The Way to Rainy Mountain
by N.Scott Momaday
- Used
- fine
- Hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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£42.94
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About This Item
US: University of New Mexico Press, 1969. Book. Illus. by Al Momaday. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very nice First Edition in protected DJ. DJ has a modest cup stain and a llittle scarring.Book itself is fine...crisp and tight with no markings..
Synopsis
The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969) is a book by Pulitzer Prize winning author N. Scott Momaday. It is about the journey of Momaday's Kiowa ancestors from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the United States Cavalry at Fort Sill, and subsequent resettlement near Rainy Mountain, Oklahoma. The book is divided into three main parts: The Setting Out, which consists of early Kiowa legends and anthropological studies on the Kiowa people.
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Details
- book dealer
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 000001
- Title
- The Way to Rainy Mountain
- Author
- N.Scott Momaday
- Illustrator
- Al Momaday
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- New
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also... [more]
- fine
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