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 Robert F. Mazrim 247 pp. with tables, figures, index, bibliography, and excellent color photos. p/b.

Modern archaeology began investigating the sites of French forts and associated Native American villages in Illinois during the 1930's, but the excavation of French domestic sites is a more recent development. To date, fewer than a dozen eighteenth century French homesites have been explored in Illinois, making that era one of the rarest in the archaeological record of the region. That sample, however is also one of the largest in the Midcontinent, reflecting the importance of the French heritage of Illinois.

This new book is divided into four parts. The volume begins with an overview of the French settlement of Illinois, an examination of the villages where sites have been investigated, and also new research into the origins of the French community of Peoria. The second part of the volume includes an in-depth examination of traditional French ceramics, and an illustrated overview of the material culture affiliated with the sites of French households. Part three presents detailed excavation reports and artifact analyses from recently investigated sites at the villages of Cahokia, Peoria, and Prairie du Rocher. Finally, Part four revisits older excavations and collections, for reference and comparative discussion. The result is an exhaustive resource for those interested in the archaeology of colonial North America.

$40.00

Kevin Gladysz 184 pp. with over 800 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, glossary, end notes and index. p/b on coated paper.

Finally, a comprehensive and accurate guide to the trade guns of New France. Brings together archaeology, shipping manifests, government correspondence, probate records, historical illustrations and surviving longarms, the author will forever change the way you think about these fascinating weapons. Includes guns supplied to Indian allies, fur traders, local militias and European settlers. More than 800 illustrations show you exactly what to look for, with countless close-up photos of all the essential details. Click on book to read reviews.

$38.00

Edited by Carl Masthay. 757pp. with index. h/b.

For about 300 years a major overwhelmingly dense document in an Algonquian language now identified as "Kaskaskia Illinois" remained unworked on and thus unpublished so as to be usable. Masthay has now edited the entire work for easy readability and provided translations for all the obscure words or phrases. The large index to the work provides access to all the words to the original dictionary.

Use of a dictionary for an extinct Central Algonquian language in itself would be restricted to Amerindian scholars and linguists, but it represents a view, almost like a traveler back 300 years in time, of cultural patterns, some quite surprising for an Indian group that was brought over to Christian  values by Jesuits. Dogs were made to wear deer hoofs(pg 498); jokesters pulled seats away( pg 280); slaves carried feathered sticks (pg 572); a "horse" cant go through the eye of a needle(pg 67, 485); and many others. About 80 superstitions are specified, about 32 biblical allusions are incorporated, and there are words for natural items-plants, birds, beasts, and insects.

With 278 pages of Kaskaskia Illinois and 431 pages of index enfolded by an attractive colorful cover showing an artistic Missouri scene and two insects ("Kaskaskia"="katydid"), this book can be used by Algonquianists, French-dialect students, historians, reenactors, scholars, and librarians, especially those of the Midwestern area of the United States as a resource for reference.

$30.00

Joe Houseright. Published and printed by the author. 33 pp. with bibliography.p/b. Bound with linen thread.

On a spring day in 1719 a French military officer stepped from a boat to the shore at the colonial village of Kaskaskia. He was Pierre Dugue Sier de Boisbriant, the first commandant of the Illinois Country. He arrived with a company of soldiers detached from the Marine department,government officials, employees of the Company of the Indies, and miners. They were the beginnings of an official investment by the Company of the Indies and the nation of France in the newly formed district of the Illinois in the Louisiana Colony. Boisbriant was to find a site and build a fort, establish the government according to his instructions, and encourage the finding of precious metals. The construction of the fort attracted settlers to the area and by 1724 a village had grown up next to it. This book is about this village, Nouvelle Chartres.

$10.00

Edward B. Jelks, Carl J. Ekberg, and Terrance J. Martin.  136 pp.  with illustrations, tables, bibliography, and index. p/b

Excavations at the Laurens Site:Probable location of Fort de Chartres I is the fifth in Illinois Archaeogoly series published by the Preservation Services Division of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The Laurens site lies near the southern end of the extensive French Colonial District,which includes a number of early French Colonial and historic Indian sites in southwestern Illinois. This study is part of the Historic Preservation Agency's continuing research and management of those French Colonial historic resources. This excellent book published in 1989, is currently out of print,but we were fortunate enough to find a box of these in storage. These books are new, and quite probably the last we will find.   Supply limited.

These books were recently found in storage and are NEW 1st editions. They ARE NOT the OCR reprints being offered elsewhere which have no illustrations, and my have typo's or missing text.

$44.50

Bonnie L. Gums. 283 pp. with illustrations, tables, appendix, and references. p/b.

Archaeology at French Colonial Cahokia is the third number in the Studies in Illinois Archaeology series, which is published by the Preservation Services Division of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The former French village of Cahokia lies at the northern end of the extensive French Colonial District, which includes the Jarrot Mansion, the Church of the Holy Family, the Cahokia Courthouse, Fort de Chartres, Fort Kaskaskia, and the Pierre Menard Home. This study is part of the continuing research and maintenance of those resources.

These books were recently found in storage and are NEW 1st editions. They ARE NOT the OCR reprints being offered elsewhere which have no illustrations, and may have typos or missing text.

$35.00

John A. Walthall and Elizabeth D. Benchley.  99 pp. with figures, tables,  appendix  and references.p/b.

The River L’Abbe Mission is the second number in the studies in Illinois Archeology series, which is published by the Preservation Services Division of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.  They  are especially proud of this study because it takes the history of the Cahokia site, and Monks Mounds into the period following European contact.

These books were recently found in storage and are NEW 1st editions. They ARE NOT the OCR reprints being offered elsewhere which have no illustrations, and may have typos or missing text.

$20.00

Edited by John A. Waltall.  290 pp. with figures, tables, and bibliography. h/b.

This wide-ranging book is the first to offer, in one volume, detailed results of many of the investigations of French colonial sites in the mid-continent during the last decade. It includes work done at Fort St. Louis, Fort de Chartres, Fort Massac, French Peoria, Cahokia, Prairie du Pont, Prairie du Rocher, and other locations controlled by the French during a time when their dominance in North America was more than twice that of Britain and Spain combined.

$44.00

History As They Lived It: A Social History Of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois.

Margaret Kimball Brown.  348pp. with illustrations, maps, appendix, tables, and references. p/b

Once every two or three decades a book is published casting new light on almost forgotten towns of the middle Mississippi Valley. Natalia Belting's Kaskaskia Under The French Regime is one. Carl Ekberg's towering Colonial Ste. Genevieve is another. Now, Margaret Kimball Brown takes us back to 1722, the founding of Prairie Du Rocher, and brings us forward to the twenty-first century. Wedding the skills of a trained and careful historian to a delightful brand of journalism, she presents this fascinating study of a lively little community.

