Turpin Solveig a Text (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black faux leather with embossed design on the front cover that matches the dust jacket art. Slight bowing to the boards. The dust jacket has light shelf wear at the foot of the spine and lower corners. Protected in an archival Mylar sleeve. 70 pages with Additional Readings and Index to Photos. Illustrated with 66 color plates. An oversized book featuring the photography of Jim Zintgraff with text by archaeologist Solveig A. Turpin on the subject of prehistoric pictographs found in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of West Texas and northern Mexico. Turpin's interpretation places the Pecos River Style art within an archaeological and cultural framework, viewing the images as spiritual content related to shamanism and the social life of ancient hunter-gatherers. B45. Signed by Publisher.…

Quarto hardcover (Nr FINE) in d/w (15mm closed tear to top left corner of front cover, otherwise VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

hardcover. Condition: Near fine. near fine. first edition, as stated. Quarto,(approx. 9 1/4" wide by 12 1/4" tall) black leatherette covers, 71 [1] pages. Color photo reproductions. Signed by both authors on the title page. Former owner name on front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition. "In 1953, while on a hunting trip to the Pecos River, he (Jim Zintgraff) first saw the ancient pictographs that were to become his life's work. Little did he know he would spend the rest of his life on the track of the elusive rock art hidden in the deep canyons and dry rock shelters of the Lower Pecos River region, photographing thousands of images in hundreds of sites in Texas and Mexico." This oversize book will incur additional charges for international shipping. Studio. Zintgraff, Jim (illustrator).…