(lot of 11) Books and magazines: Mexican art and Russian travel catalogs, including: (1) "Nagual in the Garden: Fantastic Animals in Mexican Ceramics," by Leonore Hoag Mulryan, published by UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, copyright 1996, 155 pages; (1) "Woman of the Baroque Age," by Helga Mobius, published by Allanheld, Osmun and Company, copyright 1982, 203 pages, accompanied by slip cover; (1) "El Dia de los Muertos: The Life of the Dead in Mexican Folk Art," by Maria Teresa Pomer, published by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, copyright 1987, 110 pages; (1) "The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folk Art," compiled by The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, published by Chronicle Books, copyright 1986, 80 pages, some tears to front cover and staining; (1) "The Crafts of Mexico," edited by Margarita de Orellana and Alberto Ruy-Sanchez, published by Artes de Mexico, copyright 2004, 400 pages; (1) "Majolica Pottery: An Identification and Value Guide," by Mariann K. Marks, published by Collector Books, 144 pages; (1) "Frances Toor's New Guide to Mexico," by Frances Toor, published by Frances Toor Studios, copyright 1946, 320 pages; (1) "Voices of Mexico," published by Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Issue Number 74, January-March 2006, 136 pages; (1) "Almanac: Treasures of Russia: Peterhof," text by N. Vernova, published by Abir Publishers, copyright 2002, 82 pages; (2) Russian travel catalogs, printed by Ivan Fiodorov Printing Company, St. Petersburg, (one) "Tsarskoye Selo: Catherine's Palace," copyright 2000, 32 pages; (one) "St. Isaac's Cathedral," copyright 2002, 32 pages; largest: approx 12.75"h, 9.25"w, 1 3/8"d, 16.75lbs total
**Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.**
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