https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/2026-albuquerque-book-donation-report https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Cedar-frame Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers and a National Geographic magazine collection. NMLP bookmarks visible in the spines. Albuquerque, April 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Two-shelf Little Free Library with adult commercial fiction on top and a mix of Rick Riordan middle-grade and academic titles on the bottom. NMLP bookmark visible on the lower shelf. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg NMLP https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/24-7-book-drop-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg Free 24/7 book donation drop box at New Mexico Literacy Project, 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Albuquerque — turquoise outdoor box accepting used books, DVDs, and CDs anytime https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/about https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred, owner of the New Mexico Literacy Project, at the Albuquerque North Valley book donation warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-sorting-donated-books-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred hand-sorting donated books at the New Mexico Literacy Project workstation in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/blog/little-free-library-donations-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Cedar-frame Little Free Library stocked with the Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade series — Tristan Strong Keeps Punching, The Storm Runner, The Last Fallen Star, The Cursed Carnival — beside a collection of vintage National Geographic mag https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Two-shelf Little Free Library with adult commercial fiction on top — Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, The Shack — and a lower shelf mixing more Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers with academic titles in https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/compare https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/free-book-pickup-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nmlp-van-magnet-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project van — Donate used books or other unwanted items, Call or Text 702-496-4214 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project free book pickup van in Albuquerque — white Ford Transit with logo, serving estates, classrooms, and moves across the metro area https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/ https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nmlp-van-magnet-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project van — Donate used books or other unwanted items, Call or Text 702-496-4214 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg Free 24/7 book donation drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE Albuquerque — turquoise outdoor box accepting used books, DVDs, and CDs anytime day or night https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project free book pickup van in Albuquerque — white Ford Transit serving estates, classrooms, and moves across the metro area https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-book-donation-albuquerque.jpg Estate book donation arriving at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse in Albuquerque's North Valley — boxes staged for hand-sorting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse, standing in front of the sorted-book wall where every donation gets hand-evaluated before routing https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Donated adult fiction stocked at an Albuquerque Little Free Library — the destination for books that pass the hand-sort and go straight to neighborhood readers https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers and a National Geographic magazine collection — Albuquerque North Valley https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/library-wont-take-my-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-benavides-memorial-1630.webp A black hardcover book with gold script reading 'The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630', a foundational document of early-colonial New Mexico history, donated to NMLP after being rejected for sorting at an Albuquerque-area library. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-fiesta-fare-momaday-1956.webp A 1956 commemorative cookbook 'Fiesta Fare: Mexican, Spanish and Southwestern Recipes', with cover illustration signed by Al Momaday, published for Albuquerque's 250th anniversary, donated to NMLP from a pile that the library asked the dono https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-pueblo-indian-cookbook.webp A spiral-bound copy of the Pueblo Indian Cookbook with traditional Pueblo art on the cover, published by the Museum of New Mexico Press, in the donation pile from a donor told to sort first by an Albuquerque library. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-nm-colcha-embroidery.webp A pink-cover specialty book 'New Mexico Colcha Embroidery' by Susan H. Ellis, a regional handbook on traditional New Mexico Hispanic colcha embroidery, donated to NMLP after a library asked the donor to sort first. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-irene-fisher-bathtub-bullets.webp Two paperback books by Irene Fisher, 'Bathtub and Silver Bullet' and 'More Bathtubs Fewer Bullets', regional New Mexico frontier-era memoirs in the donation pile from an Albuquerque library reject. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/moving-book-donation-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/partner-with-us https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/pillars https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/sell-or-donate-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/service-areas https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/stories https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Cedar-frame Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers — Tristan Strong Keeps Punching, The Storm Runner, Aru Shah, Sal and Gabi, The Last Fallen Star, The Cursed Carnival — next to a shelf of vintage Nat https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Two-shelf Little Free Library filled with donated books. Top shelf has adult commercial fiction — Clive Cussler Shadow Tyrants, Nora Roberts Identity, Tom Clancy Every Man a Tiger, The Shack, Amanda Quick, Sandra Brown Charade, Patricia Cor https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/testimonials https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/verify-nmlp-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred, owner of New Mexico Literacy Project, in the Albuquerque warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-warehouse-albuquerque.jpg Interior of the NMLP book donation warehouse on Edith Boulevard in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg The 24/7 outdoor book donation drop box at the NMLP warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg The NMLP van that handles free book pickups across the Albuquerque metro https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-sorting-donated-books-albuquerque.jpg Josh sorting donated books in the NMLP warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg A Little Free Library in Albuquerque stocked from NMLP donations https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/aps-bus-2404-nmlp-book-delivery-albuquerque.webp Albuquerque Public Schools van #2404 with the official APS logo, parked at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse with rear doors open and a load of books and supplies inside https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/what-i-take-that-others-wont-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yes-guide/cocinas-de-nm-three-cookbooks.webp Three saddle-stitched soft-cover cookbooks lying side-by-side on white background: a tan Cocinas de New Mexico cover with stylized vegetables, a green Bernalillo County Extension Service New Mexico Holiday Show cookbook, and an orange Cocin https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yes-guide/cocinas-de-nm-orange-cover.webp Orange and green Cocinas de New Mexico cookbooks lying overlapping, the orange one with a chile ristra illustration, the green one a Bernalillo County Extension Service publication. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-sorting-donated-books-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred at the NMLP warehouse sorting through a stack of donated books at the workstation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-warehouse-albuquerque.jpg A view inside the NMLP warehouse with stacked boxes of donated books visible on shelves and on the floor. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg The NMLP outdoor 24/7 book and media donation drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE in Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-irene-fisher-bathtub-bullets.webp A pair of older paperback books titled Bathtub and Silver Bullet and More Bathtubs Fewer Bullets by NM-frontier-era memoirist Irene Fisher, lying on a wooden surface. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-book-donation-albuquerque.jpg A pile of donated books, photo albums, and personal materials in an estate-cleanout context. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg The NMLP pickup van loaded with donation boxes from an estate cleanout. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred, NMLP owner-operator, in the warehouse with a stack of donated books visible behind him. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/aps-bus-2404-nmlp-book-delivery-albuquerque.webp An APS Title I van with the bus number 2404 visible, parked at the NMLP warehouse on a Tuesday delivery for the McKinney-Vento program. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-pueblo-indian-cookbook.webp A signed Pueblo Indian Cookbook by Phyllis Hughes lying on a wooden surface with a Museum of New Mexico Press imprint visible on the cover. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-fiesta-fare-momaday-1956.webp A 1956 Fiesta Fare cookbook for the Albuquerque 250th anniversary celebration, with cover art credited to Al Momaday, lying on a wooden surface. