Le peuple de l'ombre==People of Darkness [French, paperback, 1981]

The Gallimard edition of Tony Hillerman's People of Darkness (1980), the fourth book in his Navajo Mystery Series and the first to introduce Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. Both front and back covers frame black negative space. The front cover displays a circular inset that contains several fetishes and a partial jaw bone, while the back cover displays an advertisement for Hitachi televisions and a short synopsis of the novel.

• Title Page Transcription:
  TONY HILLERMAN | Le peuple | de l’ombre | TRADUIT DE L’AMÉRICAIN |PAR JANE FILLION | [publisher’s device] | GALLIMARD
• Contents:
  [i-ii] blank, [iii] series titles, [iv] blank, [v] title page, [vi] copyright and publisher's imprint, 7-[246] text, [247-253] series titles, [254] blank, [255] colophon, [256] 29506
• Physical Attributes:
  • Format: Paperback, 17.8 x 10.8 cm.
  • Binding: Paper covers with bright yellow framing device around black negative space. Advertisement on back cover displays a Hitachi VCR and a still from Hitchcock's film The Wrong Man. The spine is lettered: [vertical] [publisher's device] [horizontal] TONY HILLERMAN LE PEUPLE DE L'OMBRE
  • Collation: [i-vi] 7-[246] [247-256]
  • Price: No Price Indicated