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Mathews, John Joseph. Wah'kon-Tah The Osage and the White Man's Road. Univ. of OK Press, 1932.
Price: US$149.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Very Rare inscribed by and signed by author (on flyleaf) copy. Front hinge broken but not loose. Illustrated endpapers with map of Osage Agency (Pawhuska Oklahoma) .Wear to cover edges and spine top and bottom. Color somewhat faded. "John Joseph Mathews (November 16, 1894 June 16, 1979) (Osage) became one of the Osage Nation's most important spokespeople and writers, and served on the Osage Tribal Council during the 1930s., Wahkontah was author's first book. Matthews was posthumously inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of fame in 1996. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition. We pack well, provide tracking, and ship daily or next business day!; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: ABookLegacy, Mike and Carol Smith, N. Ft. Myers, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good minus condition hardcover copy of the first edition, 1932. Orange covers show some reading/handling wear and the dustjacket, now in mylar, has edge wear and one small piece missing at top back side and one at bottom back side. SIGNED by the author with a warm inscription to "W.S." who is Walter Stanley Campbell, Stanley Vestal.
Seller: Young & Sons Enterprises, Apache, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine with no dust jacket. The orange cloth is just a touch sunned on the spine, and has a few minor spots of soiling. Owner's bookplate at top left corner of front pastedown. Includes hand-drawn map endpapers and other illustrations by May Todd Aaron; 359 pages. The Osage author's first book, and scarce signed in the original edition.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.