signed first edition Hardcover
1989 · Gallup, New Mexico
by Hillerman, Tony and Ernie Bulow
Gallup, New Mexico: The Southwesterner / Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Advance Proof. Signed by Tony Hillerman, Ernie Bulow, and illustrator Art Franklin on the limitation page. A candid conversation interview with Tony Hillerman (1925-2008), in which the Edgar Award-winning writer discusses his life, literary career, and the craft of mystery writing. Also includes an autobiographical piece by Hillerman detailing his early years in Oklahoma, first encounters with Navajo culture, and his life as journalist and author, and "The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs", a Jim Chee mini-mystery. Octavo. In a one-quarter dark brown leather over cream buckram binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.
(Inventory #: 71945)