1970, North America, University of New Mexico, 264 p., very good paper.
Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1970
Seller: R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer, Dodge Center, MN, U.S.A.
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Drawings by Lloyd Lozes Goff (illustrator). Very Good. Sun faded spine, and light shelf wear. Otherwise, a crisp and clean copy with bright interiors as shown. Trade Paperback 8vo. (5.25" x 8") pictorial wrappers.
Published by Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0826312217 ISBN 13: 9780826312211
Seller: Lorrin Wong, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
reprint of the 1942 edition. A portrait of New Mexico life in 1942. Small closed tear along the top edge of rear cover & light edgewear otherwise a clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).
Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerqe, New Mexico, 1949
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Goff, Lloyd Lozes - Drawings (illustrator). Presumed First Edition. 266 Pages Indexed. The dust jacket although it is a bit tattered is protected by a vinyl covering. There is a chunk missing from the top front right corner. Calligraphy by Robert Stanford Wallace. Four inked lines of gift inscription dated October 12, 1952. Page xi is tape repaired. No other repairs to the text pages that are bright, tight, and white. Tan boards decorated with red drawings. Settling in New Mexico some years before the founding of Jamestown, Spain's colonists faced a "dry, thirsty land." Finding good timber difficult to get, the New Mexican built in adobe mud "some of the most original and effective architecture" in America. He lacked hardwood, found nails too costly, yet without these made handsome furniture, and even complex looms. His wife plastered the house, baked in an adobe oven, and embroidered coverlets of most extraordinary beauty with her vegetable-dyed yarns. The village artist, making all his own materials, produced the "stark, powerful, histrionic" statues and paintings much sought today by museums. In New Mexico, "a Medieval world until 1846," miracle plays are still performed. But the little Spanish villages are changing under the impact of machine civilization. The fruits of four hundred years' experience are preserved in the architecture and decoration of Southwestern homes-and in this stimulating and intimate introduction to the arts and crafts most characteristic of the land.
Published by The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1949
First Edition
Hardcover. xii, 266p., preface, glossary, bibliography, index, illustrated with 15 of Lózes Goff's color drawings and dozens in b&w, very good first edition in pictorial cloth boards and lightly-worn, unclipped dj.