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Talking God.
by HILLERMAN, Tony
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060161183
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161187
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Signed by Tony Hillerman on a "Navaho Country and the Mysteries of Tony Hillerman" bookplate mounted to the second blank page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work and his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee; plus: a special profile of the Navajo nation.A grave robber and a corpse reunite Leaphorn and Chee in a dangerous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods.A grave robber and a corpse reunite Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee. As Leaphorn seeks the identity of a murder victim, Chee arrests Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the sacred bones of his ancestors. As the layers of each case are peeled away, it becomes shockingly clear that they are connected, that there are mysterious others pursuing Highhawk. Leaphorn and Chee have entered into the dangerous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10395-2
- Title
- Talking God.
- Author
- HILLERMAN, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Navy cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060161183
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161187
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1989.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Fiction; z5;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Orpheus Books
Biblio member since 2004
Edmonds, Washington
About Orpheus Books
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