Revised Bertha Dutton (2 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Poor. 2nd Edition, Revised. Description: Chapter caps for the four sections headings; not credited, but quite handsome. The panoramic jacket art is by Native American artist Velino Shije Herrera (Ma Pe Wi). Ma Pe Wi (meaning Oriole), was of the Zia Pueblo. Features 84 figure illustrations, plus a section of black and white plates ( XV numbered plates, printed double sided). Figure illustration numbers 51 and 52 are shown on a large fold-out. These both relate to El Rito de los Frijoles; the top illustration shows an outline map of the entire Northern Cliff; the bottom drawing shows a ground plan of Talus Units. This was originally published in 1938. Some of the changes: the plates which were issued in a rear pocket with the 1938 edition are here augmented and bound in, and the total number of illustrations were increased from 70 to 84. The pagination changed from 191 pages in the 1938 edition to 174 in here. A summary of sixty years' research into the life of the vanished peoples of New Mexico's Jemez mountain country. BINDING/CONDITION: dark rust colored cloth; EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, the spine is badly slanted; other than the library markings, which are plentiful, the text is unmarked; strictly a reading copy; the jacket has good color, only moderate edgewear, but is reinforced with clear tape on the reverse side, and is missing the front flap; still quite attractive, but graded Poor; a Poor book. appendix, index. Illustrated map endpapers (front only). small 4to (about 10.5 inches tall). 174 pages.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition, Revised. Small quarto hardcover; 174 pp.; b/w pictorial map endpapers, figures, and plates + intact foldout map. Tight binding, clean throughout; sharp corners. Cover wear with light soiling (bleeding from jacket damp staining) to front board and spine. Good. DJ: Edge wear with 3/4 inch open tears to bottom edge of wrapper; damp staining mark head of spine. Good.