Talking God
by Hillerman, Tony
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060161531
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161538
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. near fine. 1st Edition/Limited Edition. [4], 239pp. Octavo. Ivory cloth binding with gilt/copper lettering on spine. Beige paper covered boards with red decorative line. Very light scuffing on spine. Beige endpapers. Clean tight text block with untrimmed long edges of leaves. Two bottom corners very lightly bumped. Missing box. near fine Signed by the author on first page. First/signed/limited edition. SCARCE. Number 32/300 copies. An Officer Chee and Lieutenant Leaphorn mystery taking part in Washington and the American south-west by the celebrated, award winning American author. 1989
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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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129168
- Title
- Talking God
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060161531
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161538
- Publisher
- Harper and Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Modern Firsts|Tony Hillerman
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