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Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
ISBN 10: 1501367315ISBN 13: 9781501367311
Seller: Nelson Freck, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Trade paperback issue of the first. Fine.
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Published by brodart, 2005
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" white ground with black border has a self adhessive backing in plastic cover, SIGNED in PERSON by author JAMES ELLROY (yes this is his signatue). Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Printing. Near Fine to Fine condition. A Paperback Original.
Published by Book & Magazine Collector, London, 2006
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 10 pages, with UK and US list of books. Note; this is an original article separated from the magazine, not a reprint or copy, and does NOT have a title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 6. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Inventory No: 325694. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by Knopf Doubleday, 2009
ISBN 10: 0679403930ISBN 13: 9780679403937
Seller: VJ Books, Tualatin, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
hardcover. Condition: New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. September 2009 NY: Knopf Doubleday First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee. signed by author(s).
Published by Bureau de la revue, 2009
Seller: librairie philippe arnaiz, Isle sur la sorgue, France
First Edition
intérieur propre couverture frottée sur ses bords. in4. 2009. Broché. Etat correct.
Published by William Heinemann, 2010
ISBN 10: 0434020648ISBN 13: 9780434020645
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition with full numberline. Near fine in jacket.
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Published by New York City, NY: MacMillan Publishing, 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0307278794ISBN 13: 9780307278791
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 229 pages. Published in 2007. Retrospective collection of "stand-alone" short stories and other pieces. The author's eleventh book. The first appearance of the title as a Vintage Books Classic. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings, of which there are innumerable. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The book design by Chip Kidd is dazzling, one of the best softcover designs ever of our time. The First Softcover Edition is now scarce. Presents James Ellroy's "Hollywood Nocturnes". Seven grisly, riveting accounts in "short dark riffs, the blues formalized". "Our best living mystery writer. Literate, suspenseful, honest. His pages crackle with manic energy. Ellroy captures the vocabulary, the rituals, the smells, rhythms, and colors of real people living on the edge. Nobody since Chandler has evoked so perfectly the seamy side of LA" (The Austin Chronicle). The defining event in James Ellroy's life was his young mother's murder when he was ten years old. Like Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia", she was ritualistically murdered, and Ellroy has basically been writing about his mother's unsolved murder in one way or another since then, including his memoir about her, "My Dark Places" (1996). While his work is influenced by Raymond Chandler - as well as Jim Thompson -, it is tiresome to be reminded of it. It must also be said that his work is ultimately the exact opposite of Chandler's relentless misogyny, a hatred of women that has marred what is otherwise a great body of work. Ellroy loves women, as incarnated by his (in real life, otherwise exasperating) mother, and realized in the female character-victims he has written about with such grace and beauty. He is THE crime writer of Los Angeles of our time: His work isn't just about LA; he encompasses and embodies it; he is LA Incarnate. An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First "Vintage Books" Edition/First Printing available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are in innumerable subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307278794. Signed by Author.
Published by Condé Nast, New York, 2017
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New. See scans and description. New York: Condé Nast, 2017. The November, 2017 issue of genre flagship Vanity Fair magazine, Number 687. Quarto, photo-illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 180 pp. Brand spankin' new, with three different scent-panels unopened and loose-laid promo ephemera still within as well. In sealed archival storage, on premises. Cover girl is Kate McKinnon in a gloriously composed, memorable shot. Outstanding journalism and photography throughout, of course, and the rather stunningly photographed and composed ads are half the reason VF is collectible. This issue is awash with those, including supermodels and models who will become that. Besides KM, features in the rich 180 pages of fashion, celebrity, current events, tech, style, health, adventure, food and etc. include, but are hardly limited to: James Ellroy - Career Girl Murders; 2017 New Establishment; Peter Thiel - Trump Whisperer; Wobbly Jared Kushner; Greatest Rolling Stone Cover; Penn State Tragedy; Chadwick Boseman; Annie Leibovitz; Selah Marley; Escape to Maragritaville; etc. See all scans of contents pages. A soon-to-be collectible issue - in New condition, and safely stored - of a topflight genre publication. Ships in a sturdy, new, protective box - not a bag. See scans. LPR36.
