When southwestern mystery author Tony Hillerman first saw the likenesses of his characters Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn as visualized by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin he was delighted and said, "His watercolor Leaphorn and my imagined one were virtually identical… Chee was a different matter…I didn't have a clear idea of Chee...Then one day Ernie Bulow showed me a copy of Skinwalkers which Ernest Franklin had illustrated. There was Jim Chee. And as soon as I saw him I recognized him. Of Course. That’s how Chee would have looked."
JOE LEAPHORN MYSTERIES - Includes first three novels. One drawing with slipcase. - $250.00
JIM CHEE MYSTERIES - Fourth, fifth and sixth books in series. One drawing with slipcase. - $250.00
SKINWALKERS - One drawing, with slipcase. - $350.00
A THIEF OF TIME - One drawing, with slipcase. - $300.00
TALKING GOD - One drawing, with slipcase. - $275.00
COYOTE WAITS - One drawing, with slipcase. - $275.00
SACRED CLOWNS - One drawing, with slipcase. - $250.00
FINDING MOON - One drawing, with slipcase. - $250.00
THE FALLEN MAN - One drawing, with slipcase. - $250.00
THE FIRST EAGLE- One drawing, with slipcase. - $250.00
HUNTING BADGER- One drawing, with slipcase. - $250.00
THE SINSTER PIG- One drawing, with slipcase. -$250.00
THE SKELETON MAN- One drawing, with slipcase. -$250.00
THE SHAPE SHIFTER- One drawing, with slipcase. -$250.00
SELDOM DISAPPOINTED- Tony's autobiography. One drawing $250.00
BEST OF THE WEST- Anthology $225.00
MYSTERIOUS WEST- Anthology $225.00
TONY HILLERMAN COMPANION- $225.00
KILROY WAS THERE- $225.00
Postage $8.50 per order, Insurance $1.75 per book upon request. All books are sent Priority USPS.
All the books are First Edition/First Printings, Signed by Tony Hillerman and include ORIGINAL artwork done directly in the book with ink and watercolor pencils. No two drawings are ever exactly alike and Franklin is generally amenable to special requests—larger or more complex drawing, or multiples, priced accordingly.
Slipcases are available for all books in the series at $15.00 each.
More detailed information on Ernest Franklin and his work can be found in FIRST Vol.1 N0. 4, April 1991--$20.00 and NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE Aug. 1996-$25.00.
Franklin has also illustrated books by Judith Van Gieson, Walter Satterthwait and Ernie Bulow.
