Hunting Badger by Hillerman, Tony (Peter Thorpe artist) - 1999

NO BOOK – two foil large, single sheets of lettering layouts and colors proposed by Thorpe for the dust jacket. Foil with blue lettering is in Near Fine condition with some light wrinkles and fold marks; the other with title in dark gold is Very Good with a number of folds and wrinkles. Included is a jacket proof with the final art. Proof is fine minus with some very light specking; back panel and flaps all blank. Proof shows that version with dark gold lettering was the one selected by management at Harper. The single sheet foils were done in NYC whenever Thorpe proposed a foil jacket, as per a number of the final books by Hillerman. There were only 3 to 6 foils produced for Harper management to evaluate (cost of each over $300.00 paid by Harper) and are thus seldom seen. Items are ephemera from Tony's estate that Anne Hillerman donated to the Jemez Springs (NM) Library.