Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$4.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1982 paperback printing. Rear cover has dirt soiling, otherwise would be about very good. Internally tight and clean. No markings.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "The Great Taos Bank Robbery" and other Indian Country Affairs, by Tony Hillerman. Copyright 1973 by the author. Published by the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque New Mexico. First softcover edition, Second overall. Very Good, near Like New condition in illustrated soft wraps, 8" x 5 1/4" x 147 clean pages of marvelous history and anecdotes about New Mexico from a brilliant American author. Hilarious, instructive, factual, fictional disguise, a remarkable piece. A number of illustrations throughout. Clean, tight, firm, minimal whitening, No dogears, No looseness, No mustiness, No smoke smell. No names, No other markings. No bookplates, NOT remainder-marked. NOT Ex-library. An historic find.
Seller: Navalperson Books and More from Bob, Ashland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Collection of 9 essays about New Mexico life from one o the states' finest writers. Orig. published in this format in 1973, this is the 7th paperbound edition from 1989. Trade paperback in 147 pages is in As New condition: completely clean binding tight & square, crisp corners, creamy white pages. Flawless & guaranteed gift-giving quality! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition Stated. Near Fine book in Good second state dust jacket with two pictures on the back cover. Dust jacket has several small chips and two strips of clear tale on front cover. NO remainder mark, NO previous owner markings or inscriptions, NOT price clipped, NOT a Book Club Edition, NOT an Ex-Lib. Dust jacket covered in Mylar wrapper. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: William Ross, Jr., Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Text/BRAND NEW Bright. Softcover/NF w/trace soiling to front. Anthology of 9 essays, some previously published in periodicals, of life unique in New Mexico. Revealing and fun commentaries from Professor Emeritus of journalism at the Univ. of New Mexico and celebrated novelist Tony Hillerman (1925 - 2008) known for his American Southwest, Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels.147 pgs, 9 chapters: 1, The Great Taos Bank Robbery; 2, The Very Heart of Our Country; 3, We All Fall Down; 4, The Conversion of Cletus; 5, The Hunt for the Lost American; 6, Las Trampas; 7, Othello in Union County; 8, Quijote in Rio Arriba County; and 9, Mr. Luna's Lazarus Act.
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.98 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Great Taos Robbery. University of New Mexico Press., Albuquerque, 1973.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket -- overall very clean, bright and structurally sound. [S&S] We provide PROTECTIVE packaging. Photos of our books are always available upon request. SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS ON ABE SINCE 1997. GERMAN & FRENCH CUSTOMERS PLEASE CONTACT US USING THE LINK ABOVE.
Seller: Muddy Turtle Books, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tan cloth with trace foxing and barely bumped spine ends. Text block foxed. Second state jacket in archival plastic protector has lightly sunned spine and trace wear and soil; $5.95 to front flap. Binding sound, text clean. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used in very good condition. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original 1st edition Great Taos Bank Robbery by Tony Hillerman, 1973 with first edition statement on copyright page. Has two photographs on back jacket. 5 x 8, 147 pages, some historical photographs and illustrations. This is a classic and should be on any Southwest and New Mexico reading list. Condition: jacket has some chips and tears and some overall wear, but not too bad. Book is quite solid and clean and I would grade jacket as fair and book as very good.
Seller: Snowden's Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147pp.; HB beige w/dk.brwn.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/dk.brwn.; spine sunned; slight rub. " .a wide variety of incidents, characters, and places that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." some illus. & photos. highly collectable
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 147 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Hillerman's scarce first book. PO inscription dated 1973 on the FFEP. "Villagra Book Shop / Santa Fe, N.M." bookseller label on FFEP. Two photos on back of jacket, indicating it is the second state.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: dj: as new minus 1/4" tear t edge f cover. book: as new minus about a dozen tiny spots fep
Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$41.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2nd issue jacket. Small chip to jacket on spine
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "1st state DJ; DJ has some edge tears, one chip at head of spine, one 3/4 X 3/8" piece missing at back upper corner. a few short closed tears; spine faded; light soiling; internally near fine; front face of covers lightly soiled."
