Dance Hall of the Dead
by Hillerman, Tony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Coral & turquoise cloth binding rubbed at spine ends & corners; bump on top edge of front board; edges of boards lightly stained; owner's name & date in ink on half-title, else a very sturdy, tight & clean book. Dj rubbed at edges; small closed tear near spine head; surface smudged, jacket now protected in mylar cover. ; JOE LEAPHORN SERIES, NO. 2.; JOE LEAPHORN SERIES, NO. 2 Series; 8vo; 166 pages .
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47108
- Title
- Dance Hall of the Dead
- Author
- Hillerman, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 20th Century American Fiction, Navajo Tribal Police Mystery, Oklahoma Authors, Tony Hillerman Collectibles
- Bookseller catalogs
- GC: Mystery;
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