This is the 1984 paperback reprint edition of The Spell of New Mexico edited by Tony Hillerman. Published by the University of New Mexico Press. The cover design is by Melissa Tandysh and features a wrapping photograph by William Stone of the Venus Needle on the Navajo reservation. On the front cover, the Venus Needle is at the far left. There are trees in the foreground and a line of mesas in the background, under a blue sky with wispy clouds and half of a rainbow. The photograph has a narrow orange border at top and bottom. Above the photograph, the book title is printed in dark red on tan. Below the photograph, the editor's name is printed in white on dark red.
The photograph wraps to the back cover showing the large mesa next to the Venus Needle, in dramatic areas of light and shadow, with trees in the foreground. The photograph has a narrow orange border at top and bottom. Above the photograph, on a tan background, is a description of the book with two praise quotes. Below the photograph, in white on red, is a brief biography of Tony Hillerman, the cover credits, and bar code.
On the spine, "HILLERMAN" is printed in the tan top section, the book title over an opacified section of the cover photograph, and the UNM Press colophon is printed at the bottom in orange on red.
The inside front and back covers are blank.
