The Physiography of the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, in Relation to Pueblo Culture

Description

Authors: Hewett, Edgar Lee (1865-1946): Henderson, Junius (1865-1937); and Robbins, Wilfred William (1884-1952)

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Pub Date: 1913 (First edition)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 4 copies.  Copy 1 (FL): Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Without dust jacket, as issued.  Gilt on spine still sharp, but the book is so thin it’s hard to read.  Copy 2 (BRU): Fair.  Ex-library. No tears, bends or folds.  Library stamping on front pastedown,  sticker marking on second fep, previous owner’s name stamped on title page.  Smudging to front and rear boards and spine–after more than 100 years of being handled….. No title on spine (see Copy 1).  Without dust jacket, as issued.  Copy 3 (LC21): Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Without dust jacket, as issued.  Gilt on spine fading.  Wear to head and foot of spine.  All corners bumped.  Light edge wear.  Copy 4 (D):  Fair.  Ex-library.  Binding tight, but wearing at upper front gutter (one approx. 1/2″ tear).  Library label pasted and taped to upper front boar near spine head.  One approx. 1/2″ discoloration near spine foot.  Library bookplate on front pastedown.  One approx. 1/2″ tear on lower edge second front end paper.  Pencil marks on title page.  Library blindstamp on lower corner title page.  Library pencil markings on third front end paper, and on upper and lower verso corners of “Transmittal” page.  Library check out card and envelope pasted on rear pastedown, with “Date Due” slip attached on rear end paper.  Library stamp on side text block.  All corners bumped, worn.

Notes: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 54.  “…a somewhat comprehensive view of the environment of the ancient tribes of the upper Rio Grande in New Mexico, especially of the Pajarito Plateau, and of the present Pueblo villages.”  (from the Letter of Submittal)