Seller: Indy Library Store, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo. 147pp. Stated first edition. Essays on New Mexico, by the famous writer of mysteries. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. Dj corners lightly worn. No previous owner name.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Tony Hillerman. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, New Mexico, 1973.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine in near fine jacket. two photos to rear panel
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Tony Hillerman. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, New Mexico, 1973.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine in near fine jacket. one photo to rear panel
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: University of New Mexico Press, 1973, stated first edition. 8vo, beige boards with black titling on spine and front board, in illustrated dj. FLATSIGNED by Hillerman on title page in ink. Book is in VG+ condition (tail of spine bumped; gift inscription dated 1974 on FFEP in ink) in VG dj (dj price clipped; significant toning to head of all dj; some shelfwear). A flatsigned first edition copy of this nonfiction classic by Hillerman. 147pp.
Seller: Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Signed by Hillerman on a half-title page. Book designated VG because it has a couple of tiny faint spots to page edges. Dustjacket has a small chip which becomes a close tear at bottom and a tiny chip at the front bottom. Some fading to dustjacket. First state dustjacket with one image on rear.
Seller: Trip Taylor Bookseller, Boise, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147pp.; HB lt.gray w/blk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ pale yellow w/blk.; spine sunned. Essays about New Mexico that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." illus.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$74.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus., 8 x 5", cloth, 147pp, very good condition in price clipped dustjacket. FIRST ISSUE, FIRST EDITION.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
HILLERMAN, TONY. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1973.
Price: US$74.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth with black lettering to front board and to spine. Illustrated in black and white. Stain to the tail edges which has wrinkled the pages just slightly. Previous owner's signature and date to the front endpage. Two words in ink to the margin of the table of contents. Dustjacket is clipped with a 3/4 inch chip to the heel of the spine panel, which is also browned. Modest dustsoil over all.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Edition. Boards are light gray with black titles. One picture on back of jacket. Book is Fine but for gum residue shadow at top of FFEP. Jacket has light sunning to spine and a very small chip at top of spine. Not price clipped. Second state.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 147 pages. Inscribed by author Tony Hillerman on front endpaper. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *
Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Ed., very good condition, no DJ, minor wear/bumps at corners of boards
Seller: Gilbert Trading Company, Shreveport, LA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147pp.; HB lt.gray w/blk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ pale yellow w/blk.; spine sunned. Essays about New Mexico that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." illus. signed by Hillerman
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This first edition of 147 pages is tight and clean with no names or markings. Signed on a card affixed to fep. The spine ends are lightly bumped. It is very good in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor edgewear and two small tears at the edge. Second issue dust jacket with two photos on rear panel.
Seller: George Kent, Bookseller, Silverhill, AL, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147pp.; HB beighe w/blk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ yellow w/blk.-pic.cover; rubbed w/spine&edges sunned; corner-cut. Essays about New Mexico that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." illus. signed by Hillerman
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First state with single image on rear panel of jacket. Full cloth. 147 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket has a chip to front panel. Contents clean and tight. ".nine extraordinary, true tales of daily life in New Mexico, including the comical title story, about a bank holdup in Sante Fe that never was."
Seller: Magic Carpet Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Second state dustjacket. 147pp. Gray cloth lettered in black, decorated endpapers. Collects several short essays. A bright fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light rippling. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Collection of essays on New Mexico & its denizens. Stated first edition in the first state jacket, with but one illustration on the rear jacket panel. Hardcover, full grey cloth, black titling; illustrated yellow-tan endsheets. Light wear, label of Villagra Book Shop (Santa Fe) opposite half-title; jacket price clipped, lightly rippled (for no obvious reason), spine slightly faded, lightly rubbed, one short closed - almost invisible - tear. Text clean; [6], 147 pages, a few illustrations & photos.
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Tony Hillerman. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, New Mexico, 1973.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine in near fine jacket. signed. first printing with one photo to rear panel
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Tony Hillerman. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, New Mexico, 1973.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine in near fine jacket. signed. one photo to rear panel
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Tony Hillerman. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, New Mexico, 1973.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine in near fine jacket. signed. one photo to rear panel
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard cover with dust jacket. Book in very good + condition with very light shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, barely perceptible lean to spine, top edge of pages with some light dust and spotting, free front endpaper with sticker from previous owner, otherwise fine with very little use, age or wear, very clean and tight interior. Jacket very good with shelf wear to top edge including one small chip missing from back wrap, a couple small chips at top of spine, tiny chip at top corners of folds, very light shelf wear to bottom edge and edges of folds, very lightly chipped at bottom back, medium small stain lightly noticible at bottom front, very lightly discolored at front fold visible mostly from interior of jacket, light sunning to interior of folds, spine a bit soiled by dust, otherwise fine, with good color, protected with mylar.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.71 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.25 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.72 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$104.27 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. THE GREAT TAOS BANK ROBBERY, AND. University of New Mexico Press, 1973.
