Sacred Clowns [Limited First Edition, hardback, 1993]

This is the full and detailed views of the limited first edition slipcase and book cover for Sacred Clowns, the eleventh book in Tony Hillerman's Navajo Mystery Series.

Design and Photography Credits: The slipcase was designed by Peter Thorpe and consists of three portions. The first portion features a ladder on the side of a Pueblo house pointing towards the night sky which is filled with stars and a full moon. The image on the spine features a sand painting stylized image of maize (corn). The third portion on the back of the slip case features a sun that was stylized as the Zia sun symbol above the scene of a pueblo village and surrounding both these images in a figure stylized like a sand painting. The book cover consists of medium brown boards with molted light tan cloth spine. The author, title, and publisher are printed vertically in gold on the spine.