Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Tony Hillerman. The Blessing Way. Macmillan, London, 1970.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine in near fine jacket.
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. Macmillan, London, UK, 1970.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD First UK Edition, 1st Printing. Unclipped DJ designed by Bob Lawrie, exclusive to UK Printing. A beautiful clean book, two corners gently bumped, square spine, solid binding, as-new hinges, all pages FINE, several tiny spots to foredges only, no other markings. DJ has trace of edge wear, no tears, no chipping. 5.25" x 8", 201 pages. - An amazing first novel, Tony Hillerman brings to life the magic and mystery of the echoing canyons and empty deserts of the Navajo Reservation.
Seller: Bruce McLeod, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. Macmillan, London, 1970.
Price: US$119.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Hint of a spine lean, tiniest of creases to the bottom of one page, sticker scuff on front endpaper. Jacket has one inch tear to the bottom of the front panel, some tiny chips, light edgewear.Very Good/Very Good.
Seller: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Tony Hillerman. The Blessing Way. Macmillan, London, 1970.
Price: US$210.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition of the gripping novel which launched Tony Hillerman's career. First UK edition. The first of the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series. Two anthropology professors take a summer research trip on the Navajo Reservation. Their interest is the Navajo witches and the role they play in the culture. After an unexpected visit from a true Navajo witch in the night, a saga of peril begins. Written by Anthony Hillerman, an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Clipped dust wrapper also very smart with minor shelf wear and a small closed tear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. MacMillan, London, 1970.
Price: US$549.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth, black lettering. First British edition. Signed to title page by Hillerman. Spine head slightly bumped. Board edges very slightly rubbed. The unclipped jacket in mylar is in fine condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. THE BLESSING WAY. Macmillan, London, 1970.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First U.K. edition. Faint price sticker ghost on the free front endpaper, else a FINE ( appears unread) book in FINE jacket.Author SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH laid in. A beautiful copy of the author's first book and first appearance of Joe Leaphorn. NOT OFTEN ENCOUNTERED IN THIS NICE CONDITION!
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Tony Hillerman. The Blessing Way. MacMillan & Company Ltd., London, 1970.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A very nice copy of this hard-to-find book. First U.K. edition, signed by the author in neat penmanship on the title page. There's a faint price sticker ghost on the front right corner of the DJ. Also a couple of very faint spots on the bottom of the rear board. Hardly noticeable. Overall, a very nice book in a very nice dust jacket.
Seller: Shady Grove Book Store, West Branch, MI, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. Macmillan, London, 1970.
Price: US$1051.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful First Edition (U.K.) of Tony Hillerman's First Book, signed by Tony Hillerman, one of America's favorite authors. The book is Near Fine blue cloth with the very slightest touches of lightness on the spine ends, and two very faint marks on the page edges, all barely noticeable; otherwise very clean and bright. The Near Fine dustjacket is complete with original price intact and very light touches of soiling at the edges; the front and back panels are coated in light plastic so it is difficult to say if this has yellowed at all (it is cream-colored) but it has certainly protected the dustjacket from tears or scrapes; the interior of the dustjacket (next to the book) is pristine. One of the most desirable "First Books" by an American author, this is a beautiful copy in archival plastic cover by this revered writer who rarely signs any longer.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Hillerman, Tony.. The Blessing Way.. London, Macmillan, 1970, 1970.
Price: US$1837.50 + shipping
Description: London, Macmillan, 1970, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book which launched an amazing career, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it also includes an original Signed drawing by Native American artist Ernest Franklin which depicts a Navajo shaman/healer/singer creating a sand painting during a healing or curing ceremony for a fellow Indian, very scarce thus, according to text on the dust jacket, Hillerman went to school for his first eight grades as a day student at St. Mary's Academy, a boarding school for Indian girls, thereby, he says, learning how it felt to be a minority problem by being one, Hieb bibliography A1b, this may be the only British edition so illustrated by Franklin. Fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.