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Very good-. Limited edition, no. 90/100 with hand colored illustrations and signed by author, Julia M. Seton, and illustrator, Ernest Thompson Seton, on limitation page. Original wooden boards rebacked with leather spine and sky blue end papers. Wooden boards show some scuffs, scratches, wear, light stain and thin cracks to rear board. Leather spine with gilt lettering. Faint library blind stamp on title page, and barely visible library stamp on bottom edge of page block; no other library markings noted. First signature reinforced.

U of New Mexico Press, Alburquerque, 1945. The sixth in the important but rarely seen series published by the U of NM and the School of American Research. The subtitle is: Studies on the Natural History of the Rio Grande Valley in Relation to Pueblo Indian Culture. Square octavo, 182 pages. Some evocative photographs accompany this presentation of post-war Pueblo culture, the customs and traditions of which stretch back to antiquity. Folding maps. Beautiful cover illustration showing a map of the universe as understood by the Pu e b los, a beautiful production all around. Book is near fine in dark blue binding (name written on front endpaper); dust jacket is very good, missing one inch from bottom of spine, a thin strip from the top, and a small chip in between which takes o ut part of one author's name; a small chip is also missing from back panel. The glorious front cover is intact, with some slight soil and wear to bottom right corner.