New Mexico, the land of the delight makers : the history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life and industries of its Indians; a description of its climate, geology, flora and birds, its rivers and forests; a review of its rapid development, land-reclamation projects and educational system; with full and accurate account of its progressive counties, cities and towns [binding]
New Mexico, the land of the delight makers : the history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life and industries of its Indians; a description of its climate, geology, flora and birds, its rivers and forests; a review of its rapid development, land-reclamation projects and educational system; with full and accurate account of its progressive counties, cities and towns [binding]
Date
1929
Binding designer
Decorative Designers (Firm)
Author
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Description
Very dark green (C147) vertical rib cloth; circular paper onlay of Indian mother and son stringing peppers (from Lucille Joullin illustration, page 398) within gilt line border; red, light green and gilt flowering cactus branches, gilt lettering, all within gilt single rule border; signed "DD", i.e. Decorative Designers; motif repeated on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed; pictorial endpapers in bluish-gray.
Type
image
Original format
Book covers
Original dimensions
H: 24.5 cm.; W: 16 cm.; D: 4 cm.
Original publisher
Boston : The Page Company
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
Charles M. Adams American Trade Bindings Collection
American Publishers Trade Bindings
