Native American American Indians Apache (2 results)

12mo. 5.5 x 6.5 in. 39, [1] pp. Illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Apache woman seated w/ beaded garment, next to woven baskets, beaded purse on back cover (minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor closed tears), still G copy, w/ advertising circular laid-in for the Apache Beadwork Loom [2 pp.], slight age toning, still NF. First edition of this uncommon sales catalogue on Apache Indian beadwork, with instructions on how to use Isaac Allen's Apache Beadwork loom in decorating tassels, card cases, purses, chatelaines, wrist bags, and more with beadwork. These were not only marketed through mail order, but the beads, looms, and instruction catalogues such as these, and even finished products, were also available to visitors at Indian Trading Posts in the New Mexico, Arizona, & Oklahoma Apache and Navajo reservations.…

First Edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece from a painting of Geronimo and thirteen other illustrations on eight plates, from period photographs. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, the spine with original pastedown lettering label. [xv], [297] pp. A very fine copy, unusually bright and clean, no fading to the red cloth, which is unusual. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN LITERARY OEUVRE. APACHE AGENT brings together three major Western Americana subjects: the Apache Wars, Geronimo, and the legendary frontier town of Tombstone during the days of Wyatt Earp. An important and unusually personal chronicle of the American frontier, written by the son of one of its most remarkable participants. John P. Clum was Indian agent to the Apaches, played a significant role in the capture of Geronimo, founded the Tombstone Epitaph, and served as mayor of Tombstone during the celebrated confrontation between the Earps and the Clantons. Drawing upon his father's extraordinary experiences, Woodworth Clum presents a vivid account of the Apache Wars and the turbulent society of the Old West, with firsthand connections to Geronimo, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and many other legendary figures. It's been said that this is the best book ever written on the Apaches.…