[15th Printing] NAVAJO RUGS – past, present & future [SOLD]

[15th Printing] NAVAJO RUGS – past, present & future

by Gilbert Maxwell

Published by Best-West Publications, Palm Desert, 1963

Softcover, first edition, 1963, fifteenth printing, 1973.  72 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black and white.

CONTENTS

Foreword

List of Illustrations

Introduction

History

How a Rug is Made

Rug Types and Areas

            Shiprock – Red Rocks Area

            Lukachukai Area

            Teec-Nos-Pos Area

            Red Mesa Area

            Two Gray Hills Area

            Crystal Area

            Gallup Area

            Chinle Area

            Wide Ruins Area

            Ganado Area

            Keams Canyon – Piñon Area

            West Reservation Area

            Coal Mine Mesa Area

            Other Distinctive Rugs

How to Buy a Rug

After the Rug is Home

How to Collect Navajo Weaving

Fact and Fancy

The Future

Rug Prices, 1963

Footnotes

Bibliography