Vintage: Preowned/ good condition.  Guardian Angel: AVI Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky.  Copyright in 1992 by Delacorte Press.  First edition.  Ex-library.  Hardcover with dust jacket.  pages 370.  Racine Avenue is going upscale, bad news for hand-to-mouth residents like V.I. Warshawski.  As tax bills skyrocket, newcomers pressure old inhabitants into fixing up their homes or moving out.  To the yuppies on the block the worst eyesore belongs to old Hattie Frizell, whose yard is returning to native prairie, complete with hubcaps.  Their block club wants her and her five dogs gone.  V.I. and Hattie have a relationship of sorts: one of those five dogs gave V.I's dog Peppy an unwelcome litter.  When Hattie slips in her bath and is rushed  unconscious to the hospital, V.I. feels compelled to get involved.  There are no rips, tears or fold over of the pages.  Normal wear on the dust jacket.