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-nm-colcha-embroidery.webp A copy of New Mexico Colcha Embroidery by Susan H. Ellis lying on a wooden surface, a saddle-stitched paperback technical handbook on the traditional NM Hispanic embroidery technique. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yes-guide/cocinas-interior-recipe-pages.webp The interior of one of the Cocinas de New Mexico cookbooks held open by hand, showing recipes for posole, chimichangas, capirotada, sopaipillas, and other traditional New Mexican dishes printed in mid-century typewriter typeface on cream-co https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/where-donated-books-go-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers — Tristan Strong Keeps Punching, The Storm Runner, The Last Fallen Star, The Cursed Carnival — beside a collection of vintage National Geographic magazines, with https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Little Free Library with two shelves of donated books — upper shelf of adult commercial fiction including Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, and The Shack; lower shelf mixing more Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/aps-bus-2404-nmlp-book-delivery-albuquerque.webp Albuquerque Public Schools van #2404 with the APS logo on the door, parked at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse with rear cargo doors open and a load of books and supplies inside, secured with purple cargo straps. Photographed durin https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/where-to-donate-books-albuquerque-guide https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/why-donate https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/georgia-okeeffe-art-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-first-edition-cover.webp First edition dust jacket cover of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Jan Garden Castro, Crown Publishers 1985, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-copyright-page-first-printing.webp Copyright page of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe showing first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 confirming first edition, ISBN 0-517-55058-X, Crown Publishers 1985 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-title-page.webp Title page of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Jan Garden Castro showing Crown Publishers New York imprint https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-dust-jacket-flap.webp Rear dust jacket flap of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe with Jan Garden Castro author biography referencing Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-chicken-sunrise-1917-watercolor.webp Interior plate from The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe showing Chicken in Sunrise 1917 watercolor on paper by Georgia O'Keeffe from her Canyon Texas period https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/mabel-dodge-luhan-taos-literary-colony-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-company-cover-museum-nm-press.jpg Cover of Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company: American Moderns and the West, Museum of New Mexico Press 2016, showing a painting of Mabel Dodge Luhan seated and reading while wearing turquoise jewelry. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-taos-colony-group-painting.jpg Interior plate from Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company showing a group painting of Taos colony figures gathered in an adobe room with vigas ceiling at Los Gallos compound. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-portrait-black-white.jpg Black and white portrait photograph of Mabel Dodge Luhan wearing a striped turban headwrap, reproduced in Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2016). Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/taos-pueblo-modernist-watercolor-1925.jpg Modernist watercolor painting of Taos Pueblo architecture with purple mountains, signed and dated Taos 1925, from the Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company exhibition catalog. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-company-copyright-first-printing.jpg Copyright page of Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company showing first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 978-0-89013-614-0, Museum of New Mexico Press 2016. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-house-interior-ernest-knee-1935.jpg Ernest Knee gelatin silver prints c. 1935 showing Mabel Dodge Luhan House interior rooms: Big House living room, dining room, fireplace room, plus Ranchos Church, Taos Pueblo Chapel, and Finney Farm. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-house-exterior-ernest-knee-1935.jpg Ernest Knee exterior photograph of Mabel Dodge Luhan House c. 1935, gelatin silver print showing adobe walls, trees, and pergola in Taos NM. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/bursum-bill-protest-artists-writers-1922.jpg 1922 Protest of Artists and Writers against the Bursum Bill broadside, Appeal by Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, and photograph of John Collier, Commissioner of Bureau of Indian Affairs 1933. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/rose-clark-young-girl-holding-book-platinum-print.jpg Rose Clark, Untitled II (Young Girl Holding Book), platinum print, chapter 3 opening plate from Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/edward-weston-ella-young-mabel-dodge-luhan-portraits.jpg Edward Weston gelatin silver portraits of Ella Young c. 1930 and Mabel Dodge Luhan 1933, with text on Bisstram synesthesia and Carl Jung at Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-historic-site-cover.jpeg Cover of Couse-Sharp Historic Site: Historic Building Assessment Phase I, First Edition October 2008, showing E.I. Couse studio interior with easel paintings and artist materials at 146 Kit Carson Road Taos NM. National Trust for Historic Preservation Associate Site. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-historic-site-adobe-niche-title.jpeg Interior title page of Couse-Sharp Historic Site assessment showing full-page photograph of adobe wall niche with geranium plant and title text. Documentary architectural photography of the Couse-Sharp compound in Taos NM. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-historic-site-copyright-page.jpeg Copyright page of Couse-Sharp Historic Site Historic Building Assessment showing Couse Foundation copyright 2008, Dale F. Zinn and Associates consultation Registered NM Architect 940 Santa Fe, National Trust for Historic Preservation support, Blurb publishing. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-assessment-chapel-crack.jpeg Documentary assessment page from Couse-Sharp Historic Building Assessment showing crack at Luna Chapel northeast corner with technical preservation analysis and photographs of adobe plaster damage. Architectural field documentation 2008. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-assessment-portal-maintenance.jpeg Maintenance documentation page from Couse-Sharp Historic Building Assessment showing 2008 photograph of portal and sunroom doorway with characteristic ichnographic wood block cutouts on door page 131 and preservation maintenance checklist. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-site-plan-maintenance-form.jpeg Interior spread from Couse-Sharp Historic Building Assessment showing Maintenance Record and Survey form template alongside full-color site plan drawing of compound building layout by Tim McNeil Sofranski and McNeil Taos NM. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-kiva-fireplaces-interior.jpeg Interior spread from Couse-Sharp Historic Building Assessment showing six photographs of preserved kiva fireplaces inside the historic adobe buildings at 146 Kit Carson Road Taos NM. Traditional corner adobe fireplaces. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-1913-2008-comparison.jpeg Interior spread from Couse-Sharp Historic Building Assessment showing 2008 Kibbey Couse lower Studio roof photographs alongside 1913 vs 2008 comparison of Luna chapel Sharp Studio demonstrating century of architectural continuity. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/couse-sharp-historic-site-back-cover.jpeg Back cover of Couse-Sharp Historic Site Historic Building Assessment showing Couse Foundation mission statement referencing Eanger Irving Couse and Joseph Henry Sharp with historic black and white photograph of E.I. Couse painting in Taos studio with Native American models. Primary source document. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/ancient-city-press-first-editions-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-hispanic-southwest-cover.webp First edition cover of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest Authentic Designs edited by William Wroth, Ancient City Press Santa Fe 1985, showing traditional blue and red Hispanic weaving design pattern. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-hispanic-southwest-back-cover.webp Back cover of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest showing full description, William Wroth editor biography referencing the Taylor Museum at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and ISBN 0-941270-27-0. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-hispanic-southwest-copyright-first-edition.webp Copyright page of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest showing First Edition stated, copyright 1985 Ancient City Press P.O. Box 5401 Santa Fe NM 87502, LCCN 85-071306, ISBN 0-941270-27-0, designed by Mary Powell, cover by Stephen Tongier. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/santos-brief-history-charles-carrillo.webp Interior page showing Santos A Brief History essay by Charles Carrillo from Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest, Ancient City Press 1985, discussing religious folk art images of New Mexico and Colorado. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-interior-text.webp Title page of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest, Edited by William Wroth, Ancient City Press Santa Fe New Mexico. