The Mysterious West [Advance Reading Copy, paperback, 1994]

This is the advance reading copy of The Mysterious West, which was printed by HarperCollins Publishers in 1994.

This copy of The Mysterious West is the advance reading copy created for review, and the cover gives instruction for the literary reviewers:

" Reviewers are reminded that changes may be made in this proof copy before books are printed. If any material from the book is quoted in a review, the quotation should be checked against the final bound book."

This edition gives insight into a usually unseen process of promoting a book before publication. An advanced reading copy is the uncorrected proof that is distributed, without charge, to: journalists, book sellers, and celebrities for review and for promotional purposes. This is usually done a half a year in advance of the book release, both so any issues can be corrected and so any celebrity endorsements can be printed on the dust cover.

• Title Page Transcription:
  [decorative rule] | THE | Mysterious | WEST | EDITED BY | Tony Hillerman | [publisher's logo] | HarperCollinsPublishers | [decorative rule]
• Contents:
  [i] synopsis of the novel, [ii] blank, [iii] half title THE Mysterious WEST, [iv] blank, [v] title page, [vi] copyrights and publisher's imprint, [vii] CONTENTS, [viii] blank, [1]-392 text
• Table of Contents:
  1. Forbidden Things by Marcia Muller
  2. New Moon and Rattlesnakes by Wendy Hornsby
  3. Coyote Peyote A Midnight Louie Adventure by Carole Nelson Douglas
  4. Nooses Give by Dana Stabenow
  5. Who Killed Cock Rogers? by Bill Crider
  6. Caring for Uncle Henry
  7. Death of a Snowbird by J.A. Jance
  8. With Flowers in Her Hair by M.D. Lake
  9. The Lost Boys by William J. Reynolds
  10. Tule Fog by Karen Kijewski
  11. The River Mouth by Lia Matera
  12. No Better Than Her Father by Linda Grant
  13. Dust Devil by Rex Burns
  14. A Woman's Place by D.R. Meredith
  15. Postage Due by Susan Dunlap
  16. The Beast in the Woods by Ed Gorman
  17. Blowout in Little Man Flats
  18. Small Town Murder by Harold Adams
  19. Bingo by John Lutz
  20. Engines by Bill Pronzini
• Physical Attributes:
  • Format: Paperback, 23.5 x 15.5 cm.
  • Binding: Tan paper covers with the editor, title, and publisher printed vertically in black on the spine.
  • Collation: [i-viii] [1]-392
  • Price: Not Applicable