Price: US$115.05 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.8
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: First state dustjacket with one photo on rear panel. 147pp. Gray cloth lettered in black, decorated endpapers. Collects several short essays. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. A bright near fine copy in very good+ price-clipped dustjacket with light rippling. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. An impeccable copy.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147 Pages. Tan boards with black lettering and decorations to front and spine. Very light rippling to bottom edge of back board. Barely noticeable. There are two half-inch closed tears to the cover. One at the top of the spine and another to the lower spine area. The $5.95 flap price is not clipped. What is New Mexico? Of the many writers who have tried to answer that question, we think Tony Hillerman comes closest to answering it without romanticizing this desert country. He is not a historian, not a guidebook-writer; his book, as he says, is "not intended to convert the Lubbock-Jersey City philistia, or to please any chambers of commerce." The essays that make up The Great Taos Bank Robbery tell of a wide variety of incidents, characters, and places that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." We hope, with the author, that one could send it away to a literate friend and have him understand a little better the hold this country has on many who live here. Among the tales and sketches in this book are "The Great Taos Bank Robbery"-an examination of the nature of Taos, as exposed by the community's reaction to the efforts of a pair of inept bad men to rob the First National Bank and to the subsequent comic opera manhunt. "The Very Heart of Our Country"-a look at the Holy Land of the Navajos and its mythic landmarks. "We All Fall Down"-the Pecos high country visited on a tense hunt for the foci of bubonic plague bacilli which had already killed two men. "The Conversion of Cletus Xywanda"-the peculiarities of Santa Fe considered in terms of their impact on a Nigerian political editor. "The Hunt for the Lost American"-a profile of the excavation of a Folsom Man hunting camp on the Llano de Albuquerque. "Quijote in Rio Arriba County"-a study of the gentle mystic radical Reies Lopez Tijerina and his Land Grant movement. "Othello in Union County"-how a closed- minded physical anthropologist and a black scholar-cowboy made Folsom, New Mexico famous. Contents in Nine Chapters: The Great Taos Bank Robbery The Navajo Who Had So Many Friends He Couldn't Get No Wire Strung, The Very Heart of Our Country The Mountain on the Guardrail at Exit 164B, We All Fall Down The Messenger Birds, The Conversion of Cletus Xywanda The Apache Who Wouldn't Be Missed, The Hunt for the Lost American How Quemado Got Quemado, Las Trampas Black Jack Ketchum and the Sixteen Faithful Bartenders, Othello in Union County The Committee and the Mule Deer, Quijote in Rio Arriba County Keeping Secrets from the Russians, and Mr. Luna's Lazarus Act.
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$129.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Edition. The Book Is Bound In Tan Cloth With Black Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Jacket Has Two Photos On The Back, Thus Later State. The Book Has One Page With A Corner Crease. No Ownership Information Present. The Jacket Has Light Wear And A Few Short Edge Tears. Light Sunning To The Back. Price Clipped. Hint Of Darkening To The Spine.
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo; dark beige cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; yellowish-white endpapers; dustjacket; [viii],147pp; illus. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid-in. Fine in a Near Fine second issue dustjacket, with two illustrations on rear panel; price-clipped, barest hint of sunning to spine, with a few short tears and attendant creases on rear panel. Collection of tales and sketches about New Mexico by the best-selling author of the Leaphorn and Chee mysteries.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. Light Bumping To The Back And Upper Front Corners. The Jacket Has Minor Wear And A Sunned Spine. It Also Has Two Tiny Tears At The Top Of The Spine. One At The Upper Front Flap Fold And One At The Lower Back Flap Fold. First State Jacket With Single Illustration On The Back. Unclipped Price Of $5.95.
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first edition. Clipped Mylar Protected Jacket. Clean text. Tight binding. All four corners are square. The spine's crown and foot are slightly nudged. The front flyleaf seems to have a small erasure in the upper/top. The DJ has one flap corner that is chipped. Bottom corners on the inside flaps have a small corner crease. The back/bottom is mildly creased. One picture on the back of the DJ.
Seller: Zach the Ripper Books, Gillette, WY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket ( 2 images on back). Price-clipped DJ has a small area of White-Out on front flap. Jacket spine is very mildly sunned and has a tiny chip at heel. No tears.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Stated First edition. Dust jacket is rubbed, chipped, faded, missing pieces and has a moisture ring on the front. Book is clean and binding is tight.