$23.00

J. H. Schlarman, PH.D.   569  pp. with illustrations, notes, and index. p/b.

From Quebec to New Orleans, - that is a long way; at any rate, the water route, as followed by the early explorers and missionaries, was long, at least 2500 miles.  This route was blazed, first from the north, along the St. Lawrence and across the Great Lakes, down to Kaskaskia, and then, after finding the mouth of the Mississippi from the sea, northward, to Fort de Chartres, thus overlapping the Canadian end of it by eighteen miles.With 36 chapters this book truly tells the story of Fort de Chartres from the beginning of  French exploration to the end of British occupation.  Some of the chapters include, Pioneer Days in New France, Joliet and Marquette, Kaskaskia on the upper Illinois, John Law A Nation Speculating, Fort De Chartres, Mining Attempts in the Illinois Country-Phillipe Renault, The Chickasaw Wars and British Attempts to Reach Fort De Chartres Blocked by Pontiac.

$40.00

Natalia Maree Belting. 140 pp. with illustrations, bibliography, references, index and appendix. p/b.

Kaskaskia Under the French Regime focuses on the social and economic history of French Kaskaskia from 1703 to 1765. In a readable, journalistic style, Natalia Belting brings to life the prairie terrain, the Kaskaskia mission, early architecture, building methods and materials, the beginnings of government, everyday life, domestic tools and utensils, commerce, and the social customs of the pioneer.

Belting draws on and translates from 18th century French the Kaskaskia Manuscripts, in which French notaries recorded parish marriage contracts, property transactions (including slave sales), and estate inventories. She also examines the papers of the Marquis de Vaudreuil, among them the most complete census ever done in French Illinois, which provides a household-by-household enumeration of the population.

First published in 1948, this book  has been, and still is a must read for anyone interested in French Colonial Illinois or someone researching their family history. This new edition features seven illustrations and a new forward from historian Carl J. Ekberg.

$18.75

Carl J. Ekberg. 359 pp. with appendix, notes, index, maps, plans and illustrations. p/b.                                                                                      

Winner of the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize for the Best Book on Louisiana History, French Roots in the Illinois Country creates an entirely new picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity.  Focusing on the French Creole communities along the Mississippi River, Carl J. Ekberg shows how land use practices such as medieval-style open-field agriculture intersected with economic and social issues ranging from the flour trade between Illinois and New Orleans to the significance  of the different mentalities of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans.

This study is not about the voyageurs and the fur trade, as important as those topics are. St. Charles and Peoria, for example, whose economies were based almost entirely on the fur trade, are not dealt with. Rather the author has focused on the habitants, their families,and their slaves-how these groups settled the land, worked the fields, and marketed their agricultural products.

The mighty river that today separates Illinois from Missouri was in colonial times a geographical feature that united rather than divided, and the French Creole communities on the two sides of the Mississippi were bonded by the river, as well as by shared blood, language, religion and customs.

$25.75

Margaret K. Brown. 38 pp. with bibliography, appendix, maps, figures, and tables. p/b.                                                                                          

Margaret K, Brown’s work is well known to historian and laymen, and this work is like her others, well researched and well written.  Drawing largely from the French documents and records, known as the Kaskaskia documents, she tells us the story of the French voyageur, not just the romantic tales we usually think of but the nuts and bolts of the lives of the working men who moved people and freight from one end of New France to the other.  She draws us a picture of their world using the contracts, debts, and inventories that they left behind.  

$9.00

Edited by Margaret Kimball Brown and H. Randolph Williams. 132 pp. with figures, foot notes, and bibliographies. p/b.

Le Journal, the newsletter of the Center for French Colonial Studies has been published since 1983 and focuses on the French Colonial experience in North America. This book is a compilation of the articles published in Le Journal. Each section of the book is summarized briefly,  and a short resume of the author precedes each article.

$15.00

Frederic L. Billon.  507 pp. with illustrations, appendix, and index. p/b.

First published in 1886 this book describes the settlement, and establishment of government and legal system, and contains several transcripts of early court cases.  a variety of other material includes the flood of 1784, some biographical sketches, the Missouri Trading Company, the Mascou Indians, documents relating to the transfer of the Louisiana Territory, items in the archives of St. Louis, and some of the first Americans in St. Louis.

The appendix contains "brief notices of some of the most prominent of the early families of St. Louis; particularly of those whose names have been continued, through male descendants, to the present time." The index includes subjects and names, followed by an alphabetical list of subscribers. Illustrations include portraits and old buildings.

$39.00

Edited by Andrew Gallup. 99 pp. with index, bibliography, notes, and maps. p/b.

These journals, published over seventy-five years ago in The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications, 1920, have not been readily accessible to the public until this publication. Additions to this new edition include an introduction, annotations, maps and an index of names, places and events.The  maps show the locations of French forts in western Pennsylvania, and the routes Celeron followed from Montreal to Lake Chautauqua, and Lake Chautauqua to Pickawillany. Anyone interested in North American cultural history will appreciate the importance of this book. Also included is a letter from La Galissoniere acting governor-general 1749, expressing his assessment of the long term potential of the Illinois Country.

$14.75

 Alan Hoffman 628 pp. with bibliography, index, and foldout map. h/b.

Auguste Levasseur's Lafayette in America is a journal of General Lafayette's 1824-1825 Farewell Tour of all 24 United States. In this book, originally published in French in 1829, Lafayette's private secretary describes how the 67-year-old hero of the American Revolution and apostle of liberty in Europe was welcomed in an adoring frenzy by the American people. With its panoramic view of the young country-its burgeoning cities and towns, its technological innovations like the Erie Canal, and its industrious people- this book captures America on the cusp of its jubilee year.  How fortunate we are that Levasseur kept this journal and that Alan R. Hoffman found and translated it. This is the only unabridged English translation.

$32.00

Carl J. Ekberg. 538 pp. with illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, and index. p/b.

Colonial Ste. Genevieve provides an excellent view of 18th century life in Ste. Genevieve, in particular and in French North America in general. The story of Ste. Genevieve gives a view into the changing life in the Mississippi Valley as French gave way to Spanish colonialism and American ways took over, first at the governmental level and, gradually socially as the population changed from being primarily French settlements in the area, such as Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and St. Louis.

$17.00

Carl J. Ekberg, Grady Kilman, and Pierre Lebeau. 67 pp. with copies of original documents, sources, appendix and transcription and translation of Code Noir de la Louisane, 1724. p/b.

