This collection came in through a single New Mexico pickup — a lifetime of Southwestern reference books, many inscribed to the collector by the New Mexico authors who wrote them: Robert Julyan, Paul Horgan, George Fischbeck, Dirk Van Hart, and others, alongside an Allan Houser monograph signed by the artist. We document what comes through so the provenance isn’t lost when the books move on to new readers.
Cataloged June 2026 by Josh Eldred, New Mexico Literacy Project · Photographs licensed CC BY 4.0.
The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths
John Adair
University of Oklahoma Press (Norman) · 1975 · ISBN 0-8061-0133-4
Hardcover study of Navajo and Pueblo silversmithing, copyright 1944, this copy being the tenth printing (1975), with a dust jacket photo of a silversmith at work.
Painting Albuquerque / Painting Taos (two DVDs)
New Mexico PBS
New Mexico PBS (KNME) · 2013
A pair of New Mexico PBS documentary DVDs, 'Painting Albuquerque' (2013) and 'Painting Taos' (2009), profiling regional painters and art history.
The Complete Family Guide to Navajo-Hopi Land
Bonnie Brown and Carol D. Bracken
Navajo Tribe Office of Tourism (Window Rock, AZ)
Softcover illustrated touring guide to the Navajo and Hopi reservations with regional maps, children's pages, and reservation business listings.
Beyond The Endless River: Western American Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth Century
James K. Ballinger
Phoenix Art Museum · 1979
Oblong softcover Phoenix Art Museum exhibition catalogue (1979, LC 78-59557) of nineteenth-century Western American drawings and watercolors, with essay and catalogue by James K. Ballinger.
Hosteen Klah: Navaho Medicine Man and Sand Painter
Franc Johnson Newcomb
University of Oklahoma Press (Norman) · 1964 · ISBN 0-8061-1008-2
Copyright page (Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 64-20759; fourth printing 1980) and dedication page for this University of Oklahoma Press biography of Navajo medicine man Hosteen Klah, Volume 73 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.
Bearing Witness: 25 Years of Refuge
Lou Liberty & Margy O'Brien
La Alameda Press · 2007 · ISBN 978-1-888809-53-4
A signed La Alameda Press (Albuquerque, New Mexico) volume of poetry, prose, and watercolor paintings celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque's North Valley.
Inscribed: “Signed by both creators on the title page: "Lou Liberty" and "Margy O'Brien"”
Allan Houser (Ha-o-zous)
Barbara H. Perlman
Glenn Green Galleries, Santa Fe (distributed by Smithsonian Institution Press); first published by David R. Godine · 1987 · ISBN 1-56098-102-4
A monograph on Chiricahua Apache sculptor Allan Houser (Ha-o-zous), signed by the artist on the endpaper, with the copyright page noting the second printing (1992) by Glenn Green Galleries, Santa Fe.
Inscribed: “Signed "Allan Houser" on the front free endpaper”
The Ancient Southwest: A Guide to Archaeological Sites
Gregory McNamee; photographs by Larry Lindahl
Rio Nuevo Publishers · 2014 · ISBN 978-1-933855-86-2
A photographic guidebook by Gregory McNamee with photographs by Larry Lindahl covering archaeological sites of the ancient Southwest including Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelly, and Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
Old Forty-Four: A Historical and Geological Excursion Over New Mexico's Old Route 44 (Now Part of US-550)
Dirk Van Hart
Sunstone Press, Santa Fe
A signed and inscribed Sunstone Press exploration of the history and geology along New Mexico's former State Highway 44 (now US-550), connecting the Rio Grande and San Juan River valleys.
Inscribed: “"To Will, with best wishes." signed Dirk Van Hart”
The Gilded Man (El Dorado) and Other Pictures of the Spanish Occupancy of America
Adolph F. A. Bandelier
The Rio Grande Press, Inc. (reprint of D. Appleton and Company, New York) · 1962
A Rio Grande Classic hardcover reprint (1962) of Bandelier's 1893 work on El Dorado and the Spanish occupancy of America, with Library of Congress card catalog number 62-20281.
Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains
Edited by Robert Julyan and Mary Steuver; Gerald Sussman, book project manager
University of New Mexico Press · 2005 · ISBN 0-8263-3667-1
A spiral-bound field guide to the natural history of New Mexico's Sandia Mountains, signed on the title page by editor Robert Julyan to a recipient named Will.
Inscribed: “To Will, Robert Julyan”
Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range
William deBuys
University of New Mexico Press
A revised and expanded edition paperback of deBuys's classic environmental history of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico.
Dr. George: My Life in Weather
George Fischbeck with Randy Roach
University of New Mexico Press · 2013 · ISBN 978-0-8263-5332-0
A hardcover memoir by longtime television weatherman George Fischbeck, inscribed and signed by the author to Will Hoffman with a hand-drawn fish doodle.
Inscribed: “To: Will Hoffman - "Energy store" good friends!! Dr. George Fischbeck! (with a small fish doodle)”
O'Keeffe and Moore
Anita Feldman (Editor)
The San Diego Museum of Art (distributed by ACC Art Books) · 2023 · ISBN 978-0-937108-63-5
Exhibition catalogue accompanying the O'Keeffe and Moore show, edited by Anita Feldman and published by The San Diego Museum of Art, with contributions from Barbara Buhler Lynes and others.
Route 66: The Mother Road
Michael Wallis
St. Martin's Press, New York · 1990 · ISBN 0-312-04049-0
First edition hardcover history of Route 66 by Michael Wallis, with several Albuquerque Journal newspaper clippings about Route 66 in New Mexico laid in among the pages.
A Sense of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest
Thomas A. Drain (text), David Wakely (photography), foreword by N. Scott Momaday
Chronicle Books, San Francisco · ISBN 0-8118-0404-6
Photographic survey of historic Southwestern mission churches with text by Thomas A. Drain and a foreword by N. Scott Momaday, shown with a loose pen-and-ink church sketch laid on top.
New Mexico Historical Biographies
Don Bullis
Rio Grande Books, Los Ranchos, New Mexico · 2011 · ISBN 978-1-890689-62-9
Reference anthology of more than fifteen hundred notable New Mexicans by Don Bullis, an official New Mexico Centennial Project and 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards winner.
Approaches to Writing
Paul Horgan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York · 1973 · ISBN 0-374-10569-3
Hardcover essay collection on the craft of writing by New Mexico author Paul Horgan, with a provisional bibliography by James Kraft, inscribed and signed by Horgan on the front flyleaf to Will Hoffman.
Inscribed: “For Will Hoffman with all best wishes (sentiment partly illegible) Paul Horgan”
Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest
H. M. Wormington
The Denver Museum of Natural History · 1961
Popular Series No. 7, fifth printing 1961, with an appendix by Erik K. Reed on exhibit sites, modern pueblos, and local museums.
Hopi Silver: The History and Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing
Margaret Nickelson Wright
Northland Publishing · 1998 · ISBN 0-87358-097-4
Revised fifth edition with hallmark drawings by Barton Wright, documenting the history and maker hallmarks of Hopi silversmithing.
Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Dover Publications, Inc. · 1973 · ISBN 0-486-22959-9
Dover edition (first published 1973) reprinting two Bureau of American Ethnology papers on Hopi pottery designs and Sikyatki, with over 250 illustrations.
Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
Truman T. Lowe (editor)
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, in association with University of Washington Press · 2004 · ISBN 0-295-98467-8
Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with the 2004-2005 NMAI exhibition on the art of George Morrison and Allan Houser.
Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History
Joe S. Sando
Clear Light Publishing · 1998 · ISBN 0-940666-07-3
A revised edition history of the Pueblo Indians by Pueblo author Joe S. Sando, with a foreword by Regis Pecos, published in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Vintage Books (Random House) · ISBN 394-71679-5
A Vintage paperback edition of Willa Cather's classic novel set in nineteenth-century New Mexico following Father Latour, the future archbishop of Santa Fe.
The Mountains of New Mexico
Robert Julyan
University of New Mexico Press · 2006 · ISBN 978-0-8263-3516-6
A guide to the mountain ranges of New Mexico by Robert Julyan with photographs by Carl Smith, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.
