Winter in the Blood Tapa dura - 1974

NY, NY: Harper & Row, 1974. 176 pp., 1/3 brown cloth w/ blue boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book has light foxing to top edge of page block; binding defect to page 51-52 has left a tear to the leaf at the gutter; crease to top corners of about half a dozen pages; a few lines of underlining to about the same number of pages near end of book; Jacket shows some wear & very short tears to ends of spine & folds; semi-circular tear & small crease to interior of front panel near spine / Author's first novel. Third book in Harper & Row's Native American Publishing Program. /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harper & Row, 1974. 1st Edition Stated . Hardcover. Fair+/Very Good. 176 pages, jacket price $6.95. This is a heartbreaker: the book would be given a grade of Very Good+, EXCEPT that someone apparently read it for a class so that the first 60 pages have occasional pink highlighter marks and the latter part of the book has some underlining in pencil, with marginal notes. Rear brown spine cloth has traces light staining. The jacket has some edgewear at corners and head and foot of spine; very nice in mylar. With this one we throw in HB, jacketed 1st of Killing Custer in VG- copy minor flaws, BOTH shipping at one book price for domestic media mail. More than standard for fast shipping, WILL NOT fit in flat rate envelope. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

HarperCollins, January 1975. Hardcover. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

HarperCollins, 1975. Stated first edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8x5x0. Signed by author. NOT an ex library book. Signature of the author on the front endpaper. 176 pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear top rear, creases on front endflap. Price is not clipped.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 176pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 brown cloth with blue marble patterned paper covered boards. Very good. Very light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. The front cover is just a little bit warped. In a very good dust jacket, with mild age-toning, and light surface and edge wear. Number line beginning with 2 at the rear. In 1997, James Welch received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas. Inscribed "For ___ Larson...." by the author on the front free endpaper.

NY: Harper & Row, 1974. Housed in a Near Fine dustwrapper that shows a tiny bit of wear to both ends of d.w. at spine. No tears, just a bit of wrinkling. Overall, a collectible copy of the first edition of the author's scarce second book. This book was #3 in the publisher's Native American Pub. Program. 176 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 176 pages. This was the third book in Harper & Row's Native American Publishing Program, and the author's first novel. It deals with contemporary American Indians with brilliance and authenticity. Basis for the made for television drama starring, Chaske Spencer as Virgil. A near fine dj over a near fine book. In clear protective book cover. Ships in well-padded box..

HarperCollins, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First edition / First printing. Full number line ending in 1 on the last page of text: 74 75 76 77 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. First issue dust jacket with incorrect nine digit SBN on back panel 06-452500-7 instead of ten digit ISBN 0-06-451990-2. Brown cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in a price-clipped, about fine first state dust jacket. The jacket is much more attractive than usual for this book. The author's first novel. Life on a reservation in the middle of the 20th Century.