This excellent book discusses the Code Noir, or Black Code written by the pens of the French jurists who served as Jean Baptiste Colberts legal team. Colbert was Louis XIV's most influential minister of domestic affairs and supervised the codification of French laws. As the Preamble states, the purpose of the Code was "to maintain the discipline of the Catholic Church and to order things concerning the position and status of slaves." This study examines how the Code Noir influenced French and Black Slave relationships in French Colonial Illinois.

$15.00

Translated and edited by Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams. 195 pp. with illustrations, bibliography, and index. p/b.

These three journals of d'Iberville's explorations of the Gulf Coast and the lower Mississippi Valley from 1679 to 1702 are here presented in English for the first time. Feats of adventure, bravery, and hardship are vividly portrayed in a firm and factual style. In the process, d'Iberville presented a careful description of the terrain as well as of local Indian customs. This work should be in all libraries.

$20.50

Translated and edited by Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams. 282 pp. with illustrations, bibliography, appendixes, and index. p/b.

Andre Penicaut, a carpenter, sailed with Iberville to the French province of Louisiana in 1699 and did not return to France until 1721. The book he began in the province and finished upon his return to France is an eyewitness account of the first years of the French colony, which stretched along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas and in the Mississippi Valley from the Balize to the Illinois Country. When first published, Fleur de Lys and Calumet was a major stimulus to scholarship in the field. This new edition will be welcomed by a new generation of scholars and readers interested in the colonial history of the Deep South and the Mississippi Valley.

$35.50

Justin Winsor. 484pp. with full name and subject index, maps, and illustrations. p/b.

A narrative history describing the conflict surrounding the colonization and the taming of the several million square mile area along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. This work is sure to be a hit with anyone interested in learning more about America's greatest river, the land surrounding her and the rivalry to gain control of her waterways in order to dominate trade and transport. Topics include, but are not limited to: Iberville's Expedition 1697-1700, Crozat and Trade 1710-1719, the Mississippi Bubble 1714-1720, the Barriers of Louisiana, Charlevoix and his observations, Along the Appalachians, the Rivalries of France, England and Spain, the Search for the Sea of the West, War and Truce 1741-1748, the Portals of the Ohio Valley 1740-1749, and much more. Originally published in 1895.

$37.50

Daniel H. Thomas, Introduction by Gregory A. Waselkov. 90 pp. with notes and illustrations. p/b.

Situated at the head of the Alabama River system  Fort Toulouse was built in 1717 to keep the local Indians neutral, if not loyal to the French and to contain the British.  It was a military as well as a diplomatic post.  To the French Fort Toulouse was simply, but emphatically, "the key to the country." The English called it the "mischievous French garrison Alebamah." And the Creek Indians knew it as "Franca Choka Chula, or the old French trading house." How a small, isolated, poorly supplied outpost played such a significant and varied role in the history of colonial France has been wonderfully explored in this book.

$21.50

"Jolicoeur" Charles Bonin. Edited by Andrew Gallup. 240 pp. with maps, appendix, bibliography, and index. p/b.

This memoir is unique. It is not only a first-person account of the French and Indian War,a scarce commodity,  but also the work of a common soldier, rarer still.  "Jolicoeur" Charles Bonin left France on a great adventure arriving in the New World in time to participate in the final struggle for the continent between France and England.  He provides a personal view of the natural environment, Native Americans, Canadian and American culture, and the politics that molded this period of history.  Bonin was part of the surrender of George Washington at Fort Necessity, the defeat of Braddock, and the siege of Fort Levis, the final barrier before Montreal and the conquest of French Canada.  He made and lost a fortune during these times, and his story reads as if the reader were sharing wine with the old veteran in a Paris cafe.

$26.00

Andrew Gallup and Donald F. Schaffer 284 pp. with illustrations, appendices  and index. p/b.

This work brings together information from primary and secondary sources concerning the equipment, daily life, and military service of the French colonial soldier in Canada during the French and Indian War. Unlike other European soldiers , the French Marine became part of the country in which he served. In many cases he became as Canadian as those native born. Topics include: history, material culture, a marine's life, marine music, cannoneers-bombardiers, watercraft, and French fortifacations in Canada, along with several appendices that cover such items as:the organization of a marine company in Canada, marine pay, a list of marine officers, calber of French artillary and small arms, and Native Americans allied with the French.

$27.00

A. G. Bradley. 391 pp. with fold-out map inserts, maps, plans, illustrations, and index. p/b.

Beginning with the Treaty of Aix-la-Champelle, and the conditions and characteristics of the British-American colonies in Canada in 1750, this book gives a background for the French designs against British expansion, and describes the various clashes between the two European powers in America, which include the fight at Great Meadows, Braddock's Expedition, and Johnson's futile campaign on Lake George, that lead to the formal declaration of war between France and England in May 1756.

Facsimile reprint of original published in 1908.

$33.00

The Bolduc House is located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and is the most outstanding example of the restoration of French colonial building in the world.

A study of  Louis Bolduc, born in Quebec and who died in Ste. Genevieve, and constructed the existing Bolduc House now restored.  Consists of Louis Bolduc travels and tribulations, marriage and genealogy of the settlers and owners of the Bolduc House. A fascinating study for general readers and scholars alike.

$17.00

George Rogers Clark. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 190 pp. with footnotes and index. p/b.

 Written by George Rogers Clark, this firsthand account describes the Illinois country as it existed in the 1770's. Clark explains how British occupation affected Kentucky settlers,and exhibits Clarks enormous diplomatic skills in convincing the French settlers and Indians along the rivers of Illinois that they were better off under the jurisdiction of the Americans rather than the British. First published in 1920, and long out of print, the Milo Quaife edition of Clark's, The Conquest of Illinois reprinted here is much better than the original for the modern reader. First, Quaife provides an index, he standardized Clark's eccentric spelling, and Quaife's footnotes often include biographical sketches of the people in the book. This is a must read, firsthand account of 18th century Illinois.

$21.50

C. Alice Baker. 412 pp. with index, appendixes, and illustrations. p/b.

This volume recounts in detail the Indian attacks at Wells and York, New Hampshire; and Hatfield, Maine; Haverhill, and Deerfield, Massachusetts.  It focuses on a few of the participants with extensive genealogical and biographical data.

Originally published in 1896.

$37.00

 Nehemiah Matson, 270 pp. with footnotes and new forward by Rodney O. Davis. p/b.

Nehemiah Matson (1816-1873) was both an observer and participant in frontier Illinois.  Matson's historical writings are valuable even when he deals with well-known events because his personal perspective makes his observations unique.  Without the stories and reminiscences he collected, much valuable information would have been lost, especially since many of his informants, both Indian and European, were illiterate.