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/santa-fe-trail-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-cover.webp Front cover with dust jacket of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails by Edward James Glasgow and William Henry Glasgow 1846-1848, edited by Mark L. Gardner, foreword by Marc Simmons, University Press of Colorado 1993 first edition. Mexican War battle scene engraving. Photographed by Josh Eldred at New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-title-page.webp Title page of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails with Mark L. Gardner signature in black ink, signed first edition, University Press of Colorado 1993. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-trails-signed-mark-gardner.webp Close-up of Mark L. Gardner signature on title page of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails, signed first edition, University Press of Colorado 1993. Photographed by Josh Eldred at New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-copyright-first-edition.webp Copyright page of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails showing First edition stated, number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-87081-291-2, LCCN 93-19433, University Press of Colorado Niwot CO 1993. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-interior-1.webp Rear dust jacket flap with portrait photograph and biography of editor Mark L. Gardner, historian in Cascade Colorado and Santa Fe National Historic Trail Advisory Council appointee. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-interior-2.webp Back cover of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails dust jacket with Mexican War battle engraving continuation and ISBN barcode 9780870812910. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/following-santa-fe-trail-marc-simmons-cover.webp Cover of Following the Santa Fe Trail A Guide for Modern Travelers by Marc Simmons — watercolor wagon train illustration. Found in an Albuquerque estate donation to the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/santa-fe-trail-newspaper-clipping-marc-simmons.webp Vintage newspaper clipping about Marc Simmons trail research found inside a copy of Following the Santa Fe Trail — headline Modern trail buff retraces the path of the pioneers, with Santa Fe Trail route map and Fort Union wagon rut photograph. Provenance ephemera. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/historic-santa-fe-trail-map-wagon-ruts-1992.webp Historic Santa Fe Trail map dated 1992 showing the Old Pecos Trail route through Santa Fe with wagon rut locations in red dashes, alongside field notes referencing National Park Service Regional Office and La Fonda Hotel. From an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/historic-santa-fe-trail-map-legend-detail.webp Detail of Historic Santa Fe Trail map legend showing pristine original trail in red, lightly compromised in dashed, and heavily compromised or non-existent trail in gray. From an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/historic-santa-fe-trail-inventory-pecos.webp The Historic Santa Fe Trail Inventory — field survey document referencing 1936-37 USDA aerial photography, County Tax Assessor maps, and NM Office of Archaeology Studies for wagon rut mapping along the Old Pecos Trail. Primary source research material. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-robert-julyan-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/place-names-new-mexico-julyan-cover.webp Front cover of The Place Names of New Mexico, Revised Edition by Robert Julyan. Watercolor landscape illustration by Alice Peden. University of New Mexico Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/place-names-new-mexico-julyan-copyright.webp Copyright page and table of contents spread of The Place Names of New Mexico by Robert Julyan. ISBN 0-8263-1689-1. Second edition 1998, second printing 2001. University of New Mexico Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/place-names-new-mexico-julyan-back-cover.webp Back cover of The Place Names of New Mexico, Revised Edition by Robert Julyan. Reviews from Southwest Mission Research Center, Tradición Revista, and Crosswinds. UNM Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-spanish-missions-churches-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-cover.webp Front cover of New Mexico Mission Churches by Donna Blake Birchell. Photo collage of NM mission churches. The History Press, 2021. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-copyright.webp Copyright page of New Mexico Mission Churches by Donna Blake Birchell. The History Press, 2021. ISBN 9781467144933. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-interior.webp Interior page from New Mexico Mission Churches showing the San José de Laguna Mission Church reredos decorated with buffalo hides. Library of Congress photograph. Page 91, Pueblo Missions chapter. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-back-cover.webp Back cover of New Mexico Mission Churches by Donna Blake Birchell. Historic Pueblo photograph, description, The History Press. ISBN 978-1-4671-4493-3. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/presbyterian-missionaries-northern-new-mexico-cover.jpg Front cover of Presbyterian Missionaries in Rural Northern New Mexico by Dale B. Gerdeman. 1875 J.N. Furlong photograph of Spanish Presbyterian Mission Church and Day-School in Las Vegas NM. Menaul Historical Library 25th Anniversary Edition, 1999. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/presbyterian-missionaries-gerdeman-signed-inscription.jpg Author inscription by Dale B. Gerdeman in Presbyterian Missionaries in Rural Northern New Mexico. Signed dedication to Cleo from within the NM Presbyterian mission community. Estate cleanout provenance. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/presbyterian-missionaries-gerdeman-acknowledgements.jpg Acknowledgements page of Presbyterian Missionaries in Rural Northern New Mexico showing connections to NM Highlands University, Museum of New Mexico, and Menaul Historical Library. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/presbyterian-missionaries-gerdeman-table-of-contents.jpg Table of contents of Presbyterian Missionaries in Rural Northern New Mexico. Chapters on Missionary Pioneers in Las Vegas Area, Spanish-Speaking Leaders, Missionary Educators, 20th Century Missionaries in San Miguel and Mora Counties. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/presbyterian-missionaries-gerdeman-demographic-data.jpg 1990 county-level demographic data table from Presbyterian Missionaries in Rural Northern New Mexico showing population, language, and religious adherence for 11 NM counties in the Presbyterian mission field. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/presbyterian-missionaries-gerdeman-trementina-village.jpg Interior page on Trementina village in San Miguel County NM from Presbyterian Missionaries in Rural Northern New Mexico. Early settlers, Presbyterians and Penitentes, origin of village name. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-hispanic-genealogy-family-history-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/history-jews-new-mexico-tobias-back-cover.webp Back cover of A History of the Jews in New Mexico by Henry J. Tobias — book description, reviews from Southwestern Lore, Journal of American Ethnic History, and Book Talk, ISBN 0-8263-1390-6, University of New Mexico Press https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/history-jews-new-mexico-tobias-cover.webp Front cover of A History of the Jews in New Mexico by Henry J. Tobias — teal cover with ornate wrought-iron gate design and gold Star of David, University of New Mexico Press https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-cover.webp Front cover of El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel by Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin. Comic panel collage of crypto-Jewish New Mexico scenes. Basic Books, 2012. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-jacket-flap.webp Inner dust jacket flap of El Iluminado with plot synopsis — crypto-Jewish mystery connecting contemporary Santa Fe and Inquisition-era Mexico. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-copyright.webp Copyright page of El Iluminado by Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin. Basic Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0-465-03257-0. First printing. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-back-cover.webp Back cover of El Iluminado with advance praise from Gary Shteyngart, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ruth Behar, John Sayles, and Jerome Charyn. Basic Books. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/traditional-herbs-nuevo-mexico-meyer-cover.webp Front cover of Traditional Herbs de Nuevo Mexico by Felicia A. Meyer — cream paper with pen-and-ink botanical illustrations, published by Rio Grande Herb Co. of Albuquerque 1994, Walgreens $1.99 sticker. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/traditional-herbs-nuevo-mexico-meyer-interior-alamo-osha.webp Interior spread of Traditional Herbs de Nuevo Mexico — Álamo (Poplar) entry with traditional medicinal uses, botanical illustration of Oshá plant, copyright page with Rio Grande Herb Co. publisher info. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/traditional-herbs-nuevo-mexico-meyer-back-cover-yerba-negrita.webp Back cover of Traditional Herbs de Nuevo Mexico — Yerba de la Negrita Products advertisement by pharmacist Al Lopez, barcode, printed with soy ink. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/seeds-of-struggle-harvest-of-faith-front-cover.webp Front cover of Seeds of Struggle, Harvest of Faith — Tecolote Church photograph on dark cover, editors Thomas J. Steele S.J., Paul Rhetts, and Barbe Awalt, LPD Press Albuquerque 1998. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/seeds-of-struggle-harvest-of-faith-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of Seeds of Struggle, Harvest of Faith — First Edition, number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBNs 1-890689-00-9 (cloth) and 1-890689-01-7 (paper), LCCN 98-66219, LPD Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/seeds-of-struggle-harvest-of-faith-interior-spread.webp Interior spread of Seeds of Struggle, Harvest of Faith pages 158-159 — mission history of San Antonio de Tajique, portrait of José Antonio Laureano Zubia, San Antonio Church photograph 1989. