A THIEF OF TIME
by Hillerman, Tony
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Issued Without Jacket
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, NY: Impress Mystery/Reader's Digest, 2005. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. An award-winning 1988 novel from Hillerman's mystery-crime series set in New Mexico and featuring Navaho detectives, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. This time they are investigating theft and murder involving ancient Assazi relics and a woman anthropologist. This copy is a First Printing, First Edition Thus from Impress Mystery's Limited Edition collection of the "Best Mysteries of All Time." 262 pages in black boards with a red and gold design and lettering. Issued without a dustjacket, this copy is without significant flaws; clean and unmarked, tight and square. A collectable copy of a great mystery.
Synopsis
When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Leaphorn and Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the truth.A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005277
- Title
- A THIEF OF TIME
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Impress Mystery/Reader's Digest
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, NY
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- CRIME, MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, DETECTIVE, NAVAHO, NATIVE AMERICAN, NEW MEXICO, POLICE PROCEDURAL,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Crime; Police Procedural;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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