The Names; A Memoir

Harper Colophon Books / Harper & Row, New York, 1977. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. geological chart and glossary. The text is illustrated with photographs and the occasional illustration. Photographic card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "Momaday gives us a careful, beautifully thoughtful catalogue of the names – of both people and of places – that meant something to him when he was growing up. They help them to become reuse, and he repays them by a very lyrical, at times humorous, reminiscence of how it seemed to him at the time, when he lived with the names in the state of emotional innocence, not fully comprehending how densely textured traditions were, or how much they would contribute to the pattern of his life." Larry McMurtry, from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panel. Browning of the text clock edges. The text has been printed in a purple coloured ink on a pale yellow coloured stock. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 170, [2] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0060905824. ISBN/EAN: 9780060905828. Inventory No: 0118746. . 9780060905828