New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. 1st Edition; 1st state dust jacket. Hardcover. 0393028542 . First Edition with a First State dust jacket - with a price of $18.95 on the front flap. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The top spine end of the book cover has some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author .

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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: S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A38758
Title: Devil In A Blue Dress
Author: Mosley, Walter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st state dust jacket
ISBN 10: 0393028542
ISBN 13: 9780393028546
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: 0393028542, Mystery, Walter Mosley, Signed Edition, An Easy Rawlins Mystery

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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