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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
by MOSLEY, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine first issue dustwrapper
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine first issue dustwrapper. His first Easy Rawlins mystery and first book.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008403
- Title
- DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
- Author
- MOSLEY, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine first issue dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1990)
- Keywords
- Mystery, Mysteries, Modern Firsts, Detective Fiction, Modern First Editions, African-American Literature, First Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Book; African-American Literature; Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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