Jornada del Muerto. A Pageant of the Desert.

Published by The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 1989

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First edition. One of 750 copies. 219pp. Frontispiece map. Notes, bibliography, index. Brown cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. "The Jornada de Muerto was a stretch of road, a shortcut actually, on the Camino Real from New Spain to Santa Fe. Ninety miles long, it parallels the Rio Grande River in southern New Mexico. The book chronicles the area from the days of the Spaniards to the atomic age - White Sands Test Range lies on its eastern edge" (Clark). Volume XV of the Western Lands and Waters Series. [Clark and Brunet I: 54; Clark and Brunet II: 62].

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Title
Jornada del Muerto. A Pageant of the Desert.
Author
Crouch, Brodie
Publisher
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, Washington
Publication year
1989
Condition
Very fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
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The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by. The bookstore occupies one large room open to the public. One will find antique bookcases filled with fine and rare books, mostly dealing with the history of California and the American West. One will also find fine press books and other rare subject matter. The shop also carried good books in varied subject areas including art, maritime, American civil war, books on antiques, literature, regional Americana, etc..…

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