Inscribed: “To Will, Robert Julyan”
Otero Mesa: Preserving America's Wildest Grassland
Gregory McNamee
University of New Mexico Press · 2008 · ISBN 978-0-8263-4397-0
A photographic conservation book on New Mexico's Otero Mesa with text by Gregory McNamee, photographs by Stephen Strom and Stephen Capra, and a foreword by Governor Bill Richardson.
Juan Quezada and the New Tradition / Y la Nueva Tradicion
Spencer Heath MacCallum; Dextra Frankel (exhibition); Charles C. Di Peso
The Art Gallery, Visual Arts Center, California State University, Fullerton · 1979
Prehistoric Textiles of the Southwest
Kate Peck Kent
School of American Research / University of New Mexico Press · 1983 · ISBN 0-8263-0591-1
A signed first-edition study of prehistoric Southwestern Indian textiles in the Southwest Indian Arts series, illustrated with photographs and line drawings of weaving, dresses, and ponchos.
Inscribed: “Kate P. Kent 5/83”
Navajo Sandpainting Art
Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe and Mark Bahti
An illustrated paperback on Navajo sandpainting art co-authored by Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe and Mark Bahti, featuring a color illustration of a Navajo figure creating a sandpainting on the cover.
Prehistoric Southwestern Craft Arts
Clara Lee Tanner
The University of Arizona Press · 1976 · ISBN 0-8165-0582-9
A signed copy of Clara Lee Tanner's survey of prehistoric Southwestern craft arts, illustrated with photographs of pottery, jewelry, and ornaments and a green dust jacket bearing an author photo on the back.
Inscribed: “Clara Lee Tanner (signature only)”
USS New Mexico BB-40
John Taylor, Richard Melzer, Dick Brown, and Greg Trapp
Arcadia Publishing · 2017 · ISBN 978-1-4671-2772-1
An Images of America photographic-history paperback documenting the battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), co-authored by John Taylor, Richard Melzer, Dick Brown, and Greg Trapp.
Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary
Barton Wright; original paintings by Cliff Bahnimptewa
Northland Publishing with The Heard Museum · 1973 · ISBN 0-87358-110-5
A documentary volume of Hopi kachinas with original paintings by Cliff Bahnimptewa, signed by author Barton Wright on the title page, with the copyright page showing seventh printing (1994) and the back cover shown.
Inscribed: “Barton Wright (signature only, on title page)”
Designing with the Wool: Advanced Techniques in Navajo Weaving
Noël Bennett
Northland Publishing · 1979 · ISBN 0-87358-171-7
A guide to advanced Navajo weaving techniques by Noël Bennett, shown by its cover, copyright page (First Edition, Third Printing 1990), and back cover.
Working with the Wool: How to Weave a Navajo Rug
Noël Bennett and Tiana Bighorse
Northland Publishing · 1971 · ISBN 0-87358-084-2
An instructional manual on weaving a Navajo rug by Noël Bennett and Tiana Bighorse, with drawings by Robert Jacobson, shown by its cover, back cover, title page, and copyright page (First Edition, Twelfth Printing 1993).
Beads and Beadwork of the American Indians
William C. Orchard
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · 1975
A Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation) study of beads and beadwork of the American Indians by William C. Orchard, shown by its decorated front cover and blank back cover.
The Potters of Mata Ortiz / Los Ceramistas de Mata Ortiz: Transforming a Tradition
M. Jane Young
The University of New Mexico Art Museum · ISBN 0-944282-18-0
Bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition catalog documenting the work of 26 potters from Mata Ortiz, Mexico, with color plates of ollas and figural ceramics.
White Metal Universe: Navajo Silver from the Fred Harvey Collection
The Heard Museum · 1981
Heard Museum exhibition catalog of Navajo silver jewelry from the Fred Harvey Collection, with essays and black-and-white plates of squash blossom necklaces, bracelets, and ornaments.