Published by New York : Knopf : Distributed By Random House, 1996
ISBN 10: 0679441859ISBN 13: 9780679441854
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 354 pages; Description: 354 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Ellroy, James, 1948- --Family. Novelists, American --20th century --Family relationships. Mothers and sons --California --Los Angeles. Murder --California --Los Angeles. Los Angeles (Calif. ) --Social conditions 1 Kg.
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Published by London, United Kingdom: Century/Random House UK Limited, 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 0712661379ISBN 13: 9780712661379
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 390 pages. Published in 2004. Retrospective collection of reportage and fiction. One of James Ellroy's finest achievements, it is the sequel-collection to "Hollywood Nocturnes" (1994) and "Crime Wave" (1999). The first appearance of the title in hardcover and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The production values of the British Edition are superior in every way to the American Edition, which is a softcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Ellroy's "Destination: Morgue: L. A. Tales". Twelve uneasy pieces by the leading literary voice of Los Angeles of our time. Most of the pieces first appeared in Gentleman's Quarterly Magazine. Four of them appear in published form for the very first time: "The Trouble I Cause", "Hollywood Fuck Pad", "Hot Prowl Rape-O", and "Jungletown Jihad". James Ellroy is THE crime writer of Los Angeles of our time: His work isn't just about LA; he encompasses and embodies it; he is LA Incarnate. An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great collection. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The production values of the British Edition are superior in every way to the American Edition, which is a softcover original only. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0712661379. Signed by Author.
Published by New York City, NY: MacMillan Publishers Ltd., 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 1883402549ISBN 13: 9781883402549
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 229 pages. Published in 1994. Retrospective collection of "stand-alone" short stories and other pieces. The author's eleventh book. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Ellroy's "Hollywood Nocturnes". Seven grisly, riveting accounts in "short dark riffs, the blues formalized". "Our best living mystery writer. Literate, suspenseful, honest. His pages crackle with manic energy. Ellroy captures the vocabulary, the rituals, the smells, rhythms, and colors of real people living on the edge. Nobody since Chandler has evoked so perfectly the seamy side of LA" (The Austin Chronicle). The defining event in James Ellroy's life was his young mother's murder when he was ten years old. Like Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia", she was ritualistically murdered, and Ellroy has basically been writing about his mother's unsolved murder in one way or another since then, including his memoir about her, "My Dark Places" (1996). While his work is influenced by Raymond Chandler - as well as Jim Thompson -, it is tiresome to be reminded of it. It must also be said that his work is ultimately the exact opposite of Chandler's relentless misogyny, a hatred of women that has marred what is otherwise a great body of work. Ellroy loves women, as incarnated by his (in real life, otherwise exasperating) mother, and realized in the female character-victims he has written about with such grace and beauty. He is THE crime writer of Los Angeles of our time: His work isn't just about LA; he encompasses and embodies it; he is LA Incarnate. An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in blue ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are in many subsequent editions, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1883402549. Signed by Author.
Published by New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0679403922ISBN 13: 9780679403920
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 762 pages. Published in 2001. The second novel in the author's "The Underworld USA" trilogy. One of James Ellroy's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents James Ellroy's "The Cold Six Thousand: The Underworld U. S. A. Trilogy". The second installment of the author's fictional history of modern America, as seen from Below, which in the author's world-view, is inextricably linked to the Top, the latter being nothing more than the political equivalent of money laundering. The first volume in the trilogy is "American Tabloid" (1995) while the concluding novel is "Blood's A Rover" (2009). "What glorious excess it is, as Ellroy continues to illuminate the twin impulses toward idealism and corruption that frame American popular and political culture. He deftly puts unforgettable faces and voices to the murkiest of conspiracy theories, and simultaneously mocks our eager assumption that such knowledge will make a difference" (Kelly Flynn). "Ellroy's prose is easy to absorb sentence by sentence, but monstrous as it acquires cumulative force over hundreds of pages" (The New Yorker Magazine). An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of relatively few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0679403922. Signed by Author.
