Volume I  THE CREATION AS THE MAIDU TOLD IT (2002) This book is a joint effort of William Shipley¿s bilingual translation of the Maidu Creation myth and the images of Daniel O. Stolpe. Editions of sixty-five numbered copies and twenty-six lettered copies ( includes special color woodcut), Text printed in Weiss and Doulos on Arches Cover White. Four translators, two printers, and eight artist¿s copies printed for the contributors. Printed by Peter Koch of Berkeley, full linen binding by Taurus Bindery of San Francisco.

26 pages, 14 x 28 inches - 15 Illustrated pages - 2 full page woodcuts on pastedown

Volume II  THE ADVERSARIES (2003) William Shipley's second volume to the Maidu/English translation of the Maidu Creation Myth with lithographs by Daniel Stolpe.  Editions of sixty-five numbered and twenty-six lettered copies which include a special colored print. The edition is printed letterpress in Weiss and doulos on Arches Cover White. Four translator's, two printer's, eight artist's, and four presentation copies printed for the contributors. Letterpress printing by Peter Koch of Berkeley, and full linen binding by Taurus Bindery of San Francisco.

26 pages, 14 x 28 inches - 17 lithographs-two printed pastedown images.

The anthropologist William Shipley is the foremost expert in the Maidu language, a native  American language spoken by a small group in northern California. As with many native languages, the Maidu language has been on the edge of extinction for decades, with only one or two speakers left. Shipley made it his mission to learn the language before it disappeared altogether. He has become one of the last living speakers of the language. Recently, however, he has had the good fortune of meeting and collaborating with a young Maidu of mixed blood who is committed to carrying on his work. The myths in these volumes were originally transcribed in the early 20th century; Shipley has retranslated these earlier texts from the Maidu into a more accessible form. These Volumes are a unique version of Shipley's translations, but many of these tales are also available in a more conventional form in a circulating copy in the Baker-Berry stacks.