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 "name": "New Mexico Book Value Index",
 "description": "A citable reference index of notable New Mexico and Southwest collectible first editions. Each row carries title, author, first publisher and year, key first-edition points, a collectibility tier (tier language only — no dollar figures), signature-pool status (open or closed), and a one-line note on why the title is collectible. Compiled from the New Mexico Literacy Project pillar guides, the Top 50 ranked reference, and the closed-signature-pool reference. No dollar estimates are published; value is expressed in market tiers for time-stable reference.",
 "source": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-book-value-index",
 "license": "CC-BY-4.0 with attribution to New Mexico Literacy Project",
 "methodology": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/book-authentication-methodology-albuquerque",
 "lastUpdated": "2026-06-14T00:00:00+00:00",
 "tierLegend": {
  "Tier 1": "Four-figure-plus trophy — apex first editions and signed/limited rarities.",
  "Tier 2": "Low-to-mid four-figure — major signed firsts and landmark titles.",
  "Tier 3": "Mid-to-upper three-figure — Pulitzer-class firsts, scarce regional titles, key signed copies.",
  "Tier 4": "Entry-level to mid three-figure — important firsts that anchor a New Mexico shelf."
 },
 "itemCount": 69,
 "publisher": {
  "@id": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/#org",
  "name": "New Mexico Literacy Project",
  "url": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org"
 },
 "data": [
  {
   "title": "The Hobbit",
   "author": "J.R.R. Tolkien",
   "publisher": "Allen & Unwin",
   "year": "1937",
   "firstEditionPoints": "1937 Allen & Unwin first, 1500-copy run",
   "tier": "Tier 1",
   "tierLabel": "four-figure-plus trophy",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-tolkien-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1,500-copy 1937 Allen & Unwin true first is the foundational modern-fantasy trophy.",
   "rank": 1
  },
  {
   "title": "The Lord of the Rings trilogy matched-set signed firsts",
   "author": "J.R.R. Tolkien",
   "publisher": "Allen & Unwin",
   "year": "1954",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Allen & Unwin 1954-55",
   "tier": "Tier 1",
   "tierLabel": "four-figure-plus trophy",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-tolkien-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "A matched signed trilogy from the 1954-55 Allen & Unwin firsts is the apex Tolkien set.",
   "rank": 2
  },
  {
   "title": "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe signed first",
   "author": "C.S. Lewis",
   "publisher": "Geoffrey Bles",
   "year": "1950",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Geoffrey Bles 1950",
   "tier": "Tier 1",
   "tierLabel": "four-figure-plus trophy",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-cs-lewis-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The Geoffrey Bles UK first launched Narnia; signed copies are exceptionally scarce post-1963.",
   "rank": 3
  },
  {
   "title": "Blood Meridian signed first",
   "author": "Cormac McCarthy",
   "publisher": "Random House",
   "year": "1985",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Random House 1985, pictorial dust jacket",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-cormac-mccarthy-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "McCarthy's pictorial-jacket 1985 first reset sharply after his 2023 pool closure.",
   "rank": 4
  },
  {
   "title": "Lord of Light signed first",
   "author": "Roger Zelazny",
   "publisher": "Doubleday",
   "year": "1967",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Doubleday 1967, Hugo winner",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-roger-zelazny-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Zelazny's Hugo-winning 1967 novel is his most-sought signed first.",
   "rank": 5
  },
  {
   "title": "A Game of Thrones signed first",
   "author": "George R.R. Martin",
   "publisher": "Bantam Spectra",
   "year": "1996",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Bantam Spectra 1996",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-george-rr-martin-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1996 Bantam Spectra first launched A Song of Ice and Fire; early signed copies carry a scarcity premium.",
   "rank": 6
  },
  {
   "title": "The Blessing Way signed first",
   "author": "Tony Hillerman",
   "publisher": "Harper & Row",
   "year": "1970",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Harper & Row 1970, Leaphorn series begins",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-tony-hillerman-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1970 first that began the Leaphorn series and Hillerman's Navajo-country canon.",
   "rank": 7
  },
  {
   "title": "Bless Me, Ultima first",
   "author": "Rudolfo Anaya",
   "publisher": "Quinto Sol",
   "year": "1972",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Quinto Sol 1972, 6-point colophon",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/rudolfo-anaya-bless-me-ultima-collecting",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1972 Quinto Sol first is the foundational Chicano-literature collectible (6-point colophon check).",
