The Animals and The Carvers: A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carving, Vol. 1
The Materials & The Carvers: A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carving, Vol. II
A Guide to Navaho Weavings
A Guide to Navajo Sandpaintings 
A Guide to Hopi Katsina Dolls
By Mark Bahti, Kent McManis, Robert Jeffries

Could This be Christmas in July?
Guidebooks that Feel More Like Gift Books

     Here they are!

     Five guidebooks that look and feel more like art books.

     Five guidebooks so closely related that they become a library or set suitable to give as a gift to anyone who lives in, travels in or just loves the Southwest.

     Published by Rio Nuevo Publishers, an imprint of Treasure Chest Books, these slender paperbacks have a different polish from most guidebooks, both outside and in. The covers have a satin-finish feel. The pictures are full color and so well done you may feel less tempted to buy a piece of art in any one of these categories-or more tempted, as the case may be. There are diagrams and maps in full color and other information like histories for the artists, the genealogy of related artists, etc., anything that will help a reader/art lover to understand the subject better. Bibliographies, indexes, suggested readings and pronunciation guides are also included as needed.

     Mostly, these are helpful, well-written guides by knowledgeable authors such as Kent McManis, Mark Bahti, and Robert Jeffries. You'll find them on Amazon.com and other sites that sell books under their separate titles and here they are:

A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings, both Volume I and Volume II
A Guide to Hopi Katsina Dolls
A Guide to Navaho Weavings
A Guide to Navaho Sandpaintings