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VISIONS AND VISIONARIES: THE ART AND ARTISTS OF THE SANTA FE RAILWAY Foreword by Paul Benisek, Curator of the Santa Fe Collection of Southwestern Art Salt Lake City: Pruitt Publishing Company, (1976). First edition, first printing. Contains publisher's first printing number code sequence 1 through 5. This luxuriously produced book begins with wonderful illustrated history of the artists who traveled the rails, and the story of how the Santa Fe Railway bought and used the art, including placing paintings in the rail cars and stations, and using the art for brochures, calendars and advertisements. That fascinating cultural history is followed with eighty striking paintings on brilliant color plates accompanied by catalogue descriptions. Fine in brown linen with gilt embossed titles and decorations to the front cover and gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket. Quarto; 147 pages; notes; bibliography; index. A beautiful western and Native American art reference. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!