The Spell of New Mexico [First Edition, hardback, 1976]

This is the first edition hardback of The Spell of New Mexico, which was published in 1976 by the University of New Mexico Press in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The front cover photograph was taken by Dick Kent Photography and features the edge of a hogan with a vista of mountains, shrubs, and a small town in the background.

• Title Page Transcription:
  The Spell of | New Mexico | TONY HILLERMAN, Editor | UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS Albuquerque
• Contents:
  [i] half title The Spell of New Mexico, [ii] blank, [iii] title page, [iv] copyright, [v] CONTENTS, [vi] blank, [vii-viii] PREFACE, 1-4 Introduction by Tony Hillerman, 5-105 text, [106-108] blank
• Table of Contents:
  1. Introduction by Tony Hillerman
  2. The Land of Journey's Ending by Mary Austin
  3. New Mexico by Oliver La Farge
  4. New Mexico Was Our Fate by Conrad Richter
  5. New Mexico by D.H. Lawrence
  6. The Pueblo Indians by C.G. Jung
  7. A Calendar of Santa Fe by Winfield Townley Scott
  8. The Unrelenting Land by John DeWitt McKee
  9. "Why Albuquerque?" by Ernie Pyle
  10. Old Town and New by Harvey Fergusson
  11. Revista Nueva Mexicana by Lawrence Clark Powell
  12. Hasta Mañana by Mary Austin
• Physical Attributes:
  • Format: Hardback, 23.8 x 16.3 cm.
  • Binding: Cream colored boards with the editor, title, and publisher printed in black vertically on the spine.
  • Collation: [i-viii] 1-4 5-105 [106-108]
  • Price:$5.95 USD