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New York:: Norton,, 1990-92.. First Printings of the First US Edition. All three volumes are Fine tight copies in Fine unclipped dust jackets. Each volume is Signed by Mosley. Walter Mosley broke new ground as a mystery writer by incorporating issues of race into novels that stand on their own as gripping detective fiction. Critics have praised Mosley's writing for its realistic portrayal of street life in African-American neighborhoods of post-World War II Los Angeles. Mosley's success has been due to the powerful recurring character of Ezekiel ("Easy") Rawlins, one of the most innovative private investigators to appear in fiction. Unlike many detectives who populate the pages of hard-boiled prose, Rawlins is a multidimensional character who stumbled into his sleuthing career as a means to pay mounting debts. Mosley has used Rawlins to expose the problems of getting by in a world where only a thin line lies between crime and business as usual.

New York:: Norton,, 1990-92.. First Printings of the First US Edition. All three volumes are Fine tight copies (A Red Death has a remainder stripe) in Fine unclipped dust jackets. Each volume is Signed by Mosley. Walter Mosley broke new ground as a mystery writer by incorporating issues of race into novels that stand on their own as gripping detective fiction. Critics have praised Mosley's writing for its realistic portrayal of street life in African-American neighborhoods of post-World War II Los Angeles. Mosley's success has been due to the powerful recurring character of Ezekiel ("Easy") Rawlins, one of the most innovative private investigators to appear in fiction. Unlike many detectives who populate the pages of hard-boiled prose, Rawlins is a multidimensional character who stumbled into his sleuthing career as a means to pay mounting debts. Mosley has used Rawlins to expose the problems of getting by in a world where only a thin line lies between crime and business as usual.

New York: Norton, 1990. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Norton, (1990). First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Presentation copy of his first book with a long intimate inscription, signed "Walter".<br/> <br/>

W. W. Norton. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition with a full number line starting with 1. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1990.

NY: Norton, (1999).. First edition.. 219 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (5/21/90) and INSCRIBED by Mosley to Robert Campbell (who contributed the lead endorsement printed on the front flap), “The thought of your Los Angeles and mine goes through my mind now and then. Like jazz from different decades showing off their similar but distant strains. Thank you so much for reading my book and your generosity. Walter Mosley.”

W.W. Norton & Co./New York, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very Good or better copy with clean pages. First Edition. Signed copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Email or call for further information.

New York:: Norton,, 1990.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. This copy of the first Easy Rawlins mystery is signed by Mosley. Set in the late 1940s, in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles, Devil in a Blue Dress follows Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Monet, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.

NY: NORTON. 1990. Fine. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. ADVANCE READING COPY. SIGNED by Walter Mosley. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. Author's FIRST book. Basis for a film.; Signed by Author(s) .

NY: Norton, 1990. First printing. 8vo, pp. 219. Author's signature on half-title. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy; as new, except for bookseller's label on front of dj. The first Easy Rawlins novel, the author's first book.

New York: Norton, 1990. First edition. Hardcover His first book, which introduces the reluctant private eye Easy Rawlins. Made into a movie with Denzel Washington. A fine copy in a fine first issue dust jacket. Signed by Mosley on the title page.

NY: NORTON.. Fine. 1990. First Edition. 0393028542 . SIGNED by Walter Mosley on the title page. Fine in a fine dj. FIRST Easy Rawlins novel. Made into a film. (G) .

NY: NORTON. 1990. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393028542 . REVIEW COPY. (Publisher's printed publicity release laid-in) SIGNED by Walter Mosley on the title page. About fine in a fine DJ. (Couple tiny spots of foxing at top edge & single spot on front end paper. ) Author's FIRST Easy Rawlins mystery. Basis for a film. .

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0393028542 . An attractive first edition/first printing in about Fine condition with bumped lower corner and traces of foxing to top edge in alike dust-jacket. With two publisher's press releases laid in. SIGNED by author Walter Mosley directly on the title page; Walter Mosley's debut Easy Rawlins mystery. "The time is 1948; the town is Los Angeles; the hero is Easy Rawlins, a tough black war veteran just out of a job at a defense plant. The mortgage payment's coming due, so Easy takes on some detective work from a silkily menacing white gangster, Dewitt Albright. The assignment: find the whereabouts of blonde femme fatale Daphne Monet, a singer known to frequent black jazz joints not usually hospitable to white patrons." (from the dust-jacket) Basis for the 1995 film starring Denzel Washington; 8vo; [9], 10-219, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author at the top of the title page, tall 8vo, yellow quarter cloth with bold silver & blue lettering on spine over gold boards impressed with a blindstamped stylized geometrical figure [an image repeated on t.p.], archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; price "$19.95 USA") with jazzy ~ Harlem-Cubistic painting of a blond with attitude in a sexy blue dress, 219 pages. Walter Ellis Mosley (born 1952) is an American novelist, most widely valued for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins, a black WW-II vet-turned-hard boiled P-I working LA in the late '40s. <br/> <br/> Devil in a Blue Dress is the Author's First Novel and First Easy Rawlins Novel. It won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1991; also the Shamus and CWA Dagger Award; nominated… Read More

NY: w. w. NORTON AND COMPANY, 1990 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS By WALTER MOSLEY 1990 First Edition AUTHOR: WALTER MOSLEY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: W. W. NORTON AND COMPANY, NY 1990 EDITION: First Edition stated with the correct number line present '1234567890' ISBN: 0393028542 CATEGORY: Mystery, Movie Related BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Off Orange SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 219 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in very good condition; there are no chips or tears present; the original $18.95 U.S. price is still present. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good++/Good++ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Book was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington. Author's First Book. 1991 Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. Denzel Washington played the main character in the movie. COMPETITIVE… Read More

Scranton, PA, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1990 Slightest of wear to book and dust jacket with $18.95 price intact; o/w NF/NF; signed by Mosley on title page. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket, First Edition of Mosley's first book, signed and dated by author on title page. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0393028542 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket, signed by author Walter Mosley on title page; Walter Mosley's debut Easy Rawlins mystery. "The time is 1948; the town is Los Angeles; the hero is Easy Rawlins, a tough black war veteran just out of a job at a defense plant. The mortgage payment's coming due, so Easy takes on some detective work from a silkily menacing white gangster, Dewitt Albright. The assignment: find the whereabouts of blonde femme fatale Daphne Monet, a singer known to frequent black jazz joints not usually hospitable to white patrons." (from the dust-jacket) Basis for the 1995 film starring Denzel Washington; 8vo; [9], 10-219, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

W. W. Norton, 1990. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. With first state dustjacket with price of $18.95. Author's debut novel featuring Easty Rawlins. Made into a dazzling movie by director Carl Franklin and starring Denzel Washington. In 1948 Los Angeles, Easy, a black war veteran, is hired by a white ganster to find Daphne Monet, a singer who frequents black jazz joints. Bump to bottom spine end.. Boldly SIGNED By Author on Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. As New in As New dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0393028542 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Walter Mosley directly on the title page; Walter Mosley's debut Easy Rawlins mystery. "The time is 1948; the town is Los Angeles; the hero is Easy Rawlins, a tough black war veteran just out of a job at a defense plant. The mortgage payment's coming due, so Easy takes on some detective work from a silkily menacing white gangster, Dewitt Albright. The assignment: find the whereabouts of blonde femme fatale Daphne Monet, a singer known to frequent black jazz joints not usually hospitable to white patrons." (from the dust-jacket) Basis for the 1995 film starring Denzel Washington; 8vo; [9], 10-219, [5] pages; Signed by Author .