Seller: Hill Country Books, Boerne, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: octavo. 147pp A very nice copy in an equally nice "(unclipped) dust jacket. A bit of sun-fading to front of jacket near edge. In a mylar wrapper.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$173.01 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed 1st edition bound in tan cloth with black lettering and pictorial end pages - signed on the half-title page. Complete in 147 bright crisp pages. Slight dust jacket edgewear with 2 photos on rear panel of jacket. Top edge of jacket flaps with toning. --- From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature!
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1973.
Price: US$189.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Very Good Jacket, chips , stains, single photo to rear panel, Signed and inscribed in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1973.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Cloth. Fine in 2nd state dw with 2 photos on rear panel. Spine of dw very slightly sunned.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover. Price clipped, two photos on the back. Stated first edition.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Sold as a pair. 147pp. Octavo [21 cm] "True" first state: Grayish yellow cloth over boards (two photos on rear of dust jacket). Second state: Yellowish gray cloth over boards (one photo on rear of dust jacket. Both books in very good or better condition, with contemporary gift inscriptions on the front endpapers. Both jackets are price-clipped. The edges are lightly chipped (largest chip measures 1/2 " wide by 1/4" deep), and the spine of the "second" state jacket is a bit faded. Ernie Bulow's copies of Hillerman's first book of non-fiction, a collection of nine essays about life in New Mexico. Paired with the books is a very interesting copy of a typed article titled "The Great Taos Bank Robbery- The Mystery of its Two States" by Bob Maddox of Squid Ink Books (Tucson, Arizona, November 2013) which turns the previously accepted order of the two states on its head. Maddox's article was published in May-June 2015 issue of 'Firsts Magazine.' Louis A. Hieb published a the definitive bibliography of the Hillerman's works (published between 1970-1989) titled 'Tony Hillerman: From Blessing Way to Talking God, A Bibliography' (Press of the Gigantic Hound, Tucson, 1990). Maddox points out that, in his bibliography, Hieb (p. 59-60) describes the two states of 'The Great Taos Bank Robbery' as follows: "Binding: Two issues exist which have identical cover and spine lettering but differ with regards to cloth and endpaper colors and dust jackets. "1) Yellowish gray (93) cloth lettered in black (267). Light yellowish brown (near 76) endpapers. Illustrated paper jacket printed in grayish brown (61) with single illustration (Shiprock) on back panel. "2) Grayish yellow (90) cloth lettered in black (267). Yellowish white (92) endpapers. Illustrated paper jacket printed in medium purplish blue (200) with two illustrations on back panel." In his essay, Bob Maddox turns this around on its head. He states, "Today in the book collectors' market the book in grey cloth which has the single drawing on the rear dust jacket panel is usually referred to as the first state book. Ernie Bulow (writer, bookseller, and publisher) had written in an article in 'Firsts Collecting Modern First Editions' magazine ('Collecting Tony Hillerman', June issue of 1994) that Hillerman and people at the University of New Mexico Press did not know which variant came first, but that he had no reason to question Hieb's bibliography. However, in a NOTE added to a Hillerman price list that Bulow distributed by mail., he wrote, 'When Louis Hieb published his bibliography of Hillerman in 1990 he noted two states of this publication. One dust jacket had a single photo on the back, the other had two photos. Since Hieb listed the books in that order, it was assumed that was the first and second state and everyone has held to that order ever since. I asked Tony at the time and he couldn't remember. I asked Jack Rittenhouse who had been director of the press at the time and he couldn't remember either. Since I found the single photo version more aesthetic than the other, I felt it had to be the second state, since it didn't make sense to make the jacket less attractive. A few years later a noted book dealer from Southern California gave me a copy for Tony to sign. It was the version with two photos. It had all the review material laid in the front and every indication showed they had been there all along. As far as I am concerned that settled the issue once and for all.' This theory is further cemented by Maddox's account of a visit from Farmington book dealer Marvin McIntyre to Squid Ink Books. Maddox writes, "He noticed a copy of 'The Great Taos Bank Robbery' on my shelves and mentioned that the states of this book were different than had been reported by Hieb. He said that he knew this because they [he and his wife] were friends with Dan Stouffer, who had designed the book and jacket back in 1973."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by author on the title page. The dust jacket shows some fading on the spine. One image on rear. There are no chips or tears. Slight curving to top edges of endflaps. Pages show slight tanning and discoloration on bottom edge near the spine. Hardly detectable creasing of corners of the first several pages.