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/estate-cleanout-service-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-cleanout-cd-music-collection-albuquerque.webp Hundreds of CDs organized on wooden shelves during an Albuquerque estate cleanout by Josh Eldred and the New Mexico Literacy Project — framed artwork, Southwestern rug, and sorting bins visible in the room-by-room cataloging process. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/free-pickup-service-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/albuquerque-home-library-bookcase-pickup.jpg A packed five-shelf bookcase next to a sliding glass door in a typical Albuquerque home before a free pickup by Josh Eldred and the New Mexico Literacy Project — hardcovers, paperbacks, and cookbooks with a sunny courtyard visible through the glass. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/what-to-do-with-books-after-someone-dies https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-estate-bookshelf-southwest-books.webp A New Mexico estate bookshelf with Southwest regional titles including Otero Mesa on the top shelf, collected rocks and Rio Grande driftwood on the middle shelves, and decades of well-read hardcovers and paperbacks below. Photographed during an estate evaluation by Josh Eldred of the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/senior-downsizing-book-donations-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-cleanout-books-sorting-albuquerque.webp A New Mexico home bookshelf during a senior downsizing evaluation — Juan Quezada pottery book and Paquimé ceramics on the top shelf alongside handmade Mata Ortiz pots, natural artifacts on the middle shelf, and well-read books below on saltillo tile flooring. Photographed by Josh Eldred of the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/rick-b-google-review-senior-downsizing-albuquerque.webp Five-star Google review from Rick B describing his experience with Josh Eldred and the New Mexico Literacy Project when downsizing his 93-year-old father's home in Albuquerque — courteous, respectful, takes everything, finds new homes for old belongings. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/storage-unit-book-cleanout-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-home-bookshelf-southwest-art-pottery.webp A porch bookshelf in an Albuquerque home with a Pueblo-style painting, Nativities of the Southwest book, a hand-carved kachina figure, pottery, cassette tapes, and books — photographed during a book and media cleanout by Josh Eldred of the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-kachina-katsina-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-fewkes-rio-grande-press-cover.webp Cover of Hopi Katcinas Drawn by Native Artists by Jesse Walter Fewkes — sage cloth binding with red border and gold lettering, kachina figure, Bureau of American Ethnology 1903, Rio Grande Press Glorieta NM reprint. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-fewkes-copyright-rio-grande-press-1969.webp Copyright page of Hopi Katcinas — A Rio Grande Classic, First published in 1903, LCCN 62-20282, Second Printing 1969, The Rio Grande Press Inc., Glorieta, New Mexico 87535. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-fewkes-title-page-bureau-american-ethnology-1903.webp Title page — Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1899-1900 by J. W. Powell, Director. Government Printing Office, 1903. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-puukon-hoya-tcanau-tuckubot.webp Color plate XXX from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Pūūkoñ Hoya, Paluña Hoya, Tcanaū, and Tuckubot drawn by Native Hopi artists. Bureau of American Ethnology, 1903. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-salab-monwu-hotsko-yaupa.webp Color plate XVII from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Salab Monwū, Hotsko, Türpockwa, and Yaupa (Mocking Bird). Katcinas Appearing in Powamū, page 97. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-panwu-tiwenu-kwewu.webp Color plate XL from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Pañwū (Mountain Sheep), Tiwenu, and Kwewū (Wolf). Page 142. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-lakone-mamzrau-calako-mana.webp Color plate from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Lakone Mana, Mamzrau Mana, Palahiko Mana, and Hopi Calako Mana kachina figures. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-hahaiwu-helolo-woe-tcutckutu.webp Color plates VI-VII from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Hahaiwū, Hēlōlō, and Woe and Tcutckutū. Page 72. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/books-found-in-new-mexico-estates https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-1940-cover.webp Cover of Father De Smet by Helene Magaret — green cloth binding with silver lettering, Farrar and Rinehart 1940 first edition. Biography of Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-title-page.webp Title page and frontispiece of Father De Smet Pioneer Priest of the Rockies by Helene Magaret, Farrar and Rinehart 1940, with engraved portrait of Pierre Jean De Smet. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-frontispiece-portrait.webp Frontispiece portrait engraving of Pierre Jean De Smet in clerical robes with medals and crucifix. Father De Smet by Helene Magaret, Farrar and Rinehart 1940. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-copyright-1940.webp Copyright page showing Farrar and Rinehart colophon, Copyright 1940 by Helene Magaret, printed by Quinn and Boden Company Inc Rahway N.J. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/albuquerque-balloon-fiesta-1983-program-cover.webp Twelfth Annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Official Program 1983, cover art by Kevin White, celebrating 200 years of flight since Montgolfier 1783. Found in an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mesa-verde-photo-guide-vintage-southwest.webp Vintage Mesa Verde National Park photo guide with cliff dwelling seen through a stone doorway. Southwest collectible ephemera from an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/spruce-tree-house-mesa-verde-vintage-brochure.webp Vintage Spruce Tree House interpretive brochure from Mesa Verde National Park — 25 cents donation if you take it with you. NPS ephemera from an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/cliff-palace-mesa-verde-vintage-brochure.webp Vintage Cliff Palace interpretive brochure from Mesa Verde National Park — Mesa Verde's largest cliff dwelling, Donation 25 cents if you take it home. Southwest NPS ephemera. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-estate-ephemera-spread-santa-fe-trail-balloon-fiesta.webp Five pieces of NM ephemera from an estate donation — Santa Fe Trail bumper sticker, Santa Fe Trail activity book, San Miguel County brochure, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center brochure, and 1983 Balloon Fiesta program. Photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/danger-stalks-land-kaniut-front-cover.jpeg Front cover of Danger Stalks the Land Alaskan Tales of Death and Survival by Larry Kaniut, St. Martin's Griffin first edition November 1999, showing a roaring grizzly bear in snowy Alaskan wilderness. Found in a New Mexico estate cleanout. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/danger-stalks-land-kaniut-back-cover.jpeg Back cover of Danger Stalks the Land by Larry Kaniut showing author biography and Spike Walker blurb. St. Martin's Griffin first edition November 1999. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/danger-stalks-land-kaniut-copyright-page.jpeg Copyright page of Danger Stalks the Land by Larry Kaniut — First Edition November 1999, number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 confirming first printing. ISBN 0-312-24120-8. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/i-breathe-white-burke-front-cover-1.jpeg Front cover of I Breathe White Poetry from the Heart of Alaska the Great Land by William T. Burke S.J., Silver Wings Press 1987, pale green chapbook with hand-lettered title and spruce tree illustration. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/i-breathe-white-burke-front-cover-2.jpeg Second angle of I Breathe White front cover by William T. Burke S.J., showing full chapbook and condition. Silver Wings Press 1987 Alaska Jesuit poetry. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/i-breathe-white-burke-review-copy-insert.jpeg Orange review copy insert from I Breathe White by William T. Burke S.J. — publication date July 19 1987, illustrations by Jackson Wilcox, 34 pages, list $3.50, celebrating 100 years of Jesuit work in Alaska. Silver Wings Press Pearblossom CA. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/i-breathe-white-burke-contents-copyright.jpeg Table of contents and copyright page of I Breathe White by William T. Burke S.J. — poem titles and Silver Wings Press information, 1987 Alaska Jesuit poetry chapbook. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/i-breathe-white-burke-back-cover.jpeg Back cover of I Breathe White by William T. Burke S.J. — pen-and-ink flag and cross illustration, Silver Wings Press Pearblossom California. 1987 Alaska poetry chapbook. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/where-else-but-alaska-machetanz-front-cover-dj.jpeg Front cover with dust jacket of Where Else but Alaska by Sara Machetanz illustrated by Fred Machetanz, Charles Scribner's Sons 1954. Blue-toned collage of Alaskan life — moose, sled dogs, bush pilot, locomotive, wildlife. Ex-library copy found in a New Mexico estate. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/where-else-but-alaska-machetanz-copyright-page.jpeg Copyright page of Where Else but Alaska by Sara Machetanz — Charles Scribner's Sons, LC Card No. 54-8787. Ex-library stamps from New York State Library and Regional Library Service Center Watertown NY. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/where-else-but-alaska-machetanz-back-dj-author-photo.jpeg Back of dust jacket of Where Else but Alaska — Sara and Fred Machetanz with sled dog Seegoo at the disappearing lake, mountains behind. Charming mid-century author photograph. Scribner's 1954. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/wolf-trail-lodge-boyd-front-cover-kenai-cabin.jpeg Front cover of Wolf Trail Lodge by Edward M. Boyd — snow-covered log cabin in the Kenai Peninsula spruce forest. Alaska Northwest Publishing Company 1984. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/wolf-trail-lodge-boyd-copyright-page-1984.jpeg Copyright page of Wolf Trail Lodge by Edward M. Boyd — Copyright 1984, ISBN 0-88240-271-4, LC 84-28451, Design by Pamela S. Ernst, Alaska Northwest Publishing Company Anchorage. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/wolf-trail-lodge-boyd-back-cover-plane-lodge.jpeg Back cover of Wolf Trail Lodge — Ed Boyd by his small plane and the lodge building with Boyds sign in winter snow. Kenai Peninsula memoir, Alaska Northwest 1984. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/the-long-dark-randles-front-cover-aurora-borealis.jpeg Front cover of The Long Dark An Alaskan Winter's Tale by Slim Randles — stunning aurora borealis painting by Sharon Shumacher over snowy Alaska Bush village. Alaska Northwest Publishing 1985. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/the-long-dark-randles-copyright-page-1985.jpeg Copyright page of The Long Dark by Slim Randles — Copyright 1985, ISBN 0-88240-302-8, Cover Sharon Shumacher, Alaska Northwest Publishing Company Anchorage. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/the-long-dark-randles-back-cover-author-bio.jpeg Back cover of The Long Dark by Slim Randles — author bio noting eight years at Anchorage Daily News, hunting guide, dog sledding. Randles later moved to New Mexico. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/alaska-wild-berry-guide-cookbook-front-cover.jpeg Front cover of Alaska Wild Berry Guide and Cookbook from Editors of Alaska Magazine — botanical berry illustrations grid, Alaska Northwest Publishing 1982. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/alaska-wild-berry-guide-cookbook-back-cover.jpeg Back cover of Alaska Wild Berry Guide and Cookbook — A Field Guide and A Cookbook, berry-picking camp photo, nearly 50 berries indigenous to Alaska. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/alaska-wild-berry-guide-cookbook-copyright-contents.jpeg Copyright page and table of contents of Alaska Wild Berry Guide and Cookbook — 1982, illustrations by Virginia Howie, design by Jon Hersh, ISBN 0-88240-229-3. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/frank-mccarthy-western-paintings-cover.webp Front cover of The Western Paintings of Frank C. McCarthy edited by Frank Storz — The Sioux Buffalo Run (1973), Ballantine Books. Franklin Mint Gold Medal Award winner. Fourth Printing January 1976. Photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/frank-mccarthy-western-paintings-back-cover.webp Back cover of The Western Paintings of Frank C. McCarthy — The Charge (1973), Private Collection. Ballantine Books large-format Western art book. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/frank-mccarthy-western-paintings-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of The Western Paintings of Frank C. McCarthy — Copyright 1974 by Frank C. McCarthy, SBN 345-24676-4-595, First Printing February 1974, Fourth Printing January 1976, Ballantine Books division of Random House. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nea-new-mexico-members-handbook-cover.webp Front cover of NEA of New Mexico Member's Handbook — olive green staple-bound pamphlet with NEA NM logo, rubber-stamped Compliments of Albuquerque Classroom Teachers Ass'n. Mid-century NM institutional ephemera. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nea-new-mexico-members-handbook-contents.webp Inside front cover and table of contents of NEA of New Mexico Member's Handbook — printed by The Valliant Company Albuquerque. Lists grievance procedures, tenure, code of ethics, teacher contracts. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mexican-archives-new-mexico-microfilm-guide-1969-cover.webp Front cover of Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Mexican Archives of New Mexico 1821-1846 — State Records Center Santa Fe 1969, Great Seal of New Mexico. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mexican-archives-new-mexico-microfilm-guide-1969-title-page.webp Title page of Guide to Microfilm Edition of Mexican Archives of New Mexico — Myra Ellen Jenkins editor, J. Richard Salazar research assistant, 42 rolls, NHPC-sponsored, 1969. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mexican-archives-new-mexico-microfilm-guide-1969-nhpc-standards.webp NHPC standards page from Guide to Mexican Archives of New Mexico — National Historical Publications Commission seal, General Services Administration, ALA microfilm standards. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/joaquin-miller-life-amongst-modocs-urion-press-front-cover.webp Front cover of Life Amongst the Modocs by Joaquin Miller — Urion Press reprint with Mount Shasta photograph by Robert McKenzie. Originally published 1873. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/joaquin-miller-life-amongst-modocs-urion-press-back-cover.webp Back cover of Life Amongst the Modocs by Joaquin Miller — Urion Press, author portrait, blurbs from William Everson and William Kittredge. ISBN 0-913522-12-0. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/joaquin-miller-life-amongst-modocs-urion-press-title-page.webp Title page of Life Amongst the Modocs Unwritten History by Joaquin Miller — Urion Press, San Jose, CA. Introduction by Alan Rosenus, afterword by William Everson. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/joaquin-miller-life-amongst-modocs-urion-press-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of Life Amongst the Modocs — Urion Press, LOC 85-52081, ISBN 0-913522-12-0. Text of the 1873 first edition. Afterword © 1987 William Everson. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/pink-adobe-cooking-silver-spoon-rosalea-front-cover.webp Front cover of Cooking with a Silver Spoon by Rosalea (Rosalea Murphy), self-published by The Pink Adobe restaurant, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1970. Cream softcover with red stylized bird illustration. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/pink-adobe-cooking-silver-spoon-rosalea-back-cover.webp Back cover of Cooking with a Silver Spoon — ornate silver spoon line drawing with mail-order address inside the bowl: The Pink Adobe, 406 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/pink-adobe-cooking-silver-spoon-rosalea-contents-copyright.webp Contents and copyright page spread of Cooking with a Silver Spoon — chapters from Hors D'oeuvres through Supplement 1970, Copyright 1970 by Rosalea. Self-published Santa Fe restaurant cookbook. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/pink-adobe-cooking-silver-spoon-la-fonda-bookmark.webp Interior recipe spread with La Fonda Newsstand bookmark — Veal Marsala and Veal Paprika recipes, bookmark from la fonda newsstand, 100 East San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM. Provenance of purchase at La Fonda Hotel circa early 1970s. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/newport-rockies-sprague-1961-front-cover.webp Front cover and dust jacket of Newport in the Rockies by Marshall Sprague, Sage Books / Alan Swallow 1961. Decorative stamp-style illustrations of Colorado Springs scenes. Border book found in an Albuquerque estate cleanout. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/newport-rockies-sprague-1961-copyright-dedication.webp Copyright page and dedication of Newport in the Rockies — Sage Books are published by Alan Swallow, 2679 So. York St., Denver 10, Colo. LOC 61-13263. Dedication For EJ Again, and Sister Josie. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/newport-rockies-sprague-1961-back-cover-aerial.webp Back cover of Newport in the Rockies — aerial photograph of Colorado Springs with caption And Palmer's Prairie came to this, Photo courtesy Stewart's. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/early-days-western-slope-jocknick-front-cover.webp Front cover of Early Days on the Western Slope of Colorado by Sidney Jocknick — Western Reflections Publishing 2004 reprint. Oil on canvas cover art by George Kernan showing Western Slope mountains and autumn aspens. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/early-days-western-slope-jocknick-copyright-title.webp Title page and copyright page of Early Days on the Western Slope of Colorado — Western Reflections Publishing Company, Montrose, CO. ISBN 1-890437-20-4, LOC 98-84130. 1998/2004 reprint. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/early-days-western-slope-jocknick-back-cover.webp Back cover of Early Days on the Western Slope of Colorado by Sidney Jocknick — frontier life description, Western Reflections Publishing Company logo, ISBN 1-890437-20-4. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-native-american-literature-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yellow-sun-bright-sky-la-farge-front-cover.webp Front cover of Yellow Sun, Bright Sky: The Indian Country Stories of Oliver La Farge — bright yellow softcover with blue text and line drawing by Julien Binford. Edited by David L. Caffey. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1988 First Edition. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yellow-sun-bright-sky-la-farge-back-cover.webp Back cover of Yellow Sun, Bright Sky by Oliver La Farge with N. Scott Momaday endorsement quote — one Pulitzer winner praising another. ISBN 0-8263-1033-8, University of New Mexico Press. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yellow-sun-bright-sky-la-farge-title-page.webp Title page of Yellow Sun, Bright Sky: The Indian Country Stories of Oliver La Farge, edited and with an introduction by David L. Caffey. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yellow-sun-bright-sky-la-farge-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of Yellow Sun, Bright Sky — La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963. Twelve Indian Country stories. Copyright 1988 by John Pendaries La Farge. First Edition. LOC CIP data. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/arizona-highways-july-1974-navajo-weaving-cover.webp Cover of Arizona Highways magazine July 1974 — Navajo weaving special issue featuring a full-color Yei rug/blanket design. One of the most collectible Southwest magazine covers. