Technical Manual: 1973 Survey of the Tularosa Basin: The Research Design

Description

Author: None cited (Corporate)

Publisher: Human Systems Research (Las Cruces, NM)

Pub Date: Not dated.  (after 1973)

Binding: Paperback (post and stick binding)

Condition: Fair.  Post and stick binding tight, not broken or missing pieces.  No tears.  It feels as if there was a clear plastic cover for this item at one time, but it has been worn out and discarded.  You can feel a remnant at the lower front cover corner at the spine foot, and another near the spine head.  Front cover has one long fold at the spine edge (it’s been opened).  One approx. 3″ crease near mid-front cover.  Lots of scuffing, edge and corner wear.  Title page has four different markings–previous owner’s stamp near upper corner, previous owner’s blindstamp on bottom corner.  Location identification near upper corner, and pencil markings indicating limited edition number and previous owner’s name covering blindstamp.  Previous owner’s stamp on side text block, “HSR” hand-written on spine.  It appears pages 263-264 have either been misnumbered (page 264 coming before page 263), or those pages were incorrectly inserted.  Current recto edge of that leaf hole punched (remember that post and stick binding).  Original rear cover scuffed, worn, edge and corner wear.  Black plastic report cover is now the actual rear cover.  Whew!

Notes: Limited edition–474 copies, of which this is number 32 (according to the previous owner).  List of contributors on title page (too many to name).  5 sections–Research Design, Background, The Problems, Method, and Continuing Research.  This volume is kind of a cross between an HSR instruction manual, and “…the beginning of a long range project which will examine the principles of culture change in an arid environment.” (Page 12).  The Tularosa Basin covers approx.. 6500 square miles, from the Sacramento Mountains in the east to the San Andres and Oscura Mountains in the west, and runs approx. 150 miles north-south.  Landmarks include White Sands National Park, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, the Carrizozo Malpais lava flow, Holloman Air Force Base, White Sands Missile Range and the Trinity nuclear test site.  Oh fair New Mexico.