Devil In a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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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The first edition of Devil in a Blue Dress was published by W.W. Norton in 1990. The first state dust jacket has an $18.95 price stamp on the front flap, and the first edition has 'First Edition' and a full number line on the copyright page. First editions list around $300.
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Devil In A Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- 1st Edition. 1st Printing.
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- 1990
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New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY IN 1991. The 1st Easy Rawlins mystery that was made into a film a few years back with Denzel Washington as Rawlins. Nice dustjacket artwork. Fine/fine.
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley
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Lake Huntington, New York, USA
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288 pp. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in. A fine book, glossy boards. Nicely signed in black ink under his name on the title page. Devil in a Blue Dress is Mosley's is the first Easy Rawlins novel. "There were still traces of snow on the peaks and there was the lingering scent of burning trash in the air." Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley
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- 1990
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, USA
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NZ$300.06
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W. W. Norton. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition, first printing with a full number line starting with 1. Signed by the author on the title page. Hardcover. 1990 Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- 1990
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Faint foxing on page edges, else fine in an about fine dust jacket with the interior a trifle foxed. Briefly Inscribed by the author on the half title page. The author's first published mystery novel and it was the basis for the 1995 film starring Denzel Washington… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
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- 1990
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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NY: W. W. Norton and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Printing. Hardcover. 0393028542 . Signed by the Edgar Award winning author on the title page. The author's first book and first mystery in his hardboiled series set in 1940s Los Angeles featuring Easy Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, who decides… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- 1990
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: W. W. Norton, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The author's first book and the first novel featuring the African American private eye Easy Rawlins. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with bumping at the spine ends. Jacket correctly priced at… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
by Mosley, Walter
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- 1990
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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NZ$334.35
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New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author at the top of the title page, tall 8vo, yellow quarter cloth with bold silver & blue lettering on spine over gold boards impressed with a blindstamped stylized geometrical figure [an image repeated on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
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- 1990
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$128.60
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Faint foxing on page edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of interior foxing. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The author's first published mystery novel and it was the basis for the 1995 film starring Denzel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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Lincoln City, Oregon, USA
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NZ$162.89
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NY: W. W. Norton Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393028542 . Signed by Mosley on the title page. Also signed by James W. Hall on the fep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- 1990
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Pueblo, Colorado, USA
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NZ$90.87
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Mosley, "To Becky/Walter Mosley." An Advance Reading Copy in illustrated wrappers. Foxing to the page edges. Set in 1950's Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins, decorated war hero and private eye, is hired to find a missing socialite. The first title in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil In A Blue Dress [Signed]
by MOSLEY, Walter
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); orange paper-covered boards and goldenrod cloth backstrip, wiht titles stamped in metallic blue on spine; dustjacket; [9],10-219,[5]pp. Signed by the author on the upper margin of the half-title page. Base of spine gently bumped, else Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $18.95). Mosley's… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
by MOSLEY, Walter
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- First Edition
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Devil in a Blue Dress - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Mosley, Walter
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1990
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- 1/4 Cloth
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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NZ$308.63
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0393028542 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition with one minute spot on front board in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Walter Mosley directly on the title page; Walter Mosley's debut Easy Rawlins mystery. "The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- First Edition 1st Printing
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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NZ$120.02
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 1990 WW Norton TRUE FIRST edition of the first Easy Rawlins' mystery. In Fine/AsNew condition with a remainder mark on the lower page edge. The classic 1995 film was adapted & directed by Carl Franklin and starring… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition in the first state dustwrapper. A few pages have very faint stains in the margins, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine sunned. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's first published mystery novel and it was the basis for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Signed First Edition)
by MOSLEY, Walter
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- 1990
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Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
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NZ$342.92
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New York: Norton, 1990. First edition. Hardcover His first book, which introduces the reluctant private eye Easy Rawlins. Made into a movie with Denzel Washington. A fine copy in a fine first issue dust jacket. Signed by Mosley on the title page. Item Price
NZ$342.92
Devil in a Blue Dress.
by Mosley, Walter.
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- 1990.
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Langley, Washington, USA
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NZ$428.65
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New York:: Norton,, 1990.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. This copy of the first Easy Rawlins mystery is signed by Mosley. Set in the late 1940s, in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles, Devil in a Blue Dress follows Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran just… Read more about this item Item Price
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Devil in a Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- As New
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- Advance Review Copy
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- 1990
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- Softcover
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- 9780393028546
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Lincoln City, Oregon, USA
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NZ$68.58
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NY: W. W. Norton Company. As New. 1990. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0393028542 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages . Item Price
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Devil In A Blue Dress
by Mosley, Walter
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- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- 1st Edition; 1st state dust jacket
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780393028546
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Modesto, California, USA
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NZ$214.32
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
by MOSLEY, Walter
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- First printing
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- 1990
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- 9780393028546
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
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NZ$452.65
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NY: Norton, 1990. First printing. 8vo, pp. 219. Author's signature on half-title. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy; as new, except for bookseller's label on front of dj. The first Easy Rawlins novel, the author's first book. Item Price
NZ$452.65