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/arizona-highways-1974-maxwell-museum-navajo-weaving-clipping.webp Loose newspaper clipping found inside Arizona Highways July 1974: Maxwell Unveils Navajo Weaving Exhibit at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/arizona-highways-july-1974-yei-rugs-blankets-article.webp Interior spread from Arizona Highways July 1974 — Yei Rugs and Blankets article with color photos of multiple Navajo Yei weavings, page 24. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/arizona-highways-july-1974-navajo-textile-patterns.webp Interior spread from Arizona Highways July 1974 showing Navajo textile patterns including Ganado Red style regional weaving traditions. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/rc-gorman-lithographs-monthan-1978-cover.webp Front cover with dust jacket of R.C. Gorman: The Lithographs by Doris Monthan, Northland Press 1978. Deep plum dust jacket featuring Gorman's iconic seated Navajo woman lithograph in red shawl. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/rc-gorman-lithographs-monthan-1978-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of R.C. Gorman: The Lithographs — Copyright 1978 by Doris Monthan, First Edition Second Printing, ISBN 0-87358-179-2, Northland Press Flagstaff Arizona. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/rc-gorman-lithographs-monthan-1978-back-cover.webp Back cover with dust jacket of R.C. Gorman: The Lithographs — portrait of R.C. Gorman (Diné/Navajo, 1931–2005) in profile wearing a bandana, with biographical text. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/powwow-summer-lita-mathews-front-cover.webp Front cover of A Powwow Summer Across North America by Dr. Lita Mathews — black cover with sepia-toned oval photograph of a Native American dancer in traditional buckskin regalia, A Gathering of Nations Publication, Albuquerque NM. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/powwow-summer-lita-mathews-title-page.webp Title page of A Powwow Summer Across North America by Dr. Lita Mathews showing the Gathering of Nations circular logo and imprint — the largest powwow in North America publishing from Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/powwow-summer-lita-mathews-back-cover.webp Back cover of A Powwow Summer Across North America — praise quotes from UNM faculty Dr. Kathryn Herr and Dr. Ruth Salvaggio, ex-library sticker visible. $12.95 US / $19.95 Canada / £8 UK. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/right-place-right-time-carr-laguna-pueblo-front-cover.webp Front cover of Right Place, Right Time: The Journey of a Pueblo of Laguna Native by Robert C. Carr (Guwatimu) — landscape photograph of ruins of family sheep camp at Skro kana against red rock mesas. All About Indians Press, Albuquerque 2013. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/right-place-right-time-carr-laguna-pueblo-copyright-dedication.webp Copyright page and dedication page spread of Right Place, Right Time — ISBN 978-0-9860615-1-6, LCCN 2013919275, dedication to parents Pedro and Edith Pacheco Carr and the people of Guishsche at Pueblo of Laguna. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/right-place-right-time-carr-laguna-pueblo-back-cover.webp Back cover of Right Place, Right Time by Robert C. Carr (Guwatimu) — maroon background with About the Book and About the Author sections, author photo by Rhiannon Carr, $19.95. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-eugene-manlove-rhodes-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/good-men-and-true-rhodes-1910-first-edition-cover.webp Front cover of the first edition of Good Men and True by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Henry Holt and Company 1910. Red cloth binding with black-stamped revolver illustration. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/good-men-and-true-rhodes-emily-inscription-1914.webp Handwritten association inscription from Emily Rhodes (author's wife) to Miss Alta Hager, dated Feb 25 1914, Apalachin NY, in a first edition of Good Men and True by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/good-men-and-true-rhodes-1910-title-page.webp Title page of Good Men and True by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, illustrations by H. T. Dunn, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1910. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/good-men-and-true-rhodes-ht-dunn-illustration-page39.webp Interior illustration by H. T. Dunn from Good Men and True by Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1910) — 'And how are we now, my young friend?' page 39. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/good-men-and-true-rhodes-ht-dunn-illustration-page166.webp Interior illustration by H. T. Dunn from Good Men and True by Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1910) — 'They pulled him down, fighting savagely.' page 166. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/good-men-and-true-rhodes-alta-hager-provenance-note.webp Handwritten provenance note from Alta Hager confirming that the first edition of Good Men and True by Eugene Manlove Rhodes was sent to her by the author. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/paul-horgan-great-river-lamy-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/peter-hurd-portrait-sketch-cover.webp Front cover of Peter Hurd: A Portrait Sketch from Life by Paul Horgan — gold and olive cloth binding with Peter Hurd nighttime ranch painting and Hurd signature facsimile. Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the University of Texas Press. Third Printing 1971. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/peter-hurd-portrait-sketch-title-page.webp Title page of Peter Hurd: A Portrait Sketch from Life by Paul Horgan showing the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Fort Worth and University of Texas Press Austin imprint. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/peter-hurd-portrait-sketch-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of Peter Hurd: A Portrait Sketch from Life — Board of Trustees listing, copyright 1964 1965 by Paul Horgan, ISBN 0-292-73326-7, LC 65-13519, Third Printing 1971. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-adobe-pueblo-revival-architecture-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/old-houses-new-mexico-motto-cover.webp Front cover with dust jacket of Old Houses of New Mexico and the People Who Built Them by Sytha Motto — dark brown and gold jacket showing Victorian-style NM house behind wrought iron fence, Calvin Horn Publisher Inc Albuquerque. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/old-houses-new-mexico-motto-dj-flap.webp Dust jacket flap text of Old Houses of New Mexico and the People Who Built Them by Sytha Motto describing territorial-era and pioneer homes across New Mexico. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/old-houses-new-mexico-motto-title-page.webp Title page of Old Houses of New Mexico and the People Who Built Them by Sytha Motto showing Calvin Horn Publisher Inc Albuquerque New Mexico imprint. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/old-houses-chisum-ranch-spread.webp Interior spread page 111 — John Chisum ranch chapter with nineteenth-century portrait of cattle baron John Chisum and cottonwood trees along Spring River near Roswell NM, photo credit Roy Roseberry. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/old-houses-dorsey-ranch-spread.webp Interior spread page 43 — Chapter XI The Dorsey House showing S.W. Dorsey red sandstone ranch home in Colfax County NM, photo credit Clara C. Wetterhall, territorial-era cattle-baron architecture. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/tale-of-santa-fe-betty-stewart-front-cover.webp A Tale of Santa Fe by Mark H. Cross — front cover with George Mandus portrait of Betty Stewart Front cover of A Tale of Santa Fe: Betty Stewart in the City Different by Mark H. Cross. Oil portrait by George Mandus showing Betty Stewart in cowboy hat with dog, southwestern palette. Orange thrift-store price sticker visible. Caminito Publishing LLC, Santa Fe, 2021. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/tale-of-santa-fe-betty-stewart-back-cover.webp A Tale of Santa Fe by Mark H. Cross — back cover with George Johnson blurb Back cover of A Tale of Santa Fe by Mark H. Cross showing George Johnson (New York Times) blurb, book description mentioning LGBT themes, ISBN 978-0-9834194-1-9, Caminito Publishing LLC Santa Fe NM imprint. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/tale-of-santa-fe-betty-stewart-copyright-page.webp A Tale of Santa Fe by Mark H. Cross — copyright page with ISBN, LCCN, and subject headings Copyright page of A Tale of Santa Fe showing 2021 date, ISBN 978-0-9834194-1-9, Library of Congress Control Number 2021900443, subject headings Santa Fe Betty Stewart Architecture LGBT, book design by Kathleen Dexter, cover portrait by George Mandus, cover typography by Charlie Kenesson, Caminito Publishing LLC Santa Fe New Mexico. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nmlp-childrens-book-donation-rural-nm-pallet.webp Full pallet of children's books in boxes stacked two to three high, prepared for distribution to rural New Mexico communities through a volunteer at La Vida Llena retirement community in Albuquerque. Includes picture books, early readers, and chapter books in U-Haul boxes and Bankers Boxes. June 2026, photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/blog/la-vida-llena-community-partnership-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/la-vida-llena-childrens-book-pallet-rural-nm.webp Full pallet of children's books in boxes stacked two and three high, being prepared for distribution to rural New Mexico communities through a volunteer at La Vida Llena retirement community, Albuquerque, June 2026. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-anne-hillerman-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/anne-hillerman-song-of-the-lion-signed-first-edition-front-cover.webp Anne Hillerman Song of the Lion — signed first edition front cover with dust jacket Front cover of a signed first edition, first printing of Anne Hillerman's Song of the Lion (Harper, 2017). Turquoise border with Navajo-inspired zig-zag pattern, sunset sky over mesa silhouette, mountain lion silhouette. Dust jacket in fine condition. