RIDING THE EARTHBOY 40 - Poems de Welch, James - 1976

New York. 1976. Harper & Row. 1st Harper & Row Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0064519910. 71 pages. hardcover. The painting on the front of the jacket is by Neil Parson, a Blackfeet artist from Montana. Jacket design by Christine Aulicino. keywords: Poetry Native American America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - James Welch's father once leased forty acres in Montana belonging to the Earthboy family. RIDING THE EARTHBOY 40, the first collected volume of Welch's verse, draws many of its themes from life among the ranches, small towns and Indian reservations around the Earthboy place. Welch's poetry has that deceptive quality of art carved down to its bare essentials. His style is at once both direct and subtle: direct in the stark clarity of its images; subtle in its skillful use of natural vignettes from the Montana landscape to convey insights into the most complex aspects of human behavior. Welch's verse is firmly rooted in his native soil, but branches out… Leer más

New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Comany, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. A bit of soiling on the boards, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper. Author's first book.

Harper & Row, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New copy in like dustwrapper. Stated first edition. Protected by archival BrodArt cover. James Welch s father once leased forty acres in Montana belonging to the Earthboy family. RIDING THE EARTHBOY 40, the first collected volume of Welch s verse, draws many of its themes from life among the ranches, small towns and Indian reservations around the Earthboy place.

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

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First edition thus. Hardcover. 54 pages. An expanded edition of Welch's first book that includes seven additional poems. 'The original edition was published by World in 1971. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some faint foxing to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Welch on the title page. A nice copy of an important literary debut from this Native American writer.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First revised edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First revised edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. This is the revised edition of the first book by Welch, a popular and groundbreaking Native American author. This is as collection of poems and the revised edition has seven new poems that were not in the original edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Signed by the author on the title page.

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