Seller: A. Carter Books, Salinas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. First Edition (stated), in *correct* first state dust jacket with two photos to rear (see below). Signed twice by Hillerman, presumably from the style at two different dates, without inscription on front free endpaper and on half title. Octavo; [viii], 147pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact. Boards in muted mustard cloth with black lettering. Jacket rubbed at corners, with a but of dulling to spine and very shallow chipping at head. Boards are clean and square. Front board opens easily with a tiny superficial split to paper at head of gutter. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. The received wisdom, passed down from Louis A. Hieb's standard Hillerman bibliography, has generally given priority to the single-photo jacket and brownish endpapers, but a 2013 blog article "The Great Taos Bank Robbery: The Mystery of its Two States (published later in the May-June 2015 issue of Firsts Magazine) claims this priority is flipped, with corroboration from the book's jacket designer Dan Stouffer via fellow bookseller Marvin McIntyre of McInBooks. Stouffer wrote to McIntyre: "You had asked about the first edition of The Great Taos Bank Robbery, so I checked mine and there are two illustrations on the back of the jacket. A photo of Las Trampas (I think) and my Shiprock illustration below. I know this is the first one, because the bindery foreman always called me down to the printing plant to inspect the first one off the line. I gave my approval and took it upstairs for Tony to sign and he wrote a very complimentary note to me, which I treasure." [See the October 31, 2013 post on the Squid Ink Spots blog (online) or the 2015 Firsts Magazine article for more].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147pp.; HB lt.gray w/blk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ yellow w/brwn.; slight rub w/spine sunned. Essays about New Mexico that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." illus. signed by Hillerman
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition of the book, in the second issue of the dust jacket, which has been price-clipped. Signed by the author on the half title. Near fine to fine in near fine dust jacket. Book tries to answer the question "What is New Mexico?"
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Great Taos Bank Robbery (Signed second state). Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1973.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition 1st printing, Near Fine, unread book, with slight soiling page edges; in a Near Fine jacket with light edge and corner wear, touch of soiling, tiny closed tear at top of front flap fold, mild sun fade to spine. This copy has been signed by Hillerman on the title page. This is the correct, SECOND state of the book and jacket as verified by the books designer and illustrator, Dan Stouffer, who worked at the Press. This correct, second state jacket has ONE photograph of Stouffers drawing of Shiprock on the back panel and book and jacket are significantly different than the correct first states. The states of this book and jacket have been confused by booksellers for many years - see article Two States of Great in May-June 2015 issue of Firsts Magazine, or ask me questions about the issue.
Seller: Squid Ink Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An early Tony Hillerman work. This is a beautiful copy in the second state dustjacket (two photos on back jacket). What is New Mexico? Of the many writers who have tried to answer that question, we thibk Tony Hillerman comes closest to answering it without romanticizing this desert country. The essays that make up "The Great Taos Bank Robbery" tell of a wide variety of incidents, characters and places that "offer insights into the mystique of this high, dry tag-end of the American Rockies." Some slight "sunning" to the DJ spine accounts for the NF+ grading.
Seller: Mike Murray - Bookseller LLC, East Windsor, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$374.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean unread copy. The PC jacket has some light rubbing wear, some light soil, some lightish edge wear and two closed tears. First state jacket with a single image on the rear panel. Nice copy semi-rough jacket. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1973.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 147 pages. EXCELLENT, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$682.50 + shipping
Description: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the first of his nonfiction books, according to the Hieb bibliography, there are two states, this is the second listed state, Hieb C1a2 with a grayish yellow binding with two illustrations on the back panel of the dust jacket, this is a Review Copy with review slip, this copy Inscribed by Hillerman ("For Michele Kordrupel/with my assurance/that all herein is/TRUE!!/Tony Hillerman"). Fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Description: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the first of his nonfiction books, according to the Hieb bibliography, there are two states, this is the second listed state, Hieb C1a2 with a grayish yellow binding with a two illustrations on the back panel of the dust jacket, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it also includes a full-page Signed original color illustration by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin that is the representation of the aftermath of a robbery, showing bags of loot (Bank of Taos, New Mexico) and a gun in the desert, with slipcase, only a handful of this title were so illustrated by Franklin. Fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.