   "rank": 8
  },
  {
   "title": "The Monkey Wrench Gang signed first",
   "author": "Edward Abbey",
   "publisher": "Lippincott",
   "year": "1975",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Lippincott 1975, R. Crumb wrap-around jacket",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-edward-abbey-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1975 Lippincott first with R. Crumb's wrap-around jacket anchors eco-fiction collecting.",
   "rank": 9
  },
  {
   "title": "Taos Pueblo signed first",
   "author": "Ansel Adams",
   "publisher": "Grabhorn Press",
   "year": "1930",
   "firstEditionPoints": "with Mary Hunter Austin, 1930",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ansel-adams-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Adams's 1930 Grabhorn Press photographic book with Mary Austin text is canonical NM photography.",
   "rank": 10
  },
  {
   "title": "House Made of Dawn signed first",
   "author": "N. Scott Momaday",
   "publisher": "Harper & Row",
   "year": "1968",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Harper & Row 1968 Pulitzer",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-n-scott-momaday-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1968 first won the 1969 Pulitzer and is foundational Native American Renaissance literature.",
   "rank": 11
  },
  {
   "title": "Nine Princes in Amber signed first",
   "author": "Roger Zelazny",
   "publisher": "Doubleday",
   "year": "1970",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Doubleday 1970",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-roger-zelazny-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1970 Doubleday first that began the Amber Chronicles.",
   "rank": 12
  },
  {
   "title": "Ceremony signed first",
   "author": "Leslie Marmon Silko",
   "publisher": "Viking",
   "year": "1977",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Viking 1977",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-leslie-marmon-silko-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Silko's 1977 Viking first is a cornerstone Native American Renaissance novel.",
   "rank": 13
  },
  {
   "title": "Death Comes for the Archbishop signed first",
   "author": "Willa Cather",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "1927",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Knopf 1927",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-willa-cather-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Cather's 1927 New Mexico-set novel is a canonical Southwest literary first.",
   "rank": 14
  },
  {
   "title": "All the Pretty Horses signed first",
   "author": "Cormac McCarthy",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "1992",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Knopf 1992, Border Trilogy I",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-cormac-mccarthy-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "The 1992 Knopf first opened the Border Trilogy and won the National Book Award.",
   "rank": 15
  },
  {
   "title": "Fevre Dream signed first",
   "author": "George R.R. Martin",
   "publisher": "Poseidon Press",
   "year": "1982",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Poseidon Press 1982",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-george-rr-martin-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Martin's 1982 Poseidon Press vampire novel is a sought early-career first.",
   "rank": 16
  },
  {
   "title": "The Road signed first",
   "author": "Cormac McCarthy",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "2006",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Knopf 2006 Pulitzer",
   "tier": "Tier 2",
   "tierLabel": "low-to-mid four-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-cormac-mccarthy-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "McCarthy's 2006 Pulitzer winner; signed firsts reset after his 2023 pool closure.",
   "rank": 17
  },
  {
   "title": "Hondo signed first",
   "author": "Louis L'Amour",
   "publisher": "Fawcett Gold Medal",
   "year": "1953",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Fawcett Gold Medal 1953 paperback original",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-louis-lamour-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "L'Amour's 1953 Fawcett Gold Medal paperback original is the key Western collectible.",
   "rank": 18
  },
  {
   "title": "Great River signed first",
   "author": "Paul Horgan",
   "publisher": "Farrar Straus",
   "year": "1954",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Farrar Straus 1954 Pulitzer for History",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-paul-horgan-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Horgan's 1954 two-volume Rio Grande history won the Pulitzer for History.",
   "rank": 19
  },
  {
   "title": "Laughing Boy signed first",
   "author": "Oliver La Farge",
   "publisher": "Houghton Mifflin",
