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The Fly on the Wall [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by HILLERMAN, Tony
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" statement on copyright page and complete number line at lower corner of p.212. Octavo; turquoise cloth, with titles and publishers logo stamped in blue and white on spine; dustjacket; 212pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Barest hint of a lean, some pinpoint wear to board edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.95), with some light wear to joints and extremities; Near Fine. Attractive copy of Hillerman's second book, a political mystery. HUBIN, p.205.
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 dead reporter's secret notebook implicates a senatorial candidate and political figures in a million-dollar murder scam.Reporter John Cotton knows what to do when he finds a great story, but he is a little afraid when a big story begins to find him. It starts when a fellow reporter is murdered and his notebook, filled with information about a tax scam, ends up in John's hands. Not long afterwards, a body is discovered in John's car. Then John's car ends up in the river, a bomb is found in his apartment, and his girlfriend drops out of sight. It's up to John to unravel the mystery of the notebook and why anyone would kill for the information it contains.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33633
- Title
- The Fly on the Wall [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
- Author
- HILLERMAN, Tony
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Fine
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