ELLROY, James. A group of 4 FIRST EDITIONS, ALL PRESENTATION COPIES.
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
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Lot Description
ELLROY, James (b. 1948). [The L.A. Quartet:] The Black Dahlia. 1987. -- The Big Nowhere. 1988. -- L.A. Confidential. 1990. -- White Jazz. 1992. New York: The Mysterious Press or Alfred A. Knopf.
Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth; publisher's dust jackets.
FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY: “Cougar blood squints.” (Black Dahlia) -- “L.A. – Blood drips dank doom!” (The Big Nowhere) -- “Stab!” (L.A.Confidential) -- “Fear the boogie woogie bop of doom!” (White Jazz)
Ellroy's crime fiction novels, L.A. Quartet, are set in the late 1940s to the 1950s in Los Angeles. Many of the characters were introduced in Ellroy's 1982 novel Clandestine. Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fine.
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