first edition
NY
by Elkins, Aaron J.
NY: Walker and Co. [1982]. First edition. 8.25" x 5.5". 211, [1] pp. In publisher's tan paper over boards, spine titles stamped in red, original pictorial dust jacket. A touch of offsetting to endpapers, very faint edgewear to jacket, still a Fine example, briefly inscribed by Elkins on the half-title page. With a publisher's review slip laid-in. Inscribed first edition of the author's first book, which introduces anthropology professor/amateur sleuth Gideon Oliver, the protagonist of the now 18 novels in Elkin's most popular mystery series. . LikeNew. Hardcover .
(Inventory #: 37801)