New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition in the first state dustwrapper. A few pages have very faint stains in the margins, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine sunned. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's first published mystery novel and it was the basis for the 1995 film starring Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Maury Chaykin, as well as Don Cheadle, as the unhinged "Mouse

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Walter Mosley's very well-received first book, introduces detective Easy Rawlins and centers around his transformation from day-laborer to detective. Set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, Rawlins takes on a side job to pay his mortgage after losing his job at a defense plant. His first mystery is trying to find a woman named Daphne Monet, a missing white woman who was known to frequent black jazz clubs. Devil in a Blue Dress was adapted into a film of the same title starring Denzel Washington.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 427579
Title: Devil in a Blue Dress
Author: Mosley, Walter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0393028542
ISBN 13: 9780393028546
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: Mystery, FirstBook, AmerLit20thCent, African-Americana
Bookseller catalogs: African-Americana;

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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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