Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, in 3 Volumes.
Dragoon, AZ and Flagstaff, AZ: The Amerind Foundation, Inc and Northland Press. First Edition. Quareto. Item #028714
In three volumes. Signed and inscribed by the author, the editor Gloria J. Fenner and the illustrator Alice Wesche. Vol. I. 253pp., with a folding illustration of the Viejo Villages at rear. Vol. II. 755pp. with folding illustrations of the city of Paquime at rear and Vol. III. 756-1104 pp., with folding illustration of the Mission of San Antonio de Padua de Casas Grandes at rear. Tipped onto half-title are two 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photographs of presumably sites of excavation. A treatise on the settlement patterns of pre-Columbian Indians, and their cultural clues left by drawings, pottery designs, and burial art linking past cultures with modern people. Hundreds of drawings and formal illustrations, including folding plates. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over beige cloth stamped in black depiction an ancient man in black outline, spine lettered in gilt. A very nice set.
Price: $145.00