Pagans, Conquistadores, Heroes and Martyrs.
by ARMITAGE, Merle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
(Santa Fe): Academy Guild Press, (1964). First edition. Deluxe issue (so stamped and with Merle Armitage's initials penned in by himself on the copyright page). One of 1500 copies. Inscribed by Armitage on the cactus page: "Dr. and Mrs. Selinger (Jerry and Ethel), 1965. Remembering our pleasant meeting in Arizona, Merle Armitage". Octavo. 99 ll., with text on versos and American Indian designs on rectos plus four inserted sheets of blue paper bearing drawings by Edward O'Brien. Publisher's light brown cloth with red and black lettering, decorative endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. Light dust soiling on rear flap else a beautiful and very fresh copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70687
- Title
- Pagans, Conquistadores, Heroes and Martyrs.
- Author
- ARMITAGE, Merle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Academy Guild Press
- Place of Publication
- (Santa Fe)
- Date Published
- (1964)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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