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Ghostway
by Hillerman, Tony
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060153962
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153960
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Trade Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0060153962 . First Harper & Row edition, second printing. Signed and inscribed by Hillerman on a sheet that is tipped in on the front free endpaper. Rust colored paper quarter bound with navy blue cloth. Copper lettering on spine. Corners are bumped; slight rubbing to edges; spine is a bit slanted; mild soiling. Yellow illustrated dust jacket with red and black lettering on spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar, is not clipped, and is in near fine condition with minor creasing. Tight binding and clean interior. This book is the sixth crime fiction novel in Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee series. It begins when the Federal Witness Protection Program sends a felon to the Navajo Nation without informing the Tribal Police, setting off a chain of killings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pp; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.A photo sends Officer Chee on an odyssey of murder and revenge that moves from an Indian hogan to a deadly healing ceremony.Old Joseph Joe sees it all, Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One dies. The other drives off into the dry lands of the Big Reservation, but not before he shows the old Navajo a photo of the man he seeks. This is enough to send Tribal Policeman Jim Chee after a killer . . . and on an odyssey of murder and revenge that moves from an Indian hogan and its trapped ghost, to the dark underbelly of L.A., to a healing ceremony whose cure could be death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024673
- Title
- Ghostway
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060153962
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153960
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0060153962, Tony Hillerman, Crime, Mystery, SOUTHWEST, Navajo
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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