   "year": "1929",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Houghton Mifflin 1929 Pulitzer",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-oliver-la-farge-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "La Farge's 1929 first won the Pulitzer and is a landmark Navajo-themed novel.",
   "rank": 20
  },
  {
   "title": "The Man Who Killed the Deer signed first",
   "author": "Frank Waters",
   "publisher": "Farrar & Rinehart",
   "year": "1942",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Farrar & Rinehart 1942",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-frank-waters-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Waters's 1942 Taos Pueblo novel is a Southwest literary cornerstone.",
   "rank": 21
  },
  {
   "title": "Desert Solitaire signed first",
   "author": "Edward Abbey",
   "publisher": "McGraw-Hill",
   "year": "1968",
   "firstEditionPoints": "McGraw-Hill 1968",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-edward-abbey-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Abbey's 1968 desert memoir is foundational American nature writing.",
   "rank": 22
  },
  {
   "title": "The Milagro Beanfield War signed first",
   "author": "John Nichols",
   "publisher": "Holt Rinehart",
   "year": "1974",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Holt Rinehart 1974",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-john-nichols-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Nichols's 1974 first anchors his New Mexico Trilogy.",
   "rank": 23
  },
  {
   "title": "Sandkings signed first",
   "author": "George R.R. Martin",
   "publisher": "Timescape",
   "year": "1981",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Timescape 1981",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-george-rr-martin-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Martin's 1981 Timescape collection is a sought early-career first.",
   "rank": 24
  },
  {
   "title": "Nightflyers signed/numbered limited",
   "author": "George R.R. Martin",
   "publisher": "Bluejay Books",
   "year": "1985",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Bluejay 1985, ~250 copies",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-george-rr-martin-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Martin's 1985 Bluejay signed/numbered limited (~250 copies) is the trophy variant of the title.",
   "rank": 25
  },
  {
   "title": "The Last Defender of Camelot signed/numbered",
   "author": "Roger Zelazny",
   "publisher": "Underwood-Miller",
   "year": "1981",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Underwood-Miller 1981",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-roger-zelazny-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Zelazny's 1981 Underwood-Miller signed/numbered limited.",
   "rank": 26
  },
  {
   "title": "Way Up High signed/numbered limited",
   "author": "Roger Zelazny",
   "publisher": "Donald M. Grant",
   "year": "1992",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Donald M. Grant 1992 Vaughn Bodé illustrated",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-roger-zelazny-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Zelazny's 1992 Donald M. Grant signed/numbered limited, Vaughn Bodé illustrated.",
   "rank": 27
  },
  {
   "title": "Origins of New Mexico Families signed first",
   "author": "Fray Angélico Chávez",
   "publisher": "Historical Society of New Mexico",
   "year": "1954",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Historical Society of NM 1954",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-fray-angelico-chavez-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Chávez's 1954 genealogical reference is the standard NM-families authority.",
   "rank": 28
  },
  {
   "title": "...Y No Se Lo Tragó La Tierra first",
   "author": "Tomás Rivera",
   "publisher": "Quinto Sol",
   "year": "1971",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Quinto Sol 1971, foundational Chicano",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-tomas-rivera-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Rivera's 1971 Quinto Sol first won the first Premio Quinto Sol; foundational Chicano literature.",
   "rank": 29
  },
  {
   "title": "Mornings in Mexico signed first",
   "author": "D.H. Lawrence",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "1927",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Knopf 1927, Kiowa Ranch Taos",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-dh-lawrence-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Lawrence's 1927 Knopf first ties to his Kiowa Ranch years near Taos.",
   "rank": 30
  },
  {
   "title": "Indian Earth signed first",
   "author": "Witter Bynner",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "1929",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Knopf 1929, Santa Fe poet circle",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-witter-bynner-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Bynner's 1929 Knopf collection is foundational Santa Fe poet-circle material.",
   "rank": 31
  },
  {
   "title": "A Night in the Lonesome October signed first",
   "author": "Roger Zelazny",
   "publisher": "AvoNova",
   "year": "1993",
