People of Darkness [Avon, Perma-Bound paperback, 1982]

This is the Avon paperback edition of People of Darkness, the fourth novel in Tony Hillerman's Navajo mystery series and the first novel featuring Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Police. The cover is uncredited but features an illustration of a desert scene with the skeleton of a human hand reaching into a box containing a Purple Heart medal. A lizard, a nopal cactus, an oil pumpjack, and a mountain skyline also feature in the illustration.

• Title Page Transcription:
  
  TONY | HILLERMAN | PEOPLE OF DARKNESS | [publisher’s device] AVON | PUBLISHERS OF BARD, CAMELOT, DISCUS AND FLARE BOOKS
• Contents:
  
  [2] reviews, [2] author's works published by Avon and publisher's information, [3] title page, [4] publisher's imprint and copyright UNV 10 9 8 7 6, [5] half title PEOPLE OF DARKNESS, [6] blank, 7-191 text, [192] advertisements
• Physical Attributes:
  • Format: Paperback, 17.5 x 10.5 cm.
  • Binding: Paper boards with full color graphic on front cover and small graphic inset on back cover. Spine is lettered [vertically] AVON | [rule] | MYSTERY | [horizontally] TONY | HILLERMAN | PEOPLE OF DARKNESS | ISBN and price
  • Collation: [1-6] 7-191 [192]
  • Price: $2.95 USD, $3.75 CAN