Talking God [Limited First Edition, hardback, 1989]

This is the hardcover, limited first edition copy of Talking God, the ninth book in Tony Hillerman's Navajo Mystery Series. This edition comes with a multicolor slipcase designed by Peter Thorpe which pictures a Navajo country scene of sandstone formations enclosed by the pictorial representation of Rainbow God on the front and a Washington D.C. scene enclosed by a red and blue border on the back. Unlike many Hillerman novels, most of the book takes place in Washington DC rather than in the Southwest. The book was designed by Alma Orenstein and published by Harper & Row.

• Title Page Transcription:
  TONY | HILLERMAN | [mask of Talking God and title superimposed on a diamond shape] TALKING GOD | [publisher's device] | HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, New York | Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco | London, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo
• Contents:
  [i] Of the first edition of | Talking God | three hundred copies | have been specially bound and slipcased. | Each copy is signed and numbered | by the author. | Number _____ | [author's signature], [ii] blank, [iii] half title TALKING GOD, [iv] blank, [v] Books by TONY HILLERMAN, [vi] blank, [vii] title page, [viii] copyright FIRST EDITION 89 90 91 92 93 CC/HC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, [ix] dedication, [x] blank, [xi] acknowledgements, [xii] blank, [xiii] fly title TALKING GOD, [xiv] statement of fiction, 1-239 text, [240-242] blank
• Physical Attributes:
  • Format: Hardback, 24 x16 cm.
  • Binding: Light brown boards with white cloth spine lettered in metallic copper: [vertically] TONY HILLERMAN [decorative device] TALKING GOD | [horizontally ] HARPER | & ROW.
  • Collation: [i-xiv] 1-239 [240-242]
  • Price: $75.00 USD