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Published by New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 0307956997ISBN 13: 9780307956996
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 720 pages. Published in 2014. The author's first "Second L. A. Quartet" novel. One of James Ellroy's finest achievements. Also, one of the most ambitious literary projects of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. "Signed First Edition" gold round sticker pasted in front. Presents James Ellroy's "Perfidia". The inaugural volume of his projected second L. A. Quartet, set in Los Angeles during World War II, its aftermath twenty-five years later (between 1946 and 1972), and resurrecting characters who appeared in the first quartet as their much younger selves. The second volume of the ambitious prequel-quartet, "This Storm", appeared in 2019. "Shows us the war on the home front as we have never seen it before. The result is both pure, unadulterated Ellroy and a darkly compelling deconstruction of the recent American past. Written in the familiar staccato style that delivers large amounts of information in extremely compressed form. The violence, which is frequent and horrific, is described with a clinical exactitude that never flinches. This is James Ellroy's America, and it is a savage, frightening place" (The Washington Post). "Ask me to name the best living novelist who's fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted, and paranoid. And it becomes simple: James Ellroy. If insanity illuminated by highly dangerous strokes of literary lightning is your thing, then Ellroy's your man" (Stephen King). An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by James Ellroy. It is also very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such double-signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307956997. Signed by Author.
Published by E-dite
ISBN 10: 2846081980ISBN 13: 9782846081986
Seller: Okmhistoire, St Rémy-des-Monts, SARTH, France
Book First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale. Paris , 2006. 1 Volume/1. -- Comme Neuf -- Broché collé. Format in-8°( 24 x 17 cm )( 514 gr ). ------- 286 pages . ************************ "" Le 15 janvier 1947, le corps affreusement mutilé d'Elizabeth Short, belle jeune femme de 22 ans, est découvert sur un terrain vague de Los Angeles. Ce meurtre, qui donne lieu à la plus grande chasse à l'homme de l'histoire criminelle américaine, reste non élucidé à ce jour. Devenu un mythe sous le nom de Dahlia Noir, il engendre d'innombrables théories toutes plus farfelues les unes que les autres, et fait fantasmer des écrivains tels que James Ellroy ou le cinéaste Brian De Palma. Pour la première fois, Stéphane Bourgoin et Jean-Pierre Deloux analysent toutes les hypothèses et rétablissent l'authenticité des faits à partir de documents inédits ou rares et ils dévoilent, par exemple, l'intégralité du rapport d'autopsie, gardé secret jusqu'à présent, qui révèle le monstrueux rituel de l'assassin. Cette véritable encyclopédie sur le Dahlia Noir, richement illustrée, présente un texte, des interviews et une étude de James Ellroy et de Brian De Palma. Une bibliographie et une filmographie commentées complètent l'ouvrage. "" ********************* ref GR1-D04.
Published by Everyman, 2019
ISBN 10: 1841593885ISBN 13: 9781841593883
Seller: Heroes Akimbo Ltd T/A AproposBooks&Comics, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0679403922ISBN 13: 9780679403920
Book First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition [no printing indicated]. Tall and thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over purple boards with blindstamped JE on front cover, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 655, [656], 116-122, [123] pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 6 oz. Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic "hard boiled" prose style in his most recent work, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1990), White Jazz (1992), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009). SUPERIOR COPY! Tight, bright, very clean in near comparable dust jacket (unclipped) with minute traces of wear. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Published by Century, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0679403922ISBN 13: 9780679403920
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition [no printing indicated]. SIGNED by the Author with a flourish on the title page, thick 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with B&W image of early Vegas, 669, [670-672] pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 6 oz. Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic "hard boiled" prose style in his most recent work, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1990), White Jazz (1992), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009). SUPERIOR COPY! Tight, bright, very clean in near comparable dust jacket (unclipped) with minute traces of wear. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Published by Ullstein , Frankfurt - Berlin,, 1992
ISBN 10: 3548229808ISBN 13: 9783548229805
Seller: Ralf Bönschen, Dortmund, Germany
Book First Edition
17,3cm * 11,7cm. 2. 253 S., Softcover, Taschenbuch gebraucht, gut, Inhalt nachgedunkelt Deutsche Erstausgabe, Ullstein Kriminalroman, Ullstein Buch Nr. 22980. Ein Lloyd-Hopkins-Roman. Regal 17g Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.