Reprint of edition originally published in 1874.

$23.00

William M. Darlington. 294 pp. with index, maps and notes. p/b.

First hand account of Christopher Gist, between 1750 and 1753.  Gist was the agent of the Ohio Company of Virginia, exploring the greater portion of the region now included withing the states of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, and parts of western Maryland and southwestern Pennsylvania.  These were the earliest made so far west for the single object of examining the country and they are the first of which a regular journal was kept.

Remarkable journals contain descriptions of lands, friendly and hostile Indians, Indian customs, French settlements and forts, English settlements, and interesting events that occurred on the trail. An indispensable resource for colonial history scholars and for living historians interested in pre-Revolutionary  War America. Facsimile reprint of original published in1893.

$27.00

Hayes Baker-Crothers Ph.D. 190 pp. with full name index, subject index and bibliography. p/b.

Professor Hayes baker-Crothers examines the role of the Virginia Colony at the outbreak of war and analyzes Virginia's contributions to the hard-won English victory, hampered for years by the legislative incompetence, military inactivity, and self-interest inherent in the British  colonial system. Special attention is paid by the author to the following; the crippling defeat of Braddock's expedition, the appointment by Parliament of Earl of Loudon to commander-in-chief of North American forces, the political turmoil and military blundering surrounding that appointment, the imposition of more strict military discipline at the request of George Washington, the dynamic leadership of Virginia Governor Francis Fauquier and British  secretary of State William Pitt, the political stalemate in the Maryland legislature over tax monies spent on supplying the militia, the taking of Forts Frontenac and Duquesne, and other notable campaigns of the conflict.

$21.00

Edwin C. Guillet, M.A. 782 pp. with 318 illustrations selected and arranged by the author, bibliography and index. p/b.

Covers the history of Upper Canada from the early 1600's to the late 1800's with an emphasis on pioneer life. Chapters include, Champlain and the Huron Country, Father Hennepin and the Falls of Niagara, Alexander Henry Fur Trader, The Pioneer Home, Foods and Cooking, Maple Sugar Making, Amusements and Social Life in the Towns, and many more. With five sections with as many as twelve chapters per section this is certainly an exhaustive work. A reprint of the original published in 1933.

$50.00

James Hadden 180 pp. with index. p/b. 

The French and the English had both arrived at about the same time in North America. The French appeared mostly in modern day Canada, and later, along the area bounding the Mississippi River. The English appeared mostly along the Atlantic coast from modern day Massachusetts to Georgia, but soon felt the urge to press westwards. Both European powers wanted full control of North America. This volume, originally published in 1910, describes the expeditions of George Washington and Edward Braddock, the initiatives of that great struggle between two powerful countries to decide whether America was to be an appendage of France or the land of an English-speaking people.

$22.00

Translation and Introduction by Milo B. Howard Jr. and Robert R. Rea 187 pp. with index. p/b. 

This book is an enlightening contemporary account of Indian affairs in west Florida in the first two years of English occupation. The memorial, which is splendidly introduced and translated, also presents a fascinating story of Franco-British cooperation and conflict on the colonial frontier. Monberaut's report provides a detailed portrait of frontier life in Florida at the middle of the 18th century. The Memoire Justificatif is interesting both for what it reveals of the personality of Monberaut and for its literary merit. But its chief value lies in the factual material it affords for the study of Indian affairs in British West Florida. The editors and translators deserve the gratitude of all students of the period for making available this excellent and very readable English translation.

$30.00

George H. Odell 369 pp. with appendixes, illustrations, tables and notes. p/b.

This major contribution to contact period studies points to the Lasley Vore site in modern Oklahoma as the most likely first meeting place of Plains Indians and Europeans more than 300 years ago. Odell presents a full account of the presumed location of the Tawakoni village visited by Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de la Harpe about 1718, as revealed through the analysis of excavated materials by nine specialist collaborators. In a well written narrative report, employing careful study and innovative analysis supported by appendixes containing the excavation data, Odell combines documentary history and archaeological evidence to pinpoint the probable site of the first European contact with North American Plains Indians.

$31.00

Dr. Heather A. Lapham 200 pp. with figures, illustrations, tables, index and bibliography. p/b.

By examining what must have been a major economic activity in the 17th century-the deerskin trade- Lapham has illuminated an important page in the early history of colonialism in the Sotheastern Ynited States and provided a useful comparative case study foe fur trade historians. This book will surely find an audience among students and scholars interested in the big historical questions associated with colonialism, culture change, economic reorganization, and social relations, as well as the ways in which the multiple evidentionary lines of zooarchaeology and mortuary analysis can be brought to bear on these issues.

$30.00

Francis Parkman 2 vol. set total 865 pp. with maps, fold out map, illustrations, appendixes, and index. p/b.

This classic and comprehensive study examines the catalysts, personalities, places, battles and consequences of Pontiac's War. In his unique narrative style, Parkman describes the various tribes, the effect of the advance of French and English colonization, the interrelationships and rivalries, the various battles and the death of Pontiac. Several appendices add interest to the narrative, including Robert Roger's play, "Ponteach".

Reprinted from the attractive "Frontenac Edition" which appeared 19 years after the first edition, this landmark 2 volume set incorporates material that was found in the intervening period, the most interesting of which were the important Bouquet and Haldimand Papers. These papers contained hundreds of letters from officers engaged in Pontiac's War.

$40.00

Rene Chartrand. 40 pp. with 56 illustrations. p/b.

Uniforms, drums, flags, muskets, swords, bayonets, artillery, accoutrements and regimental histories. A superb introduction to a long neglected area of colonial history covering Canada, Louisiana and Ile Royale, during the French Regime, written by the leading authority on the subject.

$12.00

J. A. Houlding 60 pp. with more than 100 illustrations.

A study of the 18th century text and illustrations that were prepared for the official infantry and Compagnie Franche de la Marine arms drill introduced by Royale decrees in 1703, 1750 and 1755, complete with commands in French and English. Included also are notes on how the drills had to be changed to meet the conditions in New France. Very helpful for modern French reenactors.

$12.00

Erik Goldstein 36 pp. with 17 patterns, 41 illustrations,and 42 blade markings. p/b.

Traces bayonets from the plug bayonet developed in the early 17th century through the regulation socket bayonets which saw service in North America using documentary research, contemporary illustrations, and archaeological evidence.

$12.00

Anthony D. Darling 64 pp. with 61 illustrations. p/b.

The musket carried by the British army in the years preceding and following the Revolution are described, identified and illustrated. The organization of the British army, a complete roster of the regiments which served in America and the battles in which they fought provide extremely valuable information.

