L V Mcwhorter (27 results)

Condition: Very Good. None. 246 pages. Softcover. Full page black & white photograph of Mourning Dove to preliminary pages. Black & white illustrations throughout. Introduction by Chief Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 750797.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised and Expanded. Very good/none, used, 4th printing, illustrated stiff paper wraps, map, 328pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners lightly rubbed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. No major flaws, light bottom foredge soiling, internally clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1948 second printing. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. No dust jacket.; 328 pages.

sc. Condition: good, fon. 640 The legends and history of the Nez Perce Indians, with special emphasis on their war against the white man and flight to Canada in 1877.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Fine in mylar. 3rd printing. 640pp, octavo, HC with jacket, clean and tight boards, tight binding, clean throughout, jacket is clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. Tan cloth over boards, red and black text on cover and spine. Clean, square copy. Text unmarked. Previous owner's name and book plate on half-title page. 640 pages. Text block toned with age, but no foxing. tbrc/Native.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Thick and heavy octovo in stiff wrappers, tight and square binding, pages clean and unsullied, covers remarkably bright, having very light shelfwear for a heavy book, fifth (latest) printing of the first edition, else NFINE. Endpaper maps, fold-out map, many illustrations of indians and the white man. History of this tribe all the way back to pre contact and the missionaries. One of two foudational books written by McWhorter for those who study this NWestern tribe. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pp.: xxiv, 640. Titles to sp. & frt. wrp. Frontis. Illust. w. b/w period photo-plates, drawings & e.p. maps. Minor shelf-wear to wrps. crown end sp. sl. chipped, protected w/ transparent tape. Shelfwear. Interior leaves are clean and tight. The Nez Perce in history and legend. Includes footnotes, appendicies, bibliography and legend. Copy appears to be unread.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. A must-read book for anyone wanting to learn about late 19th century Indian Wars, Native American culture and its disastrous contact with Euro-Americans, and the prowess and bravery of Warriors in battle. Focused mostly on the Nez Perce war of 1877. Expertly written with historical sourcing, including Nez Perce sources. Considered a companion to the author's previous work, "Yellow Wolf." In beautiful condition, Light orange colored boards w/red titling in a red and black rectangle on front and spine very clean, extremely light wear; Strong binding; Very clean text w/many old photo plates, a map, and a large photo of Chief Joseph. DJ has minor edge wear, now in mylar cover. Professional book seller with storefront since 1975. All orders carefully packaged and promptly shipped.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xxiv+640 pp., frontis., photos, map endpapers, index, dj, vg+ Tweney#47. Remains the classic account.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First English Edition. 1948 second printing. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges.; 328 pages.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tiny, brown stain on back board. Very small, white stain on bottom edge of back board. Dark gray stain on bottom page block. Each page block has light markings. Otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth boards in mylar protected illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations and map including fold out. Bibliography and index. 640 pp. Lower two corners bumped. Dust jacket lightly worn with a few small chips otherwise VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st printing. 324pp. Illustrated with vintage photos. Appendices. Glossary. Endpaper maps (Nez Perce Campaign 1877). This copy with the ownership hand- printed name of the former owner, Tom Sanger, who was a park ranger at Mount Rainier & (as hand-printed in this book) at Ginko State Park, Vantage Washington. Very scarce in the 1st edition. This copy missing the half-title leaf after the ffep. Worn at edges & corners, but without the cloth wearing through. No dj.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good DJ. First edition. First editiin, very good + hardcover shows trace of soil at page edges and hint of rubbing at edges, previous ownership sticker at top corner of front pastedown, couple of small tape blemishes at top of front endpaper, name at top of dedication page, browning from laid in clipping to couple of pages and some other very light trace wear, in good price-clipped dust jacket that shows rubbing, edgewear that includes closed tears and open chipping mainly at area of spine ends and with heavy scotch tape mending applied at both front and reverse of jacket. 640 pages with bibliography, index, illustrations, foldout and end paper maps. Remains an attractive copy of this Native American history that tells the story of the legendary Nez Perce tribe and centers mainly around the Nex Perce War of 1877. Very nice.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 328 48 Illus., Map.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Maps and illustrations. Edited by Ruth Bordin. Thick octavo. xxiv, 640pp. Light dampstain on bottom corners, small stamp on rear pastedown, spine slightly cocked, about very good in a good only dust jacket with chips on edges and tears on the rear panel. This is the companion volume to *Yellow Wolf*, the story of the Nez Perce tribe focusing mostly on the Nez Perce War of 1877.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 328, Map, Index Revised edition.

Condition: Gut. 8°, XXIV, 640 Seiten, Originalleinen mit farbig illustr. Originalumschlag - leicht gebräunt sonst guter Zustand - 1983. b91879 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 328.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Printing. 328pp.incl.index; HB brick w/gilt; slight rub w/library stamps half-tiltle verso,bk.endpaper,&pg.237; pocket & due-slip,bk.endpaper; clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/blk.&orange-photocover; rubbed w/spine sunned; chips&tears. "When Yellow Wolf, as one of the few surviving participants of the Nez Perce War, decided to narrate the hithrto unrevealed story of Indian strategy and policy in that conflict, his friend, scribe, and commentator in this task was Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, then resident near the Nez Perces' autumnal camping grounds." b/w photos. …

Condition: VG/G. Very good/Good Hardcover, full cloth over boards, 640 pages. Clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust jacket protected in new mylar wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Silver print photograph glued on white cork board further glued to thick black board. Photo 7 5/8" x about 9 ½" of "TW-WAH-Y 6 MO Old / COPYRIGHT BY L. V. MC WHORTER." From the internet is the following: L. V. McWhorter (Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 1860-1944), a renowned historian and advocate for Native American rights, and Tw-wah-y, a six-month-old Yakama infant featured in his 1913 book The Crime Against the Yakimas. McWhorter and Tw-Wah-Y . Tw-Wah-Y: Also referred to as Christianized "Flora", Tw-wah-y was a six-month-old Yakama child photographed in a traditional cradleboard. McWhorter included a famous photograph of her in his writings to document and humanize the Native American families impacted by federal policies, such as the Wapato irrigation canal issues. . L. V. McWhorter: An Ohio-born rancher who moved to Washington State in 1903 and integrated deeply with the Yakama Nation. He became an adopted member of the tribe, a fierce mediator with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and an essential historian who preserved Indigenous stories in works like Yellow Wolf: His Own Story. Except for a tiny cut on the top edge, the photo is in fine condition. Frankly, I don't know when this print was made and if by McWhorter. What I can tell you is that it is superb.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Small 8vo. Pp. [4], 5 - 228. With notes by L. V. McWhorter and a foreword by Chief Standing Bear. Frontis. photo portrait. Line drawings throughout by Heister Dean Guie. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in pebble-grain black leather, spine with rules and lettering in gilt. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine; top edge a bit dust-soiled. Of a de luxe edition limited to 25 signed copies, this is hand-numbered copy 19. Mourning Dove has signed as Humishuma; the book is also signed by Heister Dean Guie. In addition, a laid in slip is inscribed "Yours Truly / Chief Luther Standing Bear" A scarce edition, this copy enhanced by an inscription from Guie to Click Relander: "To Click Relander with best regards [signed] Heister Dean Guie / 4-23-47".Clifford Curtis "Click" Relander (1908-1969) was the city editor at the Yakima Daily Republic. Outside of journalism, he took a strong interest in the history of Central Washington tribes, especially the Wanapum and the Yakama. His book Drummers and Dreamers remains a foundational text. Heister Dean Guie (illustrator). Signed.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1963 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 572 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 572 Volume 656 (1963) - 690 (1964).…