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A THIEF OF TIME: ARC (ADVANCED READING COPY)
by Tony Hillerman
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[TONY HILLERMAN]. A THIEF OF TIME. ADVANCED READING COPY. Harper & Row, New York, 1988. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. With mild shelf wear, light creases to rear cover, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Cover art by Peter Thorpe on glossy pictoral wraps. Scarce ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) from the uncorrected proofs with photomechanical copy of Hillerman's handwritten notations marks on typed manuscript. Not remainder marked or reprint. No previous owner inscriptions. Classic southwestern Native American mystery, collectible. 298 pgs. 8vo.
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
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-324
- Title
- A THIEF OF TIME
- Author
- Tony Hillerman
- Illustrator
- Peter Thorpe
- Format/Binding
- Softcover / Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition ARC (ADVANCED READING COPY)
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Tony Hillerman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery / Crime Detective; Native American; Western;
- Size
- 8vo
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