$12.00

Donald B.Webster Jr. 48 pp. with 64 illustrations, table of dimensions and bibliography. p/b.

This is an important manual designed to assist in the identification of the many variations of the triangular or socket bayonets used by the U. S. Army.

$12.00

Adrian Caruana 76 pp. with 73 illustrations and appendixes. p/b.

This gun first appeared about 1764 and over the next 12 years was developed into the most versatile of all artillery. The author has given a detailed introduction to the gun, its equipment and its use. He has reproduced specifications of the guns, drill for all manner of movements and maneuvers, and contemporary notes on safe handling.

$12.00

Donald E. Graves 32 pp. with 30 illustrations and appendixes. p/b.

War rockets had been in use for more than two centuries but it was not until 1805 that they were improved by William Congreve and introduced into British service. Their use at Copenhagen, Leipzig and Baltimore, where they were immortalized by Francis Scott Key, made them famous. This book outlines the history, construction and use of the rocket from its introduction until about the middle of the 19th century and includes a brief biography of its "inventor".

$12.00

John A. Belton 40 pp. with 17 illustrations. p/b.

This checklist is a greatly expanded version of Hist. Arms series no. 14, listing the names, occupation, location, and dates of more than 1500 men and women who worked as gunmakers, gunsmiths, armorers, gun merchants, gun patent holders, and a few other gun related trades. Contemporary gunsmiths' letterhead add color and depth to the study.

$12.00

Joyce E. Gooding and Peter A. Scott-Edeson 48 pp. with illustrations. p/b.

This title is intended to help fill the gap between 1850 when Howard Blackmore's "London Gunmakers 1350-1850" and its recently published Supplement end, and the years following W. W. I. It records the names, addresses and dates for Gun Case Makers, Gun Engravers, Gun Flint Makers, Gun Implement Makers, Gun Lock Makers, Gun Lock Polishers, Gun Stock Manufacturers, Gunpowder Manufacturers, Gunpowder Flask Makers, Gun Wadding Manufacturers, Percussion Cap Makers, Shooting Schools, etc.

$12.00

H. R. H. Prince William Augustus 44 pp. with 47 illustrations. p/b.

This book contains  the complete instructions describing all of the movements for the comprehensive manual of arms developed for use by all British army troops anywhere in the world. It has been copied from a very rare pamphlet which also included "The Differences to be Observed in the Dragoon Exercise.

$12.00

James D. Forman 40 pp. with 53 illustrations. p/b.

The "bell mouthed" gun associated with highwaymen and pirates had its origin in the 16th century, it was used by civilian and military travelers, and it continued to be made in parts of the world until well into the 19th century. This history covers its development and use and illustrates more of the blunderbuss class of firearm than have ever before appeared in one study.

$12.00

Barbara L. Covey. 163pp. with appendixes, bibliography and index. p/b.

Anyone interested in the 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, by the French and Indians will want to add this unique account of the part-Indian children of captives Joanna and Rebecca Kellogg to their library. Rebecca Kellogg and her family lived in a world full of contrasts: New France vs. New England, Iroquois vs. Delaware, Presbyterians vs. Moravians. She was born in New England, grew up and had children in New France, (Canada), returned to the English colonies as an adult in 1727 and lived in Massachusetts. Rebecca Kellogg Ashley, the first white woman in Broome County, died in New York and was buried at Windsor (aka Onaquaga), New York.

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$22.25

John Muller 240 pp. with 28 plates. p/b.

The text book for students at the Royal Military Academy at Woolrich and historians of the Indian Wars and Revolution.

$18.00

Paul Simon 206 pp. illustrations, notes and index. p/b.

In this revised edition of his earlier work, Paul Simon provides an inspiring account of the life and work of Elijah Lovejoy, an avid abolitionist in the 1830s and the first martyr to freedom of the press in the United States. IN the slave state of Missouri, Lovejoy's antislavery views were not only unpopular, but in the eyes of many, criminal. As a result, Lovejoy and his family suffered repeated persecution and acts of violence from angry mobs. In July 1836 in hopes of finding a more tolerant community in a "free" state, he moved both his Printing press and his family across the Mississippi River to Alton, Illinois.

Simon defines Lovejoy's fight as a struggle for human dignity and the oppressed. He distinguishes Lovejoy as a courageous and admirable individual and his story as an important and enduring one for both the cause of freedom for the slaves and the cause of freedom of the press.

$20.00

 Christiana Holmes Tilson. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. 169pp. with index and illustrations. p/b.

Christiana and John Tilson moved from Massachusetts to central Illinois in 1822. Upon arriving in Montgomery County near what would be Hillsboro, they set up a general store and real estate business and began to raise a family.  Fifty years later Christiana Tilson wrote about her early life in Illinois in a memoir published in 1919. This publication marks the first publicly available edition of Christiana Tilson's remarkable story of her travels in Illinois. Tilson's original, privately printed account, appearing in the 1870's, is virtually unobtainable, and the Lakeside Press edition of 1919, from which this reprint has been made, is a scarce item of Americana. Mrs. Tilson's memoir provides the reader with fascinating but believable snapshots of ordinary 19th century American life.

$17.00

Charles Neeley. Edited by John Webster Spargo. 270 pp. with maps, notes and index. p/b.

This book covers the human condition, running the gamut from joy to woe, from horror to humor. 

Presentation of the tales under the following headings: local legends, humorous tales, graveyard stores, ghost stories, witchcraft, treasure troves, and European folktales.  This book also contains the ballads and songs in general, then presents the songs under these categories: British ballads, other imported ballads, American ballads, western songs, nursery and game songs, miscellany, love in sentimental verse, childhood and temperance and ballads and songs of local interest.

These songs - whether homegrown or transplanted from the great body of the wold lore--have taken root somehow in the area of southern Illinois known as Egypt.

$21.50

Harry Ellsworth Cole,  Edited by Louise Phelps Kellogg . 384 pp. with introduction by Patrick J. Brunet. p/b.

One journalist curious about life in the taverns along the stagecoach lines in Wisconsin and northern Illinois from the early 1800s until the 1880s was Harry E. Cole. While he could not sample strong ales at all the taverns he wrote about, Cole did study newspaper accounts, wrote hundreds of letters to families of tavern owners, read widely in regional history, and traveled extensively throughout the territory. The result, according to Brunet is a "nostalgic, sometimes romantic, well-written, and easily digested social history." Cole's focus, though, is on the taverns. He shows how they were built, provides a history of the famous ones, and describes how they became multipurpose community centers: post offices, courthouses, meeting houses, polling places, schoolhouses even temporary places of worship. Unusual tavern names such as the "Skunk's Misery" and the "Norwegian Hell" have their own chapter as do colorful signs and advertisements. Later chapters deal with the conviviality, practical jokes, and the tragedies that can occur where strong liqueur and high spirits mix.

