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Gilpin, Laura. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas, 1968.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The reviewer from American Anthropologist praised this book of superb photographs and portraits of individuals and family groups among the Navaho, noting that it conveyed a quality of intimacy and serenity; "its landscapes spread out the dramatic setting of desert, mountain, and canyon in which these people live; and its scenes of daily activity show many of the details of the way their life has been lived. Among the pictorial records of Navajo country and life, Miss Gilpin's volume deserves a special place." First Printing of the First Edition, bound handsomely as a small quarto format hardcover. Bound in green cloth, with silver and black spine lettering and silver decoration. Pale green endpapers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, worn along edges, price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. Scarce in this SIGNED condition. 264 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Complete with a Navaho Pronunciation Guide. Plentiful black-and-white and some full-color photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Laura Gilpin. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1968.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed and inscribed by the author. The dust jacket is in a new protective sleeve. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.
Seller: The Calico Cat Bookshop, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Gilpin. Laura. THE ENDURING NAVAHO. University of Texas, Austin, 1968.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Sm 4to. Green cloth, with silver and black spine lettering and silver decoration. Pale green end papers. 264 pages, with Navaho Pronunciation Guide, Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with b/w and some color photographs. SIGNED by Gilpin on the half title page. No other names. No remainder marks, or marks to text. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped) has slight wear at spine ends, else Fine. A Fine, tight, signed copy, in dust-jacket, of Gilpin's stunning work.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Gilpin, Laura. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1968.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 263pp.incl.index; HB green w/silver&blk.; PONinscription ft. endpaper, otherwise fine conditionw w/clean,tight pgs. DJ b/w photo covers w/green&white spine; rubbed w/6"tear bk.edge. " .its photographs capturing the spirit and feel of the land and the people as they have seldom if ever been captured before." b/w&color photos throughout. inscribed by author for Gerald Thomas (NMSU pres.) & belonged to Popovi Da studios (home of Maria Martinez, potter)
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Laura Gilpin. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1968.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The book is Fine, First Edition- First Printing, Inscribed and Signed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription short and small. The dust jacket is Near Fine with very minor edge wear. Price intact $17.50.
Seller: Milagro Books and Bookbinding, Corrales, NM, U.S.A.
Gilpin, Laura. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas Press, Austin and London, 1968.
Price: US$137.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Laura Gilpin on half title page, DJ rubbed with closed tears and one small area of loss, book is very clean and bright.
Seller: Book Grove, RMABA, Glenwood Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Gilpin, Laura. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1968.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: In this book, Laura Gilpin records in both picture and words as much of the old life and relation of these people to their beautiful land as possible. She also successfully capture the strong character the Navaho as they seek their place in the modern world. A fascinating book, its photos exemplifying the spirit and feel of the land and the people as they have seldom, if ever, been seen. 263 pages including index. B&W photos. Dust jacket has some where specifically a few mended tears; a hint of rippling along top front edge and wear at corner tips. Book is nice and clean. Signed on pre-title page by author.
Seller: Virg Viner, Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Gilpin, Laura. The Enduring Navaho - A Special SIGNED. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1968.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: USOG2-This large hard cover is SIGNED and inscribed by the AUTHOR; furthermore is SIGNED and inscribed by FRANK WATERS. FINE in a VG DJ that is edge worn and has some small closed tears. NO foreign or Priority shipments on this title. green w/white lettering 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0.0
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Gilpin, Laura. Enduring Navaho. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1968.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 263pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pale green cloth with the title stamped in silver against a black background on the backstrip. The spine and boards show very minor edge wear. In the dust jacket, with numerous light scratches to the surface and gentle rubbing to the extremities. Publisher's prospectus tucked in. Laura Gilpin, born in Colorado, is a 1917 graduate of the Clarence H. White School of Photography. Her career of fifty years has been varied and wide-ranging, and has established her as one of the most outstanding photographers of our time. In The Enduring Navaho, Gilpin captures the spirit and the land of the people with photographs accompanied by text filled with personal reminiscences of the author's experiences among the people. Signed by Laura Gilpin on the half-title.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Gilpin, Laura. The Enduring Navaho. University of Texas Press, 1968.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Size: [8.5" x 11"]. 263pp. Signed by Gilpin on half-title page. Includes laid-in letter from Gilpin, on her stationery, to the Taos Book Shop. Very good plus clean & sound condition / chipped and lightly rubbed dust jacket now in a protective mylar sleeve
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.