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Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims.
by Hopkins, Sarah Winnemucca
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, corners lightly bumped, bookplate removal to rear pastedown, otherwise near fine.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Boston.: Cupples, Upham and Co., 1883. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt spine title.. Very good, corners lightly bumped, bookplate removal to rear pastedown, otherwise near fine.. 19x12.5 cm.. Paher 888. “Extensive information about pre-white northern Paiute culture, the types of foods, marriage and other social practices, as well as political leadership. The author championed her people; her book was among the first by an Indian who had grown up in primitive life. The first edition is very scarce." ...Paher. weight: 0.9 lb. Edited by Mrs. Horace Mann
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356373
- Title
- Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims.
- Author
- Hopkins, Sarah Winnemucca
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s green cloth, gilt spine title.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, corners lightly bumped, bookplate removal to rear pastedown, otherwise near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cupples, Upham and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston.
- Date Published
- 1883
- Pages
- 268 pp.
- Size
- 19x12.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American;
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About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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