$20.00

Richard J. Jensen. 191 pp. with illustrations, index, and suggestions for further reading. p/b.

The author treats Illinois as a microcosm of the nation, arguing that its history exhibits basic conflicts that had much to do with shaping American society in general. Northern reformers in Illinois were intent on remaking the state in their image; middle class, egalitarian, urban, and progressive. These values clashed with the patriarchal and supremacy and intense loyalty to kith kin by which the people of southern Illinois, and the South, organized their lives.Jensen extends his discussion to the emergence of newer, postmodern conflicts that continue to occupy the people of Illinois.

$16.50

Ted Reese 126 pp. p/b.

The development of the fur trade, the European struggle for its control, and the involvement of Native Americans are discussed. Acting as middlemen for the colorful European trappers and traders who arose during this period, the Native Americans controlled the fur economy while Britain and France feuded. During this time the Hudsons Bay Company came to prominence, squashing its smaller competitors. France ultimately lost the struggle for control and forfeited her empire in North America, while the British temporarily gained all.

$16.50

Donna J. Kessler 258 pp. with illustrations, notes, and index.

This entertaining volume offers detailed critique of the image of Sacagawea, the young Shoshone woman who, along with her French trader husband and infant son, accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806. Only recently have contrasting views ( to stereotypes) of Sacagawea and the impact of westward expansion been expressed by both Native American and Euro-American writers. Kessler concludes that for the United States to truly realize its ideal of respect for all peoples, these critical voices must have a wider audience.

$20.50

William Oliver. 260 pp. with new foreward by James Davis,tables, figures, and index. p/b.

William Oliver provided eloquent and insightful glimpses of early America and, specifically, Illinois. A British subject, Oliver left England in December 1841 to visit America. In 1843, Eight Months in Illinois was published in England, and in 1924, it was reprinted with emendations. Although Olivers primary purpose was to give poorer immigrants pertinent, valid, and practical information about what they might encounter in Illinois, he accomplished much more. He gave to his readership invaluable insights and analyses of American life during a time of sweeping social, economic, and political changes. Reprinted from the 1924 edition.

$16.75

Edward J. Dodge 206 pp. with maps, illustrations, bibliography and index. p/b.

This famous battle, which has been retold many times and dramatized in "Last of the Mohicans", is here given a fresh treatment, primarily with the help of material found in the London Papers in the Huntington Museum. Eyewitness accounts of the siege are supplemented with excerpts from Kilby's Journal, Maj. William Eyre's Report and the Monro-Webb correspondence, which is reproduced in the book. This work is further enriched with biographical sketches of the leading officers of both sides. Lively illustrations, photographs, maps, and facsimiles of several documents add greatly to the appeal of this comprehensive work.

$22.00

Emma Lewis Coleman 2 volume set  890  total pp. with illustrations, appendix and index. p/b.

In 1897, C. Alice Baker published True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the French and Indian Wars, which was reprinted several years  ago. Following the initial publication of that work, Ms. Baker and Emma Lewis Coleman continued to research this topic, scouring the libraries and archives of New England and Canada for information. Following the death of Ms. Baker, Ms. Coleman prepared the present volumes using all the data they had accumulated over several decades. This work provides an extensive picture of the Indian attacks on New England communities over about an eighty-year period, and in terms of identifying their captives, it is probably the most definitive work ever published. There is a complete name index included.

$61.00

Jim Mullins 192 pp. with full color photos. Printed in landscape format. p/b.

This new book boldly displays the firearms swords, and accouterments of the American provincial soldiers during the French and Indian War, 1754-1763. Printed in landscape format, the 11 x 8 1/2" format allows for beautiful wide color photos. Close-up views of the unique makers marks, proof marks, top views, and detail views show features rarely revealed. Besides weapons, the accouterments used by the soldiers are also covered, including cartridge boxes, shot pouches, powder horns, powder measures, cleaning tools and more. "Of Sorts of Provincials" is a must have for any French and Indian War historian, reenactor, or collector.

$34.50

R. R. Gale 144 pp. with large full color images. p/b.

This book is a most comprehensive work on the British infantry material culture to date, brimming with exquisite full color photos of original artifacts and paintings. The story of the British infantry, their daily life, weapons, tools, food, and clothing is described in the soldiers own words, utilizing entries from original journals, orderly books, and official papers. The 8 1/2" x 11" horizontal format allows for 22" long spreads of original firearms and swords. "A Soldiers Like Way" is a must have for the French and Indian War and general mid 18th century historian, reenactor, collector, and artist.

$33.00

S. B. Skertchley with an introduction by Seymour de Lotbiniere. 110 pp. with 116 illustrations. h/b.

This is the classic work on the subject. Written in 1879, Skertchley described the manufacture of gunflints in England and illustrated the tools and techniques of the trade.

$35.00

S. James Gooding 158 pp. with excellent illustrations. h/b.

This book provides a detailed history of the design and development from the earliest HBC trade guns through 300 tears of history. Based on archaeological evidence from the first Fort Albany constructed about 1674 and destroyed by the French in 1686, the early history can be documented and described. The extensive archives of the HBC have been called upon for descriptive text with hundreds of selected references to cover who made the guns, when changes were introduced, how they were used, and what ammunition, accessories and equipment will be encountered. This book will be of inestimable value to historians, archaeologists, reenactors, artists, and collectors.

$41.00

De Witt Bailey PhD.  376 pp. with over 400 illustrations. h/b.

From noted researcher De Witt Bailey comes this long-awaited guide to the British firearms and accoutrements carried on the battlefields of North America. The French and Indian War, the American Revolution and the War of 1812 are all covered in amazing detail, as are the age of colonialism and peace time years. So whether your topic is Braddock's March, Bunker Hill or the Battle of New Orleans, the information you are seeking will be found here. Weapons of all the land and sea forces are included, with detailed photographs that allow individual examples to be identified quickly and easily. Also included is a true mother lode of issue data taken from Ordinance records. If you are trying to figure out "which regiment got what", then this book is sure to thrill you with the amount of previously unpublished information that it presents.

$61.00

Tom Grinsdale 248 pp. with over 50 color illustrations and color close-up photos. h/b.

