Pecos, gateway to pueblos & plains: The anthology Tapa blanda - 1988

January 1988. Hardcover. Used - Good.

Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1988 Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, AZ. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; edge bumping; two closed tears on front panel; light rubbing and superficial scratches on panels; wear on real flap fold. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with brown lettering on the spine and front board. Laid in is a note of thanks for the support of President Reagan with the book. 142 pp 4to oblong. Between the Sangre de Christo Mountains and Glorieta Pass in northcentral New Mexico lies the Pecos Valley. For 7000 years the landscape has been central to human culture in the region. The Pecos National Monument was established in 1965 to celebrate the Pueblo and Plains Indians, Spanish conquerors and missionaries, Mexican and Anglo armies, and settlers traversing the Santa Fe Trail. This book is a collection of eighteen provocative and entertaining essays on the natural and human… Leer más

Signed. First Edition. Laid in is a signed note from Greer Garson gifting the book. This book is about the Pecos National Monument, east of Santa Fe. The Monument had been largely the ranch of the actress, Greer Garson and her husband Col. E.E. 'Buddy' Fogelson. In the introduction the book is dedicated to the couple with biographies of each of them. Col. Fogelson died a year prior to the book's publication. The laid in note is on Ms. Garson's stationary and is addressed to John and Laura Roach. This couple were longtime friends and Mr. Roach was the attorney for the E. E. Fogelson and Greer Garson Fogelson Foundation. The note is signed "Much love, as always, Greer". Also laid in is an envelope with a negative of a photograph of Ms. Garson, in a gown, in front of a Christmas tree. The book has a bump on the bottom front corner, otherwise excellent. Listed as near fine. The dust jacket has shelf wear and edge wear across the top front. All corners are slightly bumped and there is a quarter inch tear… Leer más