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NY: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing of the 1991 revised edition. Remainder mark otherwise fine in a fine dustjacket.

DJ and boards show light shelf wear with short tears and light chipping, DJ spine lightly faded. Price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 645 pages; A legal case kept this book from being released for 8 years. "On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges, and one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book. Kept off the shelves for eight years because of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought legal cases in publishing history, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse reveals the Lakota tribe's long struggle with the U.S. government, and makes clear why the traditional Indian concept of the earth is so important at a time when increasing populations are destroying the precious resources of our world." Leonard Peltier remains in prison after all these years.

NY: THE VIKING PRESS. FIRST PRINTING OF THE 1991 EDITION, FULL NUMBER LINE. CLEAN COPY. . VG. Hardcover. 1991.

A Good Reading Copy - Book is in Very Good condition. First Thus Issue - 1991 Reissue of the Suprressed 1983 edition First Edition but Third printing Boards have a light amount of shelf wear/rub, a bit bumped. Fore edges have a moderate amount of reading wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very good condition. Tiny bit of chip and crinkle along the edges. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

645 pg. Sewn binding. paper over boards. Front flap is price-clipped. Book is straight with strong binding and clean text. Dust jacket shows light wear at corners and edges. First Edition. First Print 1991.

New York: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. 1st Thus; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0670836176 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear with short tears and light chipping, DJ spine lightly faded. Price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 645 pages; A legal case kept this book from being released for 8 years. "On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges, and one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book. Kept off the shelves for eight years because of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought legal cases in publishing history, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse reveals the Lakota tribe’s long struggle with the U.S. government, and makes clear why the traditional Indian concept of the earth is so important at a time when increasing populations are destroying the precious resources of our world." Leonard Peltier remains in prison after all these years. .

Book is straight with strong binding and clean text. Dust jacket shows light wear to corners and edges. First Edition. First Print 1991.

First Edition. First thus-Republication of 1983 book with epilogue added Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Unmarked, bright and clean with square and tight binding. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.

New York. 1991. Viking Press. 1st Printing of This New Edition With A New Epilogue By The Author. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0670836176. 645 pages. hardcover. keywords: American Indian Politics . FROM THE PUBLISHER - On a hot June morning in 1975, a fatal shoot-out took place between FBI agents and American Indians on a remote property near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges for the deaths of two federal agents killed that day. Leonard Peltier, the only one to be convicted, is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance. In this controversial book, Peter Matthiessen brilliantly explicates the larger issues behind the shoot-out, including the Lakota Indians' historical struggle with the U.S. government, from Red Cloud's war and Little Big Horn in the nineteenth century to the shameful discrimination that led to the new Indian wars of 1970s. inventory #15404 ISBN: 0670836176.

645 pages, maps. Account of the battle of Pine Ridge (near wounded knee) where the FBI and American Indians had a shoot-out leaving two agents killed and four Indians indicted on murder charges.

New York: Viking, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. with revisions, and the afterword by Martin Garbus..

Large, thicker, heavy book, black cloth spine, dark rose boards, a long scratch at top front next to initials, bright orange lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 643 pages. DJ glossy with beautiful color photo of sunrise over black hills on front, spine and back, praise on back from Carolyn See in New York Times Book Review, Dee Brown, Chicago Sun-Times and others. An important book of modern-day Indian nations. Very Fine DJ/Very Good book.

Viking Penguin, N. Y., 1991. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Fine, clean, crisp first edition thus; this is the 1991 reissue of the suppressed 1983 edition. This edition has a new, long epilogue by Peter Matthiessen and an afterward by Martin Garbus. Fresh russet boards, black cloth spine with copper metallic titles, red endpapers, two-page map, appears unread, the wrap-around photographic dust jacket. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges to apply for international shipping

Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Stated first edition & first printing of this edition with an afterword by Martin Garbus, book first published in 1983. Light wear to edges; interior clean and fresh.

Unexpurgated 1st issue. Cloth & boards. Notes. Index. 628pp. Maps. Upper cover corners bumped with small exposure of board at top corner. Good+ thus in dj.

New epilogue from Matthiessen and an afterword from attorney Martin Garbus regarding the legal battle to end the banning of this book. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. Remainder mark to bottom of page.

Octavo. Brown boards thirdbound in a black cloth backstrip with shiny copper foil lettering on the spine. Book has a nearly unnoticable bump at the front corner of the tail of the spine. Brown endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 645 pages. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the front corner of the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of a couple of the outside corners - jacket otherwise all clean, bright, and sharp. Heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A lovely copy of one of Matthiessen's best works.