This pictorial study of 18th century American fowling pieces from 1700-1820 features over 160 smoothbore long guns. Includes multiple photos of each gun, including close-ups of featured details. Fifteen pages of color close-ups; over fifty color photos! The most complete compilation of fowlers ever in one book. An essential resource for collectors, builders and flintlock enthusiasts.

$85.00

Erik Goldstein and Stuart Mowbray 160 pp. with bibliography, identification guide, illustrated bayonet guide and 959 detailed color photos. p/b.      

One of most widespread and legendary guns of the flintlock era was the British Brown Bess. These muskets saw many pattern changes over their 100 years of service to the Crown. To collectors and historians, these small, little-noticed details are part of the thrill of examining antique firearms. In "the Brown Bess" the authors have assembled an impressive display of the Brown Bess, from the Pattern 1730 Long Land Musket through the Pattern 1809 Musket (India Pattern Type 2).  Goldstein and Mowbray explain the details of each pattern and give names of the gun making firms, the supply dates, the observed dates on extant guns and the location of manufacture. While the background details make this a valuable book for researchers, it is the wealth of  excellent quality full color photographs that make this book a must have for anyone interested in the Brown Bess.

$41.00

Curtis L. Johnson 200 pp. with illustrations and  list of names. h/b.   

Long years of research have culminated in the production of this detail packed volume.This first book covers the names alphabetically A-F, and has hundreds of illustrations of guns, gunsmiths, and shooters. Some interesting Illinois shotguns and shotgunners are shown. Chapters cover the history, evolution and distinct styles of the Illinois makers. Genealogical information is provided for nearly one thousand gunsmiths, and the work contains hundreds of illustrations of the rifles and other guns of hand-made origin from Illinois.

$50.00

Curtis L. Johnson  150 pp. with illustrations and list of names of gunmakers. h/b.

Volume 2 contains genealogical information on Illinois gunmakers whose last names begin with G-Z, with many rifles and other guns illustrated. There are additional photos of several rifles that surfaced since the first volume was published.

$50.00

George C. Neumann 393 pp. with illustrations and photographs. p/b.

This is the most extensive photographic collection of Revolutionary War weapons ever in one volume. Over 2200 black and white photographs with captions detail the muskets, rifles, pistols, swords, bayonets, and pole arms used by both sides in the American Revolution.

$43.00

George C. Neumann and Frank J. Kravic 286 pp. with illustrations, photographs, and bibliography. p/b. 

This is the first book to present fully verified and authenticated pieces based on archaeological finds and written records. Pictured and described are more than 2300 items; clothing, uniforms, axes, knives, pikes, firearms, ammunition, buttons, belts, canteens, tentage, eating utensils and personal items of every kind. An attempt has been made to date items whenever possible, otherwise an article is presented as representative of the period. Essential reading for the American Revolutionary War buff.

$33.00

Bill Ahearn 248 pp. with illustrations, bibliography, footnotes and index. h/b.

The exciting, true story of the guns that fought the American Revolution, including intimate details of the men who carried them and the desperate battles in which they served. Not just a technical study of old firearms, this is a tribute to the bravery of the men who fought on both sides of that epic conflicht, and a celebration of the tools of freedom that have become so much a part of our national character. The examples illustrated in this book were located in more than twenty private collections and in more than a dozen museums. Over one thousand longarms were examined and about one hundred and fifty were chiosen for inclusen in this work.Included are British, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, and American weapons.

$50.00

Art Gogan 176 pp. with illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, appendixes, and index. h/b.

It doesn't matter whether you collect guns, swords, bayonets or accoutrements- sooner or later you realize that it all comes down to the metal. If you don't understand the metal, you don't understand your collection. And since most of us aren't metallurgists, we need a guide to help us. This book is easy to use, explains things in simple English and covers all of the different historical periods that we are interested in. Explains hundreds of historical metals terms, giving modern equivalents; teaches how to fight rust and other harmful forms of corrosion; helps spot fakes by listing when different metals and metal working methods first became available; and much, much more.

$30.00

George C. Neumann 288 pp. with illustrations, glossary, index, and bibliography. p/b.  

Historic weapons, now largely held in private collections, described, identified, placed and pictured for collectors, history buffs, historians, reenactors, and students. Over 1600 photographs and specific text identify more than 700 bladed arms in this reference that traces the evolution, manufacture, and history of use of each weapon described. Their importance unarguable when conflict inevitably came to a clash of blades., the complete picture of this hand-to-hand era emerges here.

$32.00

 Herbert G. Houze 158 pp. with color plates and black and white photos, bibliography, notes, and glossary. p/b.   RECENTLY ADDED

Handsome book illustrates and describes 60 of the finest European and American powder flasks from the early 17th century to the late 19th century.Full page color plates and black and white photos, with a detailed description of and commentary on each flask. Also included are several classic powder horns. A worthwhile addition to any collectors or historians library.  Printed on coated paper throughout.

$40.00

Erik Goldstein 136 pp. with index, bibliography, endnotes, charts, illustrations and photos. p/b. RECENTLY ADDED

The spectacle of British "redcoats" on the attack, relentlessly descending upon enemy lines with fixed bayonets, is one of the most chilling images from European history and the American Revolution. The bayonets covered in this book stood side by side with the famous "Brown Bess" as symbols of English military power throughout the world. Drawing upon new information from archaeological digs and archival records, the author explains how to identify each type of bayonet and shows which bayonets were used where and with which guns. No student of military history or weapons development can afford to do without this useful new book. Archival quality coated paper with anti-glare "satin" finish, durable soft-cover binding with "layflat" lamination and extra heavy cover stock, deluxe offset printing with 165 high-resolution illustrations. 

$24.00

De Witt Bailey Ph.D. 264 pp. with illustrations,photos, bibliography, endnotes, index and appendixes. h/b. RECENTLY ADDED

Historians and the general public have always been intrigued by Riflemen and the weapons they carried. Unfortunately, until now there has been little solid information available about the British rifles themselves or the units that carried them into battle. In this exciting new book, respected author De Witt Bailey will answer all these questions and more! Starting with the Seven Years War, he tells the whole story right through the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Age and to the end of the flintlock era. Each rifle is illustrated (exactly where it is discussed in the text) in truly exceptional photographs, 320 in all, with the important details shown in large, clear close-ups.

No matter whether you are interested in military history, marksmenship, accoutrements, ammunition or the flintlock rifles, this book will be sure to thrill you.Even such unexpected subjects as the rifles given as gifts to American Indians in British service are carefully explained and illustrated. And it is all documented by decades of archival research and the inspection of countless surviving rifles. Whether you are a military historian eager to learn about the exciting story of Riflemen in the British service, or an antique firearms enthusiast who needs help identifying a rifle in his collection, this book will quickly become one of your most trusted references.

