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Sacred Paintings on Skin. Reproductions by Martha Ann Walker .Poetical Interpretations by Marie Schmitt Ely. Explanatory Notes by E. Boyd Hall
by Fisher, Reginald, editor
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Sante Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. 6p. text followed by 12 colored silk screen prints, ech of which is preceded by a leaf with a mono-volor illustrtion on recto and poetry by Ely on recto, Original cloth. 41 cm. Binding somewhat faded and soiled. Both endpapers splitting along hinge. Contents sound and clean. No jacket (did it ever have one?). Printed by Santa Fe Press. Copy No. 7 of an edition of 99 copies. An additional small oblong, partly-colored illustration is laid in. INSCRIBED on hal-title by Walker. Some copies appear to have been issued unbound in a tied portfolio.
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- McBlain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94616
- Title
- Sacred Paintings on Skin. Reproductions by Martha Ann Walker .Poetical Interpretations by Marie Schmitt Ely. Explanatory Notes by E. Boyd Hall
- Author
- Fisher, Reginald, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico
- Place of Publication
- Sante Fe
- Date Published
- 1944
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Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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