Sytha Motto, born in 1893 by the book's cataloging data, gathered New Mexico history from 1528 to 1978 in More than Conquerors. The chapters run from Zuni, Acoma and Oñate through the Penitentes, Old Albuquerque, the Pecos churches, traders, trappers, the Santa Fe churches and the Sisters of Loretto, to the Gadsden Treaty, land grants, the Civil War, the Chávez and Armijo families, sanitariums, academies and New Town Albuquerque. She also wrote Old Houses of New Mexico and the People Who Built Them (1972).
This copy is the 1980 first edition, printed by Adobe Press in Albuquerque, in maroon covers stamped in gilt with a cross, a crown and a rose, and Motto signed the title page.
First edition, signed, 1980
The copyright page reads 'Copyright © 1980 by Sytha Motto' and 'First Edition,' with Library of Congress number 80-26706, and says the book was printed in the United States by Adobe Press, Albuquerque. The author signed the title page.
| Author | Sytha Motto |
| Publisher | Sytha Motto (printed by Adobe Press, Albuquerque) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Edition | First edition, signed, 1980 |
| Signed | Yes. Signed by Sytha Motto on the title page. |
| Condition | Maroon hardcover stamped in gilt, no dust jacket. |
| Topic | New Mexico history |
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