   "firstEditionPoints": "AvoNova 1993, Gahan Wilson illustrated",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-roger-zelazny-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Zelazny's 1993 first, Gahan Wilson illustrated; a cult favorite.",
   "rank": 32
  },
  {
   "title": "Edge of Taos Desert signed first",
   "author": "Mabel Dodge Luhan",
   "publisher": "Harcourt Brace",
   "year": "1937",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Harcourt Brace 1937",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-mabel-dodge-luhan-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Luhan's 1937 memoir of the Taos art colony she helped create.",
   "rank": 33
  },
  {
   "title": "Martín & Meditations on the South Valley signed first",
   "author": "Jimmy Santiago Baca",
   "publisher": "New Directions",
   "year": "1987",
   "firstEditionPoints": "New Directions 1987 American Book Award",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-jimmy-santiago-baca-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Baca's 1987 first won the American Book Award.",
   "rank": 34
  },
  {
   "title": "The Land of Journeys' Ending signed first",
   "author": "Mary Hunter Austin",
   "publisher": "Century",
   "year": "1924",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Century 1924",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-mary-austin-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Austin's 1924 Century first is a key Southwest nature-and-culture title.",
   "rank": 35
  },
  {
   "title": "Spider Woman's Daughter signed first",
   "author": "Anne Hillerman",
   "publisher": "HarperCollins",
   "year": "2013",
   "firstEditionPoints": "HarperCollins 2013, the resumption",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-anne-hillerman-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Anne Hillerman's 2013 first resumed the Leaphorn-Chee series.",
   "rank": 36
  },
  {
   "title": "The Rounders signed first",
   "author": "Max Evans",
   "publisher": "Macmillan",
   "year": "1960",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Macmillan 1960, NM cowboy canon",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-max-evans-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Evans's 1960 first is a New Mexico cowboy-fiction touchstone.",
   "rank": 37
  },
  {
   "title": "She Had Some Horses signed first",
   "author": "Joy Harjo",
   "publisher": "Thunder's Mouth",
   "year": "1983",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Thunder's Mouth 1983",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-joy-harjo-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Harjo's 1983 collection is a landmark of Native American poetry.",
   "rank": 38
  },
  {
   "title": "Going for the Rain signed first",
   "author": "Simon J. Ortiz",
   "publisher": "Harper & Row",
   "year": "1976",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Harper & Row 1976",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-simon-ortiz-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Ortiz's 1976 Harper & Row collection is foundational Acoma Pueblo poetry.",
   "rank": 39
  },
  {
   "title": "Red Sky at Morning signed first",
   "author": "Richard Bradford",
   "publisher": "Lippincott",
   "year": "1968",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Lippincott 1968, NM boarding-school canon",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-richard-bradford-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Bradford's 1968 coming-of-age novel is a New Mexico boarding-school classic.",
   "rank": 40
  },
  {
   "title": "Mayordomo signed first",
   "author": "Stanley Crawford",
   "publisher": "UNM Press",
   "year": "1988",
   "firstEditionPoints": "UNM Press 1988 Western States Book Award, NM acequia",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-stanley-crawford-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Crawford's 1988 acequia memoir won the Western States Book Award.",
   "rank": 41
  },
  {
   "title": "The Sacred Hoop signed first",
   "author": "Paula Gunn Allen",
   "publisher": "Beacon Press",
   "year": "1986",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Beacon Press 1986, canonical Native feminist criticism",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-paula-gunn-allen-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Allen's 1986 first is canonical Native feminist literary criticism.",
   "rank": 42
  },
  {
   "title": "Sight Lines signed first",
   "author": "Arthur Sze",
   "publisher": "Copper Canyon Press",
   "year": "2019",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Copper Canyon 2019 National Book Award",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
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   "whyCollectible": "Sze's 2019 collection won the National Book Award for Poetry.",
   "rank": 43
  },
  {
   "title": "Albuquerque: A Narrative History signed first",
   "author": "Marc Simmons",
   "publisher": "UNM Press",
   "year": "1982",
   "firstEditionPoints": "UNM Press 1982",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/marc-simmons-new-mexico-history-collecting",
   "whyCollectible": "Simmons's 1982 first is the standard Albuquerque city history.",
