The Story of Pueblo Pottery (Pamphlet)

Description

Authors: Wormington, H.M. (Hannah Marie) (1914-1994) and Neal, Arminta (1921-2003)

Publisher: Denver Museum of Natural History

Pub Date: 1951 (First printiing?),  1965 (Second printing), and 1978 (Fifth printing)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 3 copies.  Copy 1: Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  One pencil date on upper edge title page.  Smudging to rear cover.  Light edge and corner wear.  Copy 2 (SR): Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears.  Remnants of pencil marks to front cover, rear cover has pen marks and staining (?).  Upper front cover corner near spine head has an approx. dime sized area where a sticker was probably removed.  Upper and lower front cover corners worn.  Lower rear cover corner has an approx. 1/2″ bend.  Scuffing to rear cover.   Copy 3 (LC): Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No folds.  Lower front cover corner missing an approx. 1/4″ triangular chip.  Upper front cover edge has two (or three if you look closely) small chips.  Previous owner’s name on upper corner ffep/half-title page.   Staining (water?) to upper front cover verso edge, extends to upper rear cover recto edge.  1951 edition.

Notes: Museum Pictorial No. 2. Basically an exhibit catalog that long outlasted the exhibit.  A quick survey of Pueblo pottery, from hunter-gatherer coiled and unfired bowls to Santa Clara Black.