Indian Kitsch
Fritz Scholder (photographs); foreword by Patrick Houlihan
Northland Press, in cooperation with The Heard Museum · 1979 · ISBN 0-87358-190-3
First-edition photographic study by artist Fritz Scholder examining the use and misuse of Indian images, published with the Heard Museum.
Inscribed: “Signed by the author on the title page; signature appears to read 'Fritz Scholder' in blue ink (not fully legible).”
A Voice in Her Tribe: A Navajo Woman's Own Story
Irene Stewart; foreword by Mary Shepardson; edited by Doris Ostrander Dawdy
Ballena Press (Socorro, New Mexico) · 1980 · ISBN 0-87919-088-4
Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 17, the autobiographical narrative of Navajo woman Irene Stewart.
The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos
Peggy Pond Church; drawings by Connie Fox Boyd
University of New Mexico Press · 1987 · ISBN 978-0-8263-0281-6
Peggy Pond Church's account of Edith Warner and her tea house near Los Alamos and San Ildefonso Pueblo; paperbound edition with original copyright 1959/1960 and 1987 reissue.
Glass Tapestry: Plateau Beaded Bags from The Elaine Horwitch Collection
Gloria A. Lomahaftewa (exhibition curator); essays by Barbara Loeb, Lynn Pankonin, Kevin Peters, Wil Phinney, Mary D. Schlick
The Heard Museum (Phoenix, Arizona) · 1993 · ISBN 0-934351-43-2
Heard Museum exhibition catalog (November 1993) documenting Plateau beaded bags from the Elaine Horwitch Collection, with curatorial essays.
Prize Winners: 12 Loomed Necklaces
Ray C. Davis (R. C. Davis)
Beadwork pattern book of twelve loomed necklace designs by Blackfeet-Cherokee artist R. C. Davis, with an About the Author profile noting his Albuquerque and Gallup Indian Ceremonial awards.
Lummis in the Pueblos
Patrick T. Houlihan and Betsy E. Houlihan
Northland Press (Entrada Books) · 1986 · ISBN 0-87358-407-4
Softcover photographic volume reproducing Charles F. Lummis's photographs of Pueblo life held by the Southwest Museum, inscribed and signed by author Patrick Houlihan on the title page.
Inscribed: “For: Katy, With friendship. Patrick Houlihan Nov. 1986”
Let's Explore Indian Villages Past and Present: Tour Guide for Santa Fe Area
Bertha P. Dutton
Museum of New Mexico Press · 1970
Revised-edition softcover tour guide to Indian villages and archaeological sites in the Santa Fe area, published by the Museum of New Mexico Press.
The Pima and His Basket
J. F. Breazeale
Acme Printing Company, Tucson (reprinted by Fur Press, Chadron, Nebraska) · 1923
Reprint of the 1923 study of Pima basketry by J. F. Breazeale, with a decorative desert-colored wrapper and a back-cover retail sticker reading PIMA & HIS BASKET (1923).
The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez
Susan Peterson
Kodansha International · 1977
Illustrated study of San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez, multiply signed by author Susan Peterson, Maria Martinez, and Barbara Gonzales, with an additional 'Maria Poveka' signature on a second flyleaf.
Inscribed: “With best wishes Susan Peterson [and signatures] Maria Martinez, Barbara Gonzales, November 1977; second flyleaf signed 'Maria Poveka'”
People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture
Kendrick Frazier
W. W. Norton & Company · 1986 · ISBN 0-393-02313-3
First edition hardcover archaeological study of Chaco Canyon and its Ancestral Puebloan culture, illustrated with rock-art and ruins photography.
Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico
John M. Corbett
National Park Service (U.S. Government Printing Office) · 1962
National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 36 softcover guide to Aztec Ruins National Monument, with a former-owner ink ownership stamp for Mrs. Kathleen E. Replinger of Phoenix, Arizona.
The Taos Indians
Blanche C. Grant
The Rio Grande Press, Inc. (Glorieta, New Mexico) · 1976 · ISBN 0-87380-112-1
A Rio Grande Classic reprint (first printing 1976) of Blanche C. Grant's 1925 study of the Taos Indians, illustrated with historical portraits including a Catharine C. Critcher painting captioned 'Juanita.'
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