signed first edition Softcover
2012 · Tucson, Arizona
by Dinges, Bruce J.
Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Historical Society. New with no dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wrappers of a beautiful Maynard Dixon painting, Paiute Reservation, Arizona. Books are new. This project began as a conversation between librarian and bibliophile W. David Laird and rare book dealer and organist James Owens at the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books. Based loosely on the California list Zamorano 80, the Arizona team went twenty better for the Arizona 100, gathering the 'essential' books of the Grand Canyon State. Signed by the primary editor Bruce Dingas and all the contributors including Bill Broyles, Steve Cox, David Laird, Alfredo Gonzales, Roger Myers and James Owens. Each book is also numbered, of which 100 copies were signed as noted, complete with small tipped in plate on last free endpaper. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 110 pp; Signed by Contributor . (Inventory #: 021543)