Published by The Armchair Detective Library, New York NY, 1991
ISBN 10: 0922890986ISBN 13: 9780922890989
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the Armchair Detective reprint of the 1946 original Greenberg hardback, Thompson's second and very rare edition of the powerful Fargo family in early 20th century Nebraska as they spin out of control. This copy is an EX-LIB copy with the usual stampings, labels of a withdrawn public library copy but with a limited borrowing history and a tight, straight binding. The book has a new introduction signed by James Ellroy and a bright dustjacket in clear mylar covering and will be carefully wrapped and boxed fore shipping. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Bompiani,, Milano,, 2004
Seller: Il Muro di Tessa sas Studio bibl. di M., Milano, MI, Italy
First Edition
In 8°, br. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. XIV,567,(11); coll. "Narratori stranieri Bompiani"; prima ed., ottimo es. (x045) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine) 9788845211461.
Published by William Heinemann, 2014
ISBN 10: 0434020524ISBN 13: 9780434020522
Seller: Libros Angulo, Madrid, MADRI, Spain
Book First Edition
Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1? Edición. William Heinemann, UK, 2014. Texto en inglés. 701 pp. 24 x 16. Tapa dura con sobrecubierta de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 9780434020522.
Published by New York City, NY: The Mysterious Press, 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 0892960698ISBN 13: 9780892960699
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 265 pages. Published in 1984. The author's third novel. The first volume of James Ellroy's "Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins" trilogy. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Ellroy's "Blood On The Moon: A Novel of Suspense". The inaugural "Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins" novel. Followed by "Because The Night" (1985) and concluded with "Suicide Hill" (1986), "turning point" novels that permanently define Los Angeles as the "noir" genre of our time and compel us to stick it out with his anti-hero, who can be as mean and fatally flawed as the villains he pursues, a genuine literary character, the "antidote to the sensitive, candy-assed philosophizing private eye" of yore. "Pits the racist, reactionary, sexually obsessed Hopkins against a sexually motivated serial killer whose intelligence and capacity for brutality match the detective's own. Exhibits the seminal hallmarks of Ellroy's taut, haunting prose. His dark and disturbing portrait of Hopkins, a thoroughly unlikable protagonist, drives the novel with unrelenting force, taking readers down paths they might not really want to explore. He has created 'a complex monument to a basically shitty guy', and in doing so, laid the groundwork for the novels that have earned him a seat at the table of truly great crime novelists" (L. A. Smith). The trilogy was issued as an Omnibus Edition in 1998. The basis of the underrated film adaptation, "Cop", with James Woods, appropriately enough, as the diabolical sergeant. An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0892960698. Signed by Author.
Published by New York City, NY: The Mysterious Press, 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 0892966866ISBN 13: 9780892966868
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 644 pages. Published in 1998. Omnibus Edition of the author's "Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins Novel of Suspense" trilogy. The "turning point" novels in the arc of Ellroy's literary achievement. The First Omnibus Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Ellroy's "L. A. Noir". Three novels in one affordable yet elegant volume: "Blood On The Moon" (1984), "Because The Night" (1985), and "Suicide Hill" (1986). He acknowledges the subsequent influence of Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon" (1981) as the foundational novel of the "serial killer" sub-genre, which now completely dominates the crime thriller genre - in books, on film, and in streaming series from all over the globe. Serial killers everywhere. It was Harris who mined the psychopathology of the serial killer better than any writer before him, including Ellroy, and better than anyone else after. The achievement of "L. A. Noir" is literary: Ellroy has permanently made Los Angeles THE "noir" genre of our time (not Chicago or New York, for instance). His anti-hero, Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins, who can be as mean and fatally flawed as the villains he pursues, is a genuine literary character, the "antidote to the sensitive, candy-assed philosophizing private eye" of yore. James Ellroy is THE crime writer of Los Angeles of our time: His work isn't just about LA; he encompasses and embodies it; he is LA Incarnate. An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great collection. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Omnibus Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0892966866. Signed by Author.