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/anne-hillerman-song-of-the-lion-signed-inscription-title-page.webp Anne Hillerman Song of the Lion — signed and inscribed title page Title page of Song of the Lion signed and inscribed by Anne Hillerman: 'For Teresa — A fan of Jim, Joe and Bernie — Anne Hillerman.' Inscription references series protagonists Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn, and Bernadette Manuelito. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/anne-hillerman-song-of-the-lion-first-edition-copyright-page.webp Anne Hillerman Song of the Lion — first edition copyright page with number line Copyright page of Song of the Lion (Harper, 2017) showing 'FIRST EDITION' statement and number line '17 18 19 20 21 LSC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1' confirming true first printing. ISBN 978-0-06-239190-2. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/anne-hillerman-song-of-the-lion-first-edition-back-cover.webp Anne Hillerman Song of the Lion — first edition back cover with critical praise Back cover of Song of the Lion first edition (Harper, 2017) with praise from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire series). Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk, Albuquerque, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/vintage-new-mexico-travel-tourism-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/scenic-byways-25-nm-front-cover.webp Front cover of By the Way 25 A Guide to New Mexico's Scenic Byways — spiral-bound travel guide with photo collage of NM landmarks including pottery, Trading Post sign, hot air balloons, ruins, churches, rafting. Published by New Mexico Magazine, 2011. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/scenic-byways-25-nm-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of By the Way 25 scenic byways guide showing publisher New Mexico Magazine, ISBN 978-1-934480-07-6, design by Bette Brodsky, Printed in China, copyright 2011. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/scenic-byways-25-nm-foldout-map.webp Back pocket of By the Way 25 scenic byways guide with original fold-out New Mexico state map showing Catron County and Gila National Forest area — completeness indicator for spiral-bound travel guides. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/scenic-byways-25-nm-back-cover.webp Back cover of By the Way 25 scenic byways guide with author biographies for Laurie Evans Frantz, Lesley S. King, and Marti Niman, Greater Roadrunner photograph, NEW MEXICO TRAVEL/RECREATION category. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/koster-guide-fishes-new-mexico-1957-front-cover.webp Front cover of Guide to the Fishes of New Mexico by William J. Koster — 1957 first edition, blue border with cream center panel, green lettering, fish line drawing illustration. University of New Mexico Press in cooperation with New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/koster-guide-fishes-new-mexico-1957-back-cover.webp Back cover of Guide to the Fishes of New Mexico by William J. Koster — blue background with white fish illustrations, author biography, original $1.85 price sticker, University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/koster-guide-fishes-new-mexico-1957-copyright-toc.webp Copyright page and table of contents of Guide to the Fishes of New Mexico, 1957 first edition — First Edition stated, LOC Card No. 57-12457, UNM Printing Plant Albuquerque. TOC covers 93 species in 16 families. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/gila-wilderness-hiking-guide-murray-front-cover.webp Front cover of The Gila Wilderness: A Hiking Guide by John A. Murray — UNM Press Coyote Book series, green borders with color landscape photograph of Gila canyon creek and cliff walls by Charles W. Murray Jr. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/gila-wilderness-hiking-guide-murray-copyright-page.webp Copyright and dedication spread of The Gila Wilderness A Hiking Guide — UNM Press 1988, fifth printing 1996, ISBN 0-8263-1067-2, design by Milenda Nan Ok Lee. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/gila-wilderness-hiking-guide-murray-back-cover.webp Back cover of The Gila Wilderness A Hiking Guide by John A. Murray — author photo at Gila Wilderness sign wearing Mimbres t-shirt, NM Magazine blurb, ISBN barcode. A Coyote Book, UNM Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/gila-cliff-dwellings-trail-guide-nps-front-cover.webp Front cover of Gila Cliff Dwellings Trail Guide — National Park Service pamphlet for Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico. Cream paper with pen-and-ink naturalist illustrations of cliff dwellings and mountain lion with prickly pear cactus. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/roadside-geology-new-mexico-halka-chronic-front-cover.webp Front cover of Roadside Geology of New Mexico by Halka Chronic — Roadside Geology Series header, colorful stylized geological cross-section cover art showing layered rock formations, fault lines, and volcanic features. Mountain Press Publishing Company. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/roadside-geology-new-mexico-halka-chronic-back-cover.webp Back cover of Roadside Geology of New Mexico by Halka Chronic — geological cross-section showing rift valley, series titles list, ISBN 0-87842-209-9, $11.95. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/roadside-geology-new-mexico-halka-chronic-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of Roadside Geology of New Mexico — copyright 1987 Mountain Press Publishing Company, fourth printing June 1991, editorial directors David Alt and Donald Hyndman. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/roadside-history-new-mexico-fugate-front-cover.webp Front cover of Roadside History of New Mexico by Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate — Roadside History Series header, Joe Beeler painting of Spanish conquistadors and Native American in desert landscape with mesa. Mountain Press Publishing Company. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/roadside-history-new-mexico-fugate-back-cover.webp Back cover of Roadside History of New Mexico — author description, cover painting credit to Joe Beeler, ISBN-13 978-0-87842-242-5, $20.00. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/roadside-history-new-mexico-fugate-copyright-dedication.webp Copyright page and dedication of Roadside History of New Mexico — copyright 1989 Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate, eleventh printing February 2011. Dedication to Bobbie and Dempsey. Mountain Press Publishing Company. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-territorial-statehood-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/illustrated-history-new-mexico-chavez-front-cover.webp Front cover of An Illustrated History of New Mexico by Thomas E. Chávez — brown leather-textured UNM Press paperback with two Carlisle Indian School portraits of Tony Todaro (Navajo), gold lettering, cover design by Robyn Mundy. Photographed by Josh Eldred for the New Mexico Literacy Project, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/illustrated-history-new-mexico-chavez-title-page.webp Title page of An Illustrated History of New Mexico by Thomas E. Chávez, published by University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque. Two Carlisle Indian School portraits reproduced. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/illustrated-history-new-mexico-chavez-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of An Illustrated History of New Mexico — originally ©1992 University Press of Colorado, UNM Press paperback 2002, ISBN 0-8263-3051-7, LOC F797 .C47 2002, LCCN 2002067306. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/illustrated-history-new-mexico-chavez-back-cover.webp Back cover of An Illustrated History of New Mexico showing author bio for Thomas E. Chávez (Director, Palace of the Governors; Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center), Carlisle Indian School photo captions identifying Tony Todaro (Navajo), reviews from New Mexico Magazine and Western Historical Quarterly, ISBN barcode. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/illustrated-history-new-mexico-chavez-interior-trinity-site.webp Interior spread page 229 of An Illustrated History of New Mexico, chapter Eventually a New State — primary-source quotes from Roland Duran (Picurís Pueblo), Governor George Curry, and Ross Calvin alongside documentary photographs of White Sands cloud formation and the first atomic bomb at Trinity Site (Los Alamos National Laboratory). Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-soldiers-new-mexico-billington-front-cover.webp Front cover of New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900 by Monroe Lee Billington — brown and olive cover with pen-and-ink illustration of a mounted Buffalo Soldier carrying a regimental guidon, University Press of Colorado 1991, ISBN 0-87081-346-3. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-soldiers-new-mexico-billington-title-page.webp Title page of New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900 by Monroe Lee Billington — pen-and-ink illustration of a standing soldier with fallen figure, University Press of Colorado imprint. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-soldiers-new-mexico-billington-copyright-dedication.webp Copyright page and dedication spread of New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers — ©1991 University Press of Colorado, ISBN 0-87081-346-3, LOC E185.93.N55B55 1991, Dewey 978.9'04-dc20, LCCN 91-12001, number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4, dedicated to Wilma, ANSI acid-free paper. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-soldiers-new-mexico-billington-back-cover.webp Back cover of New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers showing four review blurbs from Montana Magazine of Western History, The Washington Times, New Mexico Historical Review, and Journal of Arizona History — pen-and-ink illustration of soldiers in camp, ISBN barcode, bookstore price sticker $15.00. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/black-range-tales-mckenna-front-cover.webp Front cover of Black Range Tales by James A. McKenna — red cover with black-and-white photograph of a prospector leading a pack mule through mountain terrain, Old English lettering, High-Lonesome Books 2002 reprint of the 1936 Wilson-Erickson first edition. