The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries [Book-of-the-Month Club, hardback, 1989]

The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries [Book-of-the-Month Club, hardback, 1989]

Language: 

English

Date Published: 
Publication Details: 

New York: Book-of-the-Month Club INC., 1989.

ISBN Number: 

No ISBN

Edition Notes: 

This is the hardback edition of the second printing of the Book-of-the-Month club edition of The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: Three Classic Hillerman Mysteries Featuring Lt. Joe Leaphorn. This edition is an anthology of the first three novels from Tony Hillerman's Navajo Mystery Series. This anthology includes: The Blessing Way (1970), Dance Hall of the Dead, (1973), and Listening Woman (1978). This edition was specially printed for the Book-of-the-Month club and the bar code, price, and ISBN number have been removed from the dust jacket.

The cover features a tan and oatmeal colored photograph of a Southwestern vista including geologic features, clouds, and desert. The photograph is credited to Mark Scott and the jacket was designed by Sandie Benedicto.

  • Title Page Transcription:
    THE BLESSING WAY | DANCE | HALL OF | THE DEAD | LISTENING WOMAN | THREE MYSTERIES | TONY HILLERMAN | Book-of-the-Month Club [device] New York
  • Contents:
    [i] blank, [ii] blank, [iii] half title page THE BLESSING WAY, DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD, LISTENING WOMAN, [iv] blank, [v] title page, [vi] copyright, [vii] half title THE BLESSING WAY, [viii] blank, [ix] Acknowledgment, [x] blank, 1-201 text, [i] blank, [ii] half title DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD, [iii] blank, [iv] AUTHOR'S NOTE, [v] blank, [vi] dedication, [vii] blank, [1]-166 text, [i] half title LISTENING WOMAN, [ii] blank, 1-200 text, [201-206] blank
  • Physical Attributes:
    • Format: Hardback, 20.8 x 14.8 cm.
    • Binding: Gray speckled board with a dark blue cloth spine. The titles, author, and Book-of-the-Month logo are printed on the spine in a metallic copper.
    • Collation: [i-x] 1-201 [change in pagination] [i-vii] [1]-166 [change in pagination] [i-ii] 1-200 [201-206]
    • Price: Not Applicable
Bibliography: 
Hieb, 1990: A12c