Published by New York, NY: The Armchair Detective Library/Otto Penzler Books, 1993, 1993
ISBN 10: 1562870475ISBN 13: 9781562870478
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 221 pages. Published in 1993. Posthumous Edition of the author's crime novel. The first appearance of the title in hardcover and in the United States. Limited Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. Published as a hardcover original only and as part of The Armchair Detective Library Series. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Otto Penzler: Regular-sized volume format. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Jim Thompson. Introduction by James Ellroy. Matching maroon cloth slipcase. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents, in a Limited Edition format, Jim Thompson's "King Blood". Oklahoma! This marks the very first appearance in the United States of the author's 1954 novel, shelved, ignored, re-discovered, and finally issued twenty years later, in 1973, by a British publisher. It is now given the regal Limited Edition treatment by Otto Penzler Books, in 1993, almost forty years later. In a nutshell, Ellroy describes the novel as sub-Shakespeare melded with sub-Erskine Caldwell resulting in sub-Dostoevski. Admittedly not Thompson's greatest work, but then again, sub-Thompson is superior to most other contemporary "bestseller" crime thrillers. Ellroy previously introduced another unjustly neglected novel by Jim Thompson, "Heed The Thunder", in 1991, after the latter languished in "out-of-print" obscurity for 46 years. An absolute "must-have" title for Jim Thompson and James Ellroy collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 100 copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very boldly and beautifully numbered and signed in black ink-pen by James Ellroy. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition. A scarce signed copy thus. Two of the finest American writers in the crime thriller genre. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1562870475. Signed by Author.
Published by Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0156577194ISBN 13: 9780156577199
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
First Edition. ADVANCE READING COPY, preceding the First Edition, a paperback original. INSCRIBED by James Ellroy on the first leaf: "To: Carol Zeman / Wooooo / Feel the heat of darkest passions / James Ellroy." Additionally SIGNED by Andrew Vachss on the table of contents. Compiles previously unpublished stories, as well as an excerpt from Ellroy's seventh novel, "The Black Dahlia." Near Fine in wrappers.
Published by Beaux Arts, London,, 2018
ISBN 10: 1999985028ISBN 13: 9781999985028
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. Catalogue dimensions:150mm H x 160mm.pp.32. ISBN:9781999985028. Catalogue to accompany the solo exhibition of paintings by Ray Richardson at The Beaux Arts Gallery, London, 6th to 29th September, 2018. Short essay 'Ray Richardson: Lord of the Urban Jungle' by writer & filmmaker Austin Collings. Colour representations of paintings throughout. Loosely inserted Invitation to the Private View on 5th September, 2018. Fine.
Published by Label 619 / E-dite, 2022
ISBN 10: 2810203016ISBN 13: 9782810203017
Seller: Okmhistoire, St Rémy-des-Monts, SARTH, France
Book First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Comme neuf. Maudoux, Florent (illustrator). Edition originale. Paris 2022 . 2 Volumes /2. -- " A short story " Reliure éditeur cartonnée illustrée demi toile. Format album 32,2 x 24,3 cm ( 962 gr )------ 96 pages de BD et quelques documents suivis de 16 pages de fac-similés de coupures de journaux ---------- + " Le Dahlia noir. Autopsie d'un crime de 1947 à James Ellroy "" éditions E-dite 2006 -- Neuf -- Broché collé. Format in-8°( 24 x 17 cm )( 514 gr ). ------- 286 pages. *********************** 4ème de Couverture d" l'Album : "" Los Angeles, janvier 1947. Le corps sans vie atrocement mutilé d'une jeune femme est retrouvé sur un terrain vague. Ce meurtre, toujours non élucidé à ce jour, a enflammé l'Amérique et marqué au fer rouge l'imaginaire collectif : le mythe de "l'affaire du Dahlia noir" est né. 75 ans plus tard, le monde entier s'interroge encore sur l'identité du tueur, mais peu se sont réellement intéressés à la victime. À quoi ressemblait la vie d'Elizabeth Short avant de devenir célèbre dans la mort ? Pour répondre à cette question lancinante, Run et Florent Maudoux livrent ici un véritable travail d'enquête rigoureux et documenté, en croisant les dossiers déclassifiés du FBI, des archives de journaux de l'époque, et en recoupant les témoignages des gens qui ont connu et côtoