Publicado por Indians Arts Fund, School of American Research and The Museum of New Mexico, 1970
Librería: North Country Books, Milton, VT, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Card stock portfolio shows some wear, unmarked, holding one informational page, plus 12 photographs b/w plates in fine condition, with details on backside of each plate. Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Publicado por Kodansha International, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, 1977
ISBN 10: 0870113194 ISBN 13: 9780870113192
Librería: About Books, Henderson, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine dust jacket. Gilpin, Laura (photography) Ilustrador. First Edition (so stated). Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1977. Five signatures: SIGNED by the ARTIST as "Maria Poveka" under her full page portrait (on page 21). INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the free front endpaper. In addition the following members of the artist's family have signed their portraits: Maria's granddaughter Anita Martinez; her great granddaughter Barbara Gonzales; and Maria's son Adam Martinez. Fine condition in a bright, shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($35.00). NO chips. NO tears. Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is a beautifully illustrated study of Maria Martinez's life and work as a potter, and that of her family as well. It is lavishly illustrated with 195 color and 139 b/w plates. Comments on the Plates (pp. 273-287). Genealogy (family tree). Bibliography (pp. 289-296). Index-Glossary. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in black on the spine. First printing with "First Edition, 1977" so stated on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "Maria Martinez is one of the great figures in the pottery world of this century [S]he has become a legend in her lifetime. The magnificent burnished black pottery perfected by Maria and her husband Julian in the second decade of this century is prized by collectors and museums throughout North America and Europe. Maria, a Tewa Indian of New Mexico's San Ildefonso pueblo, was born in the 1880s and has been active as a potter for over seventy years. Three generations of Maria's family continue her black-on-black tradition" Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 12" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. Signed by the Author and by Maria Martinez. First Edition (so stated). Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Gilpin, Laura (photography). 300pp.