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HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 333, octavo. signed by author. hinges starting, cover wear/soiling, clean throughout, Good-.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Peter Hurd (illustrator). Revised and enlarged. Red cloth octavo with black stamping; tan pictorial dust jacket with red and black text; xiv, 391 pages: illustrations; 21 cm. Out of print. Signed by author. Line drawings by Peter Hurd accompany this "pageant of New Mexico's storied past, reconstructing from remains the culture of the cliff-dwelling aborigines, depicting the mode of life of the Pueblo people who followed them.telling of the invasion of the Conquistadores, who counted it as worthless land when they failed to find precious metal, and tracing history through two and a half centuries of Spanish and Mexican rule to the coming of the Americans and the life of the present day." --London Times, jacket copy. "In this revised edition, the author has renewed the book with fifty pages of fresh material, drawn from decades of observing the Southwest."--back cover Climatology, Human geography, Human geography New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico Climate, Nouveau-Mexique, Nouveau-Mexique Climat, Pflanzen, Siedlung, Tiere, Wetter. A near fine copy; a dash of sunning to upper edge of boards and a wee bit of toning to spine; author signature on title page; pages clean and binding tight; a very good (+) DJ with small (>1in) closed tears at head of spine, front corner folds and on rear upper edge, now in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hurd, Peter (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Revised second edition from 1948, originally published in 1934. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Tan cloth boards with maroon lettering on cover and spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to edges; minor wear along joints; mild soiling. Blue and red illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar, price clipped, and in poor condition. Significant chipping and numerous large tears, partially repaired with tape; some creasing and toning. Binding is fairly tight. Interior has light toning and occasional stains. Wrinkling to pastedowns. Includes illustrations by Peter Hurd throughout. This book examines the influences of New Mexico's arid climate on both the natural landscape and the human history of the region. Herd 400. Six-Guns 367. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, First Printing. New York: Macmillan, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/fair. First Edition, First Printing (with "Set up and printed - Published April, 1934" on copyright page, 1934 on title page), inscribed and SIGNED by author, in original unclipped jacket. Beige cloth boards with red decoration and lettering on cover and spine; no bumping or wear; just a hint of browning to upper spine and front spine gutter. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with clean black top stained page edges, some browning to endpapers. Inscribed by author on title page: "Best of wishes to my good friends, The Taylors! - Ross Calvin". 354 pp. with index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Dustjacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), has 1" square piece missing at base of spine, chipping along top front edge to maximum depth of 1/2", very shallow chipping at top spine edge, red and gold sticker from Coronado Cuarto Centennial 1540-1940 on front jacket edge, clear tape reinforcement to spine area. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hurd, Peter (illustrator). Revised Edition, originally published by Macmillan in 1934, Inscribed to a former owner and Signed by the Author on the full title page, toning, light soiling and several small splash spots to edges of text block - top corners of boards bumped - 5/8" tear to top corner of rear paste-down, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear, toning, a few scattered small drip spots and darkening with soiling to spine - 7/8" wide x 1/2" deep piece missing with further 43/4" tear (down from upper left) to top left edge with 7/16" & 3/16" tears along bottom edge of front panel - several tiny with a 1/4" tears and a small chip along top edge with a 23/4" wide x 11/2" deep (maximum) piece missing with associated 7/8" tear to bottom left edge of rear panel - chipping with 1/2" wide x 7/16" deep piece missing and further 1/2" tear to top edge and 21/8" wide x 5/8" deep piece missing with further 5/8" tear to bottom edge of spine - 1/4" and 3/4" tears to center of fold rear panel to spine - chipping with 5/8" long x a narrow/irregular width piece missing and further 1/2" tear to top, 4 small holes with interconnected tearing to center and 3/8", 1/4" and 1/2" tears across to fold rear panel to flap - 3/8" wide x 1/2" deep piece missing to top, two 1/4" and 3/8" tears across edge and 3/8" wide x 11/4" tall piece missing at bottom of fold front panel to flap, original price intact, original subtitle was "Interpretation of the Southwest", concerns mainly New Mexico. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. lacking dj. minimal wear.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Very good+ with no dust jacket. Beige cloth with red lettering and designs on spine and front board. Minor soiling to beige cloth, some light glue bleedthroughs on endpapers. Includes bibliography and index; 354 pages. No names or other markings in book, except author's inscription on title page. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s).