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A Little Yellow Dog - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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A Little Yellow Dog - 1st Edition/1st Printing 1/4 cloth - 1996

by Mosley, Walter

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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With each succeeding mystery featuring his reluctant detective Easy Rawlins, Walter Mosely gains new fans and builds on what is now recognized as a permanent addition to American crime writing. 1964: Easy has given up the street life and has taken on a job as a supervising custodian at Sojourner Truth High School. But his newly found careful lifestyle is threatened when two corpses are discovered at the school, and the police think Easy is involved.

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New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0393039242 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear. Boldly SIGNED by author Walter Mosley directly on the half title page; In 1961 Easy Rawlins gave up the street life and began working as a janitor at Sojourner Truth Junior High School in Watts, California. Two years later a corpse is discovered in the school garden, and another body turns up shortly thereafter. The police suspect Easy is involved in the murders; 8vo; [11], 12-300, [4] pages; Signed by Author .
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  • Title A Little Yellow Dog - 1st Edition/1st Printing
  • Author Mosley, Walter
  • Binding 1/4 Cloth
  • Edition First Edition; First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London
  • Date 1996
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 45331
  • ISBN 9780393039245 / 0393039242
  • Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 6.47 x 1.18 in (24.18 x 16.43 x 3.00 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.), Detective and mystery stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96004231
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the rear cover

It's 1963. Easy Rawlins has given up the street life that has brought him so much trouble and grief. He's taken on a job as supervising custodian of Sojourner Truth Junior High School in Watts. Easy comes in early one morning to find one of the teachers already in her classroom. She has a dog with her and a story about a husband gone mad. Before he knows what's happening, the teacher is in his arms. Before the day is over the teacher is gone, leaving Easy with her dog, and the handsomest corpse Easy has ever seen is found in the school garden. That night a second corpse turns up. The police believe that Easy is involved in the murders. Old enemies are waiting to get even. The principal of the school wants to fire him. His old friends aren't the same and his new friends might be his death. Easy wants back into his careful little life, but that door is closed. A murderer is running loose somewhere. And a little yellow dog plots revenge.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/1997, Page 1412
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/1996, Page 565
  • Library Journal, 06/01/1996, Page 157
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 03/15/1996, Page 54
  • LJ Best Books of Year, 01/01/1997, Page 51
  • New York Times, 06/16/1996, Page 18
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1996, Page 94
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/13/1996, Page 58
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/1996, Page 164

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