Miner, W.H. (William Harvey Miner)

The American Indians North of Mexico [First edition]

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1917. First edition. Octavo, original cloth boards, gilt title and Cambridge crest spine, b&w frontis plate of Chippewa Chief, map (Linguistic Families of American Indians), bibliography, index, pp xi, 169, chipping to upper spine otherwise near-fine condition. Scarce as first.

William Harvey Miner (1877 - 1934) was a seller of rare books, an author, a member of the American Anthropological Association, and an acknowledged authority on the American Indian. His book is an overview of the lives and customs of a range of Native nations including a chapter on 'Indian Mythology'. Item #103330

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