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/black-range-tales-mckenna-copyright-title-page.webp Copyright and title page spread of Black Range Tales — LOC Card Catalog Number 37-15022, ISBN 0-944383-60-2, first published 1936 by Wilson-Erickson New York, this printing 2002 by High-Lonesome Books Silver City New Mexico 88062, illustrated with woodcuts by Howard Simon. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/black-range-tales-mckenna-back-cover.webp Back cover of Black Range Tales — red cover with Howard Simon woodcut of a frontier saloon scene, header A Southwest Classic is Back in Print, High-Lonesome Books logo with bird, Silver City NM address, ISBN barcode, $14.95. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-recollections-schmidt-front-cover.webp Front cover of New Mexico Recollections by Raymond Schmidt — tan and gold softcover with vintage black-and-white photograph of Chloride, New Mexico by Henry A. Houston, Pioneer Press 2011 reprint of the 1977 original. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-recollections-schmidt-copyright-page.webp Copyright and foreword page of New Mexico Recollections — first published 1977 by Raymond Schmidt, 2011 edition with corrections by Edmund Family Trust, ISBN 978-0-944551-98-1, The Pioneer Press Chloride NM. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-recollections-schmidt-back-cover.webp Back cover of New Mexico Recollections — tan and gold with color photograph of Chloride valley, text describing stories about life 1905-1970s in southwestern New Mexico including schoolteaching, mining, Dodge automobiles, pack burro, bear hunts. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-poetry-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/chokecherries-2000-somos-anthology-front-cover.webp Front cover of Chokecherries 2000: A S.O.M.O.S. Anthology, featuring Barbara MacCauley's acrylic painting Distant Farm — dark mountain landscape with white house — and contributor list including Rudolfo Anaya, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Julia Cameron, Natalie Goldberg, John Nichols. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/chokecherries-2000-somos-anthology-back-cover.webp Back cover of Chokecherries 2000: A S.O.M.O.S. Anthology showing S.O.M.O.S. mission statement, PO Box 3225 Taos NM address, cover painting credit to Barbara MacCauley for Distant Farm, and ISBN 0-9709458-0-9 barcode. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/sagel-foreplay-french-fries-cover.webp Front cover of Foreplay and French Fries by Jim Sagel, published by Mango 1981 — cream softcover with pen-and-ink surreal rooster illustration by Jaime Valdez, gold lettering. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/sagel-foreplay-french-fries-inscription.webp Inside front cover of Foreplay and French Fries showing Jim Sagel's handwritten inscription dated 8/13/81 and copyright page — Cover by Jaime Valdez, Copyright 1981 by Mango, All rights reserved. Signed copy from closed signature pool. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/tony-hillerman-leaphorn-chee-canon-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hillerman-navajoland-linford-front-cover.webp Front cover of Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries, Expanded Third Edition by Laurance D. Linford — University of Utah Press 2011, desert mesa at sunset cover photo by Robert McKenzie. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hillerman-navajoland-linford-back-cover.webp Back cover of Tony Hillerman's Navajoland by Laurance D. Linford showing author biography, review blurbs from New Mexico Magazine and The Indian Trader, University of Utah Press publisher info, ISBN 978-1-60781-137-4, and $21.95 cover price. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hillerman-navajoland-linford-title-page.webp Title page of Tony Hillerman's Navajoland by Laurance D. Linford — full title, author name, and University of Utah Press Salt Lake City publisher imprint. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hillerman-navajoland-linford-copyright-page.webp Copyright page and dedication of Tony Hillerman's Navajoland by Laurance D. Linford showing copyright years 2001, 2005, 2011, number line 15 14 13 12 11 / 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 978-1-60781-137-4, LOC PS3558.145 Z76 2001, and dedication to sons Justin and Micah. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/finding-moon-tony-hillerman-signed-first-edition-dust-jacket.webp Front cover and dust jacket of Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman, signed first edition HarperCollins 1995. Black background with colorful Asian-themed illustration. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/finding-moon-tony-hillerman-signed-inscription-title-page.webp Signed title page of Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman, first edition 1995. Personal inscription: To Chuck who can outwalk me but I'm bigger! Tony Hillerman. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/finding-moon-tony-hillerman-first-edition-copyright-dedication.webp Copyright page and dedication of Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman. First Edition stated, number line confirms first printing. Dedication promises return to Leaphorn of the Tribal Police. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/finding-moon-tony-hillerman-first-edition-back-cover.webp Back cover of Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman first edition 1995 showing Praise for Sacred Clowns review quotes from major newspapers. ISBN barcode visible. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/larry-mcmurtry-collecting-guide https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-girls-mcmurtry-first-edition-front-cover.webp Front cover of Buffalo Girls by Larry McMurtry first edition 1990 Simon and Schuster showing Wild West show illustration with buffalo imagery. Author credited as Pulitzer Prize winner for Lonesome Dove. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-girls-mcmurtry-first-edition-copyright-page.webp Copyright page of Buffalo Girls first edition showing Simon and Schuster imprint, Copyright 1990, and complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 confirming first printing. ISBN 0-671-68518-X. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/buffalo-girls-mcmurtry-first-edition-back-cover.webp Back cover of Buffalo Girls first edition showing review quotes for Lonesome Dove and Anything for Billy from Publishers Weekly, New York Times, and Washington Post. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/museum-new-mexico-press-first-editions-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/dominguez-escalante-front-cover.webp Front cover of In Search of Domínguez and Escalante by Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfried Halus — dramatic black-and-white landscape photograph of Southwest desert with wooden crosses and storm clouds. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-89013-539-7. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/dominguez-escalante-back-cover.webp Back cover of In Search of Domínguez and Escalante showing black-and-white photograph of two Franciscan friars walking through a pueblo village with dramatic cloud-filled sky. Photography / Western History. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/dominguez-escalante-copyright-page.webp Copyright and contents page of In Search of Domínguez and Escalante showing ISBN 978-0-89013-539-7 clothbound, copyright 2011 Greg Mac Gregor, Museum of New Mexico Press, LOC call number F799.M14, table of contents with essays by Fran Levine, Siegfried Halus, Greg Mac Gregor, and Joseph F. Sánchez. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/dominguez-escalante-dust-jacket-flap.webp Back dust jacket flap of In Search of Domínguez and Escalante describing the 1776 expedition from Santa Fe through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, the photographers' methodology of retracing the route using Escalante's journal. Photographed by Josh Eldred, June 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/navajo-code-talkers-new-mexico-wwii-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/four-corners-navajo-ministry-sager-back-cover.webp Back cover of Four Corners Where the Holy Spirit Touches Navajo Hearts by Stan Sager showing endorsements from New Mexico United Methodist Conference leaders including Bishop Alfred L. Norris, Mark L. Dorff Retired Albuquerque District Superintendent, Jim Hawk Albuquerque District Superintendent, and Julia Kuhn Wallace, Providence House Publishers 2007 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/four-corners-navajo-ministry-sager-cover.webp Front cover of Four Corners Where the Holy Spirit Touches Navajo Hearts The Story of the Four Corners Native American Ministry of the United Methodist Church by Stan Sager, Providence House Publishers 2007, featuring Navajo rug design by Alice Mary Yazzie and desert mesa landscape, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/silent-voices-wwii-new-mexico-back-cover.webp Back cover of Silent Voices of World War II by Rogers and Bartlit, Sunstone Press 2005, featuring endorsement blurbs including praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/silent-voices-wwii-new-mexico-cover.webp Front cover of Silent Voices of World War II When Sons of the Land of Enchantment Met Sons of the Land of the Rising Sun by Everett M. Rogers and Nancy R. Bartlit, Sunstone Press Santa Fe 2005, hardcover with composite image of New Mexico WWII scenes including Bataan Death March soldiers and Los Alamos Manhattan Project landscape, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/willa-cather-death-comes-archbishop-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/my-antonia-willa-cather-back-cover.webp Back cover of My Ántonia by Willa Cather EMC Masterpiece Series Access Edition showing series branding and publisher information, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/my-antonia-willa-cather-cover.webp Front cover of My Ántonia by Willa Cather, EMC Masterpiece Series Access Edition copyright 2003 by EMC Corporation, pastoral illustration of a young woman in prairie landscape, study edition from an Albuquerque estate donation, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project sorting desk