorris and one partly about Norman Maclean written by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss). This is the issue in slipcase. One light corner tap; else fine in like dust jacket and slipcase. The slipcased edition is much scarcer than the regular edition.
290. (ERDRICH, Louise and DORRIS, Michael). CHAVKIN, Allan and Nancy Feyl, eds. Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi (1994). A collection of interviews from various sources, plus two that had not appeared in print previously. A number of these interviews touch on the subject of the two writers' collaborations, including their joint work on The Broken Cord, Dorris' award-winning account of their adopted child's struggle with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Inscribed by Erdrich. This is the hardcover issue; there was also a simultaneous paperback. Fine in a very near fine, faintly sunned dust jacket.
291. (Film). How the Silent Enemy Was Made. (n.p.): (n.p.) [1930]. A souvenir program that looks behind the scenes of the H.P. Carver silent docu-drama about the Objiway Indians' struggle against hunger. The Silent Enemy was a film done in the tradition of the enormously popular Nanook of the North, intending to convey the lives of a culture and people far removed from the movie-going public. Chief Yellow Robe of the Ojibwe, who plays "Chetoga," a tribal leader, in the movie, gave a short introduction to the film, which is printed in this program and he also contributes an autobiography to this program -- an uncommon publication of a Native American chief's writings. Other contents include the description of the location shooting and the animal sequences, numerous photographs from the production, short biographies of the film crew, a list of the cast, and acknowledgements of a number of Indians who helped in the production, which was often quite difficult. Mild foxing and creasing; very good in stapled wrappers. A scarce ephemeral document of a significant film in Native American history.
292. FLAHERTY, Doug. Man Inside the Bear Skin. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1982. Issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3. Poems derived from specific American Indian songs and legends, with an index identifying the sources and a three page introduction by the author explaining his use of Native American themes and tales. Mailing address of Joseph Bruchac; fine in stapled wrappers.
293. FORD, Clellan S. Smoke from Their Fires. The Life of a Kwakiutl Chief. (n.p.): Archon Press, 1968. Reprint of a 1941 book originally published by the Yale University Press. Though authored by a non-Native anthropologist, the book is written in the first person, in the words of Charley Nowell, the chief of the title. A hint of spine-sunning, else fine, lacking the dust jacket. Two color plates in text.
294. FOSTER, George E. Literature of the Cherokees. Ithaca: Phoenix Publishing House, 1889. A small volume on the development of Cherokee literature, which also includes a bibliography of works on the Cherokees and a recounting of their creation myth. A number of resolutions of the Cherokee National Committee and Council are included in the text, credited to John Ross, Elias Boudinott, and others. The author also wrote a book on Sequoyah. Publishing house name partially inked out on title page; rebound; near fine.