Paint the Wind - signed first printing - the story of a young Beatien Yazz, Navajo painter (and illustrator of this volume)

Hannum, Alberta & Beatien Yazz

Published by Viking, New York, 1958

About this Item

Viking Press, New York. 1958. 206 pages. First edition, first printing. A signed and warmly inscribed presentation copy, by the author Alberta Hannum, on the front endpaper. This is the true story of Beatien Yazz, a young Navajo artist, who is also the book's illustrator, and whose work can be found in the Smithsonian, the Philbrook Museum of Art, the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of New Mexico, amongst many others. This title picks up where Spin a Silver Dollar leaves off. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Book is about fine with minor pushing and rubbing at tips. $4.50 price intact on flap. Original DJ is about fine with minimal minor shelf-rubbing along edges and fold-tips. A touch of sun-darkening to spine. A tight, clean attractive copy of the first edition, first printing, in its original DJ, signed by the author, whose papers remain in residence, at West Virginia University, Morgantown. VG+/NF.

Seller Inventory # 004148

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paint the Wind - signed first printing - the story of a young Beatien Yazz, Navajo painter (and illustrator of this volume)
• Publisher: Viking, New York
• Publication Date: 1958
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Beatien Yazz
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 1 kilogram
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed by Author
  • Native American History & Themes
  • Fine Arts