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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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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Tony Hillerman on the title page. Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee investigate the connections between a robber of ancient Indian graves and a recent murder victim. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the Advance Reading Copy, which is also fine.
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
- Seller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 73137
- Title
- TALKING GOD
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060161183
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161187
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mystery, Detective Fiction, Navajo, Native Americans
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Reading Copy
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