A Thief of Time.

NY, Harper & Row, 1988, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery set in prehistoric sites in Chaco Canyon and elsewhere in the Four Corners area, map endpapers, Hieb bibliography A10a, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it was with this title that Ernest Franklin, a Navajo artist, first started to illustrate Hillerman titles, when found, Hillerman's books usually have one original drawing by Franklin, but this copy has 17 original color drawings by Franklin, very scarce thus, housed in a cloth slipcase, according to bookseller Ernie Bulow who helped start this cottage industry of illustrating Hillerman's (truncated) titles with Franklin, there are only three or four books of this title with multiple illustrations, this was likely a review copy, while there is no review slip, there is a c.5X7-inch b&w photo of Hillerman seated at his desk that would have accompanied a review copy. Fine. (Inventory #: JD32402)