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DOBIE, J. FRANK. Coronado’s Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest.. Dallas, Neiman-Marcus, 1980.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Bound in goatskin and handmade Mexican bark paper, cloth slipcase with title label. Book near fine, slipcase has some staining, very good. First edition thus. Limited to 300 copies designed and printed by the Arion Press of San Francisco under the supervision of Andrew Hoyem. Paper is handmade Italian Fabriano Roma, binding is a combination of special goatskin and Mexican bark paper. No expense was spared in producing this book. Greene Fifty Best Books on Texas: “I know of no other book from which so many feature writers have filched so much.” Basic Texas Books 45 (K): “A sumptuous edition.” “This is the best work ever written on hidden treasure, and one of the most fascinating books on any subject to come out of Texas.” Powell, Heart of the Southwest and Southwest Classics. Howes D374. Guns 600.

Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.

Dobie, J. Frank.. Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines & Buried Treasures of the Southwest.. Neiman-Marcus., Dallas., 1980.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Designed and printed by Arion Press. Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.9 lb. Near fine, owner's ink name on ffep, otherwise a fine copy in a very good slipcase. Numerous color maps, folding map frontis. 33.3x24.5 cm. xiv, 270 pp. Quarter brown goatskin over handmade Mexican bark paper boards, gilt spine title, printed on handmade paper with red chapter headings and gilt initials, in a tan cloth slipcase with paper label.

Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Dobie, J. Frank. Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines & Buried Treasures of the Southwest. Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, 1980.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: One of 300 copies, printed by the Arion Press for Neiman Marcus. Maps and diagrams throughout, including one fold-out, small edge crease, by David Fuller, and a portrait of Dobie by Andrew Hoyem. Printed in black and red with gold initials drawn by Sumner Stone. The paper is handmade Italian Fabriano Roma. The edition was bound by the Schuerth Bookbindery in goatskin and handmade Mexican bark paper. This is a beautiful copy of a wonderful production, slipcase has some wear, soiling and spotting but is still Very good.

Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.

(Arion Press) Dobie, J. Frank. CORONADO'S CHILDREN TALES OF LOST MINES & BURIED TREASURES OF THE SOUTHWEST. Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, 1980.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: One of three hundred copies printed at the Arion Press on handmade Italian Fabriano Roma. With a folding map, illustrations and in-text map. Printed in red and black, with gilt decorative initials. 1 vols. Folio (33 x 26 cm). This imposing edition of Dobie's most interesting text for general readers was commissioned by Neiman-Marcus for sale via their catalogue and through their retail outlets. Consequently, a considerable portion of the edition saw distribution outside the usual constituency for such undertakings. Bound in quarter Spanish calf and Mexican bark paper over boards by the Schuberth Bindery. Fine in slipcase With a folding map, illustrations and in-text map. Printed in red and black, with gilt decorative initials. 1 vols. Folio (33 x 26 cm) One of three hundred copies printed at the Arion Press on handmade Italian Fabriano Roma.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.