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The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos
by Wood, Nancy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525455140
- ISBN 13
- 9780525455141
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Dutton Books, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Dutton Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. Very clean decorated rust boards with turquoise spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing, or bookplates. Small faint "p" stamp mark on lower corner of front free endpaper (no marks to edges). 230 pgs. with index. Beautifully illustrated in color and black & white, including sepia photographs of Pueblos. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 9-1/4" X 11-1/4". Native American..
Synopsis
Nancy Wood is the editor of the award-winning anthology The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos (Dutton). Nearly half a million copies of her Spirit Walker trilogy of poems are in print. American Book Award -winner Richard Erdoes is an artist, photographer, and the author of more than thirty books. Both Ms. Wood and Mr. Erdoes live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007460
- Title
- The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos
- Author
- Wood, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0525455140
- ISBN 13
- 9780525455141
- Publisher
- Dutton Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- PUEBLO INDIANS NEW MEXICO NATIVE AMERICANS ART POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Native American; Poetry;
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