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Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya
by King, Charles S
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0890135096
- ISBN 13
- 9780890135099
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2008. Grey cloth, embossed gilt title on spine, blind embossed title on front board, in mylar protected dust-jacket, (11.25 x 9.5 inches). First Edition (with "1" on publisher's number line). 160 pages with Appendices, References and Index; color illustrations. An important artist monograph on Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001), one of the great masters of Pueblo ceramics. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in collector fine condition. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Quarto.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 154) and index.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya
- Author
- King, Charles S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0890135096
- ISBN 13
- 9780890135099
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Fe
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Tewa Pottery; Pueblo Ceramics
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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