Albuquerque, NM: Sidewinder Publishing , LLC, 2007. First Sidewinder edition, with a new introduction by Margaret Coel. Hardcover. Ernest Franklin. SIGNED. 288pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and front board. Blue textured endpapers. Very good plus. In a near fine dust jacket. Features a new informative introduction, "The Amazing Art of Tony Hillerman," written by Margaret Coel, especially for this edition. Navajo artist Ernest Franklin has contributed chapter decorations and full-page illustrations. Recipient of the 1974 Best Mystery Edgar Award. Hillerman's most violent and bloody mystery novel. Signed by Hillerman, Franklin and Coel on the title page. Facsimile signature of Tony Hillerman stamped on the title page as well.

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Dance Hall Of The Dead is the second of the Navajo Tribal Police series of crime fiction novels by Tony Hillerman. Centered around the character of police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, Dance Hall of the Dead is, like many of Hillerman's books, set on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. Themes of the book include the Zuni religion and hostility between the Navajo and the Zuni.

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Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45308
Title: Dance Hall of the Dead
Author: Hillerman, Tony
Illustrator: Ernest Franklin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Sidewinder edition, with a new introduction by Margaret Co
ISBN 10: 0914001159
ISBN 13: 9780914001157
Publisher: Sidewinder Publishing , LLC
Place of Publication: Albuquerque, NM
Date Published: 2007
Keywords: Tony Hillerman; Ernest Franklin; Margaret Coel; Dance Hall of the Dead; Reservation mysteries -- fiction; Navajo fiction; Signed

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