   "rank": 44
  },
  {
   "title": "A City at the End of the World signed first",
   "author": "V.B. Price",
   "publisher": "UNM Press",
   "year": "1992",
   "firstEditionPoints": "UNM Press 1992, ABQ urbanism",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-vb-price-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Price's 1992 first is a foundational Albuquerque urbanism text.",
   "rank": 45
  },
  {
   "title": "Tularosa signed first",
   "author": "Michael McGarrity",
   "publisher": "W.W. Norton",
   "year": "1996",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Norton 1996, Kevin Kerney series begins",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-michael-mcgarrity-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "McGarrity's 1996 first began the Kevin Kerney series.",
   "rank": 46
  },
  {
   "title": "The Place Names of New Mexico signed first",
   "author": "Robert Julyan",
   "publisher": "UNM Press",
   "year": "1996",
   "firstEditionPoints": "UNM Press 1996, gazetteer authority",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-robert-julyan-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Julyan's 1996 gazetteer is the authority on New Mexico place names.",
   "rank": 47
  },
  {
   "title": "Mi Abuela Fumaba Puros signed first",
   "author": "Sabine Ulibarrí",
   "publisher": "UNM Press",
   "year": "1977",
   "firstEditionPoints": "UNM Press 1977 bilingual NM Hispano",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-sabine-ulibarri-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Ulibarrí's 1977 bilingual UNM Press first is a Hispano-New Mexico touchstone.",
   "rank": 48
  },
  {
   "title": "Estampas del Valle first",
   "author": "Rolando Hinojosa-Smith",
   "publisher": "Quinto Sol",
   "year": "1973",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Quinto Sol 1973, Klail City Death Trip series",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-rolando-hinojosa-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Hinojosa's 1973 Quinto Sol first began the Klail City Death Trip series.",
   "rank": 49
  },
  {
   "title": "House of Houses signed first",
   "author": "Pat Mora",
   "publisher": "Beacon Press",
   "year": "1997",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Beacon Press 1997, family memoir",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "open",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-pat-mora-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Mora's 1997 family memoir is a key Mexican-American New Mexico work.",
   "rank": 50
  },
  {
   "title": "Fire in the Night",
   "author": "Raymond Otis",
   "publisher": "Farrar & Rinehart",
   "year": "1934",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; scarce Santa Fe-school novel",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-raymond-otis-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Otis's 1934 first is a scarce Santa Fe-art-colony novel; closed pool since 1938.",
   "rank": 51
  },
  {
   "title": "The Sun Turns West",
   "author": "Alice Corbin Henderson",
   "publisher": "Writers' Editions",
   "year": "1933",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Writers' Editions first; Santa Fe poet circle",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-alice-corbin-henderson-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Henderson co-founded Poetry magazine and the Santa Fe poetry circle; her 1933 first is scarce.",
   "rank": 52
  },
  {
   "title": "Green Grow the Lilacs",
   "author": "Lynn Riggs",
   "publisher": "Samuel French",
   "year": "1931",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; basis for Oklahoma!",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-lynn-riggs-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Riggs's 1931 play became the musical Oklahoma!; a landmark by a Cherokee New Mexico playwright.",
   "rank": 53
  },
  {
   "title": "Piñon Country",
   "author": "Haniel Long",
   "publisher": "Duell, Sloan & Pearce",
   "year": "1941",
   "firstEditionPoints": "American Folkways series first",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-haniel-long-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Long's 1941 Southwest survey is a key Santa Fe small-press-circle title.",
   "rank": 54
  },
  {
   "title": "New Mexico: A Pageant of Three Peoples",
   "author": "Erna Fergusson",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "1951",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Knopf first edition",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-erna-fergusson-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Fergusson's 1951 Knopf history is the standard popular account of NM's three cultures.",
   "rank": 55
  },
  {
   "title": "Followers of the Sun",
   "author": "Harvey Fergusson",
   "publisher": "Knopf",
   "year": "1936",
   "firstEditionPoints": "Trilogy collected first; NM Hispano-history novels",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-harvey-fergusson-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Fergusson's NM Hispano-history novels are foundational Rio Grande fiction.",
