Jonathan Batkin's history of the Native American curio trade in New Mexico follows the dealers, catalogs and souvenir goods that carried Pueblo pottery, Navajo textiles and silver jewelry to tourists and collectors. The jacket's front shows silver bracelets and the tools that made them, and its back a photograph of a factory workshop.
This copy was published by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe and printed in Singapore, and Batkin signed the title page in Santa Fe on May 17, 2008.
Wheelwright Museum, 2008, signed by the author
The title page carries the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian imprint and is signed 'Jonathan Batkin, Santa Fe, May 17, 2008.' The back of the jacket gives ISBN 978-0-9622777-6-4 and the line Printed in Singapore.
| Author | Jonathan Batkin |
| Publisher | Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian |
| Year | 2008 |
| ISBN | 9780962277764 |
| Edition | Wheelwright Museum, 2008, signed by the author |
| Signed | Yes. Signed by Jonathan Batkin on the title page, dated Santa Fe, May 17, 2008. |
| Condition | Hardcover in dust jacket. |
| Topic | Indian arts and the curio trade |
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