First edition, first printing with full number line. A near fine copy in a very good DJ with some fading to the spine, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #4

A Good Reading Copy-Book is in Very Good condition. First Thus Issue-1991 Reissue of the Suprressed 1983 edition First Edition but Third printing Boards have a light amount of shelf wear/rub, a bit bumped. Fore edges have a moderate amount of reading wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very good condition. Tiny bit of chip and crinkle along the edges. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

Book is straight with strong binding and clean text. Dust jacket shows light wear to corners and edges. First Edition. First Print 1991.

New York. 1991. Viking Press. 1st Printing of This New Edition With A New Epilogue By The Author. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670836176. 645 pages. hardcover. keywords: American Indian Politics. FROM THE PUBLISHER-On a hot June morning in 1975, a fatal shoot-out took place between FBI agents and American Indians on a remote property near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges for the deaths of two federal agents killed that day. Leonard Peltier, the only one to be convicted, is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance. In this controversial book, Peter Matthiessen brilliantly explicates the larger issues behind the shoot-out, including the Lakota Indians' historical struggle with the U.S. government, from Red Cloud's war and Little Big Horn in the nineteenth century to the shameful discrimination that led to the new Indian wars of 1970s. inventory #15404.

Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Stated first edition & first printing of this edition with an afterword by Martin Garbus, book first published in 1983. Light wear to edges; interior clean and fresh.

Text/NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF; under mylar. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Documentary of the 1975 shoot-out between Native-Americans & the FBI on the Pine Ridge Reservation, near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which took the lives of 2 FBI agents. First published 1983, due to legal challenges, the book was suspended until 1991. This edition carries an Epilogue recounting the legal issues & an Afterword from Martin Garbus. Author, novelist & environmental activist Peter Matthiessen (1927 - ), twice recipient of the Nat'l Book Award & long interested in Native American issues, finds faults in the court conclusions. Excerpts of this detailed study of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier (1944 -) of Lakota & Dakota lineage, first appeared in the New York Times. 625 pgs, 20 chapters in 3 Books.

New York: Viking, 1991. Remainder. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. with revisions and the afterword of Martin Garbus..

First printing flat-signed by Russell Means on the dedication page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Minor wear to bottom of front panel. A few isolated areas of sunning are noted. Very light soiling and wear to text block edges. Text is unmarked. The dust jacket shows sunning to spine, a narrow 1" abrasion to rear panel and some chipping to flap corners, in a mylar cover. 645pp.

First edition thus of the 1991 re-issue. Signed on the title page.

Fine, clean, crisp first edition thus; this is the 1991 reissue of the suppressed 1983 edition. This edition has a new, long epilogue by Peter Matthiessen and an afterward by Martin Garbus. Fresh russet boards, black cloth spine with copper metallic titles, red endpapers, two-page map, appears unread, the wrap-around photographic dust jacket protected in a new, clear Brodart cover.

Size: 6x2x9; First printing flat-signed by Russell Means on the dedication page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Minor wear to bottom of front panel. A few isolated areas of sunning are noted. Very light soiling and wear to text block edges. Text is unmarked. The dust jacket shows sunning to spine, a narrow 1" abrasion to rear panel and some chipping to flap corners, in a mylar cover. 645pp.

New York: Viking. 1991. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0670836176 . Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Author's "Acclaimed controversial account of the deadly conflict that occurred between the FBI and Native American activists at Wounded Knee in 1975. This edition was withdrawn by the publisher because of a court case arising from the arrest of Native American Leonard Peltier. "; 9.40 X 6.60 X 2.20 inches; 645 pages .

New York: Viking. 1991. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0670836176 . Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing on text block edges. ; 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches; 645 pages .

Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Author's "Acclaimed controversial account of the deadly conflict that occurred between the FBI and Native American activists at Wounded Knee in 1975. This edition was withdrawn by the publisher because of a court case arising from the arrest of Native American Leonard Peltier. "; 9.40 X 6.60 X 2.20 inches; 645 pages.

Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing on text block edges. ; 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches; 645 pages.

the 1991 version with an afterword by martin garbus. and new epilogue by peter matthiessen. worth reading to learn about the court case.

New epilogue from Matthiessen and an afterword from attorney Martin Garbus regarding the legal battle to end the banning of this book. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. Book has name written on fffep and 2 corners are worn on boards and binding on spine is uneven.

Fine Book & Jacket, no flaws, Signed 1st print in protective cover

New York: Viking. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670836176 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Light spotting at top text block edge. ; 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches; 688 pages .

Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Light spotting at top text block edge. ; 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches; 688 pages.

New York: Viking. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670836176 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light spotting on text block edges. first issue,; 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches; 645 pages .

Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light spotting on text block edges. first issue,; 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches; 645 pages.