   "rank": 56
  },
  {
   "title": "Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship",
   "author": "Dorothy Brett",
   "publisher": "Lippincott",
   "year": "1933",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; Taos art-colony memoir",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-dorothy-brett-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Brett's 1933 memoir documents the D.H. Lawrence Taos circle from the inside.",
   "rank": 57
  },
  {
   "title": "Georgia O'Keeffe",
   "author": "Georgia O'Keeffe",
   "publisher": "Viking",
   "year": "1976",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; autobiographical monograph",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-georgia-okeeffe-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "O'Keeffe's 1976 autobiographical Viking volume; signed copies are highly sought.",
   "rank": 58
  },
  {
   "title": "The House at Otowi Bridge",
   "author": "Peggy Pond Church",
   "publisher": "UNM Press",
   "year": "1959",
   "firstEditionPoints": "UNM Press first; Edith Warner / Los Alamos",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-peggy-pond-church-books-albuquerque",
   "whyCollectible": "Church's 1959 first tells the Edith Warner / Los Alamos story; a Manhattan-Project-era touchstone.",
   "rank": 59
  },
  {
   "title": "The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects",
   "author": "Edward J. Ruppelt",
   "publisher": "Doubleday",
   "year": "1956",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; Project Blue Book lead author",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Ruppelt led Project Blue Book; his 1956 first is a foundational, much-compounded UFO text.",
   "rank": 60
  },
  {
   "title": "Behind the Flying Saucers",
   "author": "Frank Scully",
   "publisher": "Henry Holt",
   "year": "1950",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; foundational Aztec NM saucer text",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Scully's 1950 first introduced the Aztec, New Mexico crash story to the public.",
   "rank": 61
  },
  {
   "title": "The UFO Experience",
   "author": "J. Allen Hynek",
   "publisher": "Henry Regnery",
   "year": "1972",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; coined 'close encounter'",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Hynek's 1972 first introduced the close-encounter classification; he founded CUFOS.",
   "rank": 62
  },
  {
   "title": "Flying Saucers from Outer Space",
   "author": "Donald E. Keyhoe",
   "publisher": "Henry Holt",
   "year": "1953",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; NICAP-era classic",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Keyhoe's 1953 first is a cornerstone of the 1950s saucer-era literature.",
   "rank": 63
  },
  {
   "title": "The Roswell Incident",
   "author": "Charles Berlitz",
   "publisher": "Grosset & Dunlap",
   "year": "1980",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; with William Moore",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Berlitz and Moore's 1980 first launched the modern Roswell narrative.",
   "rank": 64
  },
  {
   "title": "Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens",
   "author": "John E. Mack",
   "publisher": "Scribner",
   "year": "1994",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; Harvard psychiatrist author",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Mack's 1994 first brought academic credibility to the abduction phenomenon.",
   "rank": 65
  },
  {
   "title": "The Mothman Prophecies",
   "author": "John A. Keel",
   "publisher": "Saturday Review Press",
   "year": "1975",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; cult-status author",
   "tier": "Tier 3",
   "tierLabel": "mid-to-upper three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Keel's 1975 first is a cult-favorite of paranormal literature.",
   "rank": 66
  },
  {
   "title": "UFO Crash at Aztec",
   "author": "Wendelle C. Stevens",
   "publisher": "Aztec Publishers",
   "year": "1986",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; with William Steinman",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Steinman and Stevens's 1986 first is the definitive Aztec, New Mexico crash study.",
   "rank": 67
  },
  {
   "title": "Missing Time",
   "author": "Budd Hopkins",
   "publisher": "Richard Marek",
   "year": "1981",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; abduction-research landmark",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Hopkins's 1981 first is a landmark of abduction research.",
   "rank": 68
  },
  {
   "title": "Crash at Corona",
   "author": "Stanton T. Friedman",
   "publisher": "Paragon House",
   "year": "1992",
   "firstEditionPoints": "First edition; with Don Berliner",
   "tier": "Tier 4",
   "tierLabel": "entry-level to mid three-figure",
   "signaturePool": "closed",
   "authorGuide": "https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-ufo-roswell-books-new-mexico",
   "whyCollectible": "Friedman's 1992 Roswell investigation; pool closed 2019, with active appreciation.",
   "rank": 69
  }
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}