Dr. Frank W. Lamb's Indian Baskets of North America, issued by Riverside Museum Press in 1972, became a foundational field reference for collectors and students of Native American basketry. Lamb, a physician and devoted amateur scholar, organized the basketry of the continent's tribes into an accessible survey, illustrated with his own photographs and maps and enriched by Joy Cole's line drawings. The wraparound jacket, designed by Ada Pidot, places a grid of color plates against the back panel, showing the astonishing range of coiled, twined, and plaited work from California, the Southwest, and beyond.
This is a first edition, signed by the author, printed by the Rubidoux Printing Company in Riverside, California. A surviving copy still in its original jacket, complete with Lamb's signature on the copyright page, documents an era when careful private study did much to record traditions that museums were only beginning to systematize.
First Edition (1972), signed by the author
The copyright page states 'First Edition' with a 1972 copyright.
| Author | Frank W. Lamb |
| Publisher | Riverside Museum Press |
| Year | 1972 |
| Edition | First Edition (1972), signed by the author |
| Signed | Yes — Inscribed and signed by the author, Frank W. Lamb. |
| Condition | Hardcover in dust jacket; jacket edge-worn. |
| Topic | Native American basketry |
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