$48.00

Sir William Congreve 85pp. with illustrations and photos.  h/b. RECENTLY ADDED

In 1804-05 Congreve perfected a system of rocket artillery that was to be used by the British at Boulouge, Copenhagen and Baltimore. The original of the first part of the book was printed in 1814 as the promotional text book for the rocket brigade that was formed to service the new "Secret Weapon". To this has been added a retrospective appraisal by Captain E. M. Boxer who was in charge of British ammunition production in the 1850's, and a series of contemporary photographs of a model of the rocket car and limber, the rocket tube and the rockets that were in use during the 19th century. The original full page plates have been reproduced to show the transport and use of rockets on land and sea, in attack or defense. Additional illustrations have been selected to show details that are not apparent in the original work and the chapter by Capt. Boxer provides an illustrated testimonial report on the Congreve System.    Limited to 850 numbered copies.

$31.00

Carolyn Gilman 136 pp. with charts and over 230  photographs. p/b.

This beautiful volume makes the extensive Minnesota Historical Society collection of artifacts of the Great Lakes fur trade of 1650-1850 available to all researchers, historians and reenactors. Over 230 photographs (26 in full color) of Indian trade goods, trappers supplies, firearms,clothing and more, depicted and described in detail.

$19.50

Monte Smith 96 pp. with illustrations and photos. p/b.

Basic Indian crafts written so beginners can easily make authentic craft projects like, chokers, breastplates, warbonnets, bustles, medicine wheels and many more. Will help you master techniques like quill wrapping, shaping feathers, beadwork ,loomwork and others.

$14.00

Judy Forbes, Mary M. Johnson, and Kathy Delaney 118 pp. with illustrations and diagrams. p/b.

Newly re-illustrated and updated version of this classic book on French colonial clothing. Womens and mens dress, colonial robes, glossary. Includes Justacorps pattern and directions. A guide to re-creating North American French colonial clothing.

$13.50

Ted Spring 78 pp. 8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook format. p/b.

The Spanish were frequent allies of the French, and dominated the Louisiana region, Florida to Mexico, north to St. Louis. Sketches include swords, knives, plug bayonets, the machete, pistols, muskets, flasks, cartridge boxes, canteens, cannons, and uniforms. A good look at an often overlooked part of 18th century Colonial America.

$12.00

Ted Spring 64 pp.  8 1/2" x 11" sketchbook format. p/b.

Specializing on items of the French Marines. Plans and drawings include fusils, halbreds, pipes, shirts, cartridge boxes, bayonets and sword carriages, French fly breeches, shirts, shoes, leggings, canteens, tools and more.

$12.00

Colin R. Chapman 92 pp. with illustrations, tables, bibliography and index. p/b.

Written for researchers who come across unfamiliar units of measurements, this is the ideal companion to keep by your side when perusing wills, inventories, accounts, and old journals. How can we appreciate the ancient manorial system without an understanding of oxgangs and hides? Hoe can we come to grips with early population listings without knowing about virgates and farthingales? We now know, for instance, that a firkin of soap weighs 64 pounds, that a hogshead of claret contains 46 gallons, that a faggot of firewood is 36 inches in length, that a chest of Indian tea weighs 126 pounds, and if that isn't enough you'll also learn that in the year 1650 you could have a tooth extracted for about one shilling! What a book!

$15.50

 Beth Gilgun 285 pp. with illustrations. p/b. RECENTLY ADDED

Beth Gilgun animates the mid to late 1700's with her entertaining and informative "letters" to a friend on the frontier. As an accomplished seamstress and goodwife, Gilgun shares with her "friend" information on clothing for men, women and children, as well as other topics of daily life in Colonial America. Included are clear, concise instructions for constructing reproduction 18th century garments, from choosing fabric to finishing. Her chatty letters include news about current events and the latest goods available on the East Coast. Great for reenactors, teachers, historic interpreters, and theatrical costumers.

$34.00

 Jean Heinbuch 112 pp. with patterns, color plates, black and white photos, and illustrations. p/b. RECENTLY ADDED

The author brings her sound, practical advice to the craft of beading with a series of step by step illustrated projects designed to teach the beginner and challenge the experienced. The book progresses from simple to complex projects, from barrettes to  fully beaded belts, adding new concepts and skills each step of the way. The reader learns not only beading skills, but design layout and leather or fabric construction techniques as well. Detailed and exciting beading designs are provided for each of the 11 projects, along with seven additional designs at the back of the book. The beautiful designs and project items are Native American in origin. The introductory section provides a fine explanation of materials, beading techniques and construction stitches. Everyone who enjoys creating and wearing beautiful craftwork will want a copy of this book.

$13.50

Ellen J. Gehret 309 pp. with illustrations, photos and patterns. p/b. RECENTLY ADDED

A sourcebook on clothing of the English and German inhabitants of Southeastern Pennsylvania in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Covers men's and women's garments and features a special chapter on decorative needlework used on clothing. Includes sewing instructions and graphed patterns, as well as many detailed photos. 

$41.00

Jean Heinbuch 92 pp. with illustrations, color plates, photos, bibliography and appendixes. p/b. RECENTLY ADDED

Since its publication this book has become the definitive work on the art and craft of Native American quilled decoration. Heinbuch describes all the basic and advanced techniques using plain, easy-to-understand language. Each step is fully illustrated with photos and line art drawings to assit the reader in recreating this beautiful art form. With over 200 illustrations and photos, and over 90 pages of decriptive text, this is a complete resource for the beginning  or the more advanced craftsmen on the beautiful and historic Native American art of quilling.

$18.00

 William C. Orchard  144 pp. with color plates, illustrations, drawings and figures. p/b. RECENTLY ADDED

Not only is this book an in-depth study of bead technology, but it considers in greater detail than any similar work the history, use and distribution of North American beadwork art from prehistoric to relatively modern times. The author pays needed attention to the variety of materials used and the design motifs of finished beadwork, as well as the role of early Europeans, whose colorful trade beads (shown in beautiful color plates) had such a tremendous impact on Indian economics and material culture. Included are discussions, photographs and illustrations of shell, pearl, bone, stone, metal and trade beads. Wampum is described in great detail and odd forms and materials, such as seed, basketry, wooden, gum, earthenware, dried otter's liver, and native manufacture of glass beads are also described. There is also a very interesting section on drilling holes in beads. All the basic techniques of beadwork are explored and illustrated, including woven beadwork, sewing techniques and edgings, bead inlays and beaded baskets and more. Don't miss out on this reprint of a classic Native American reference book that will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in beads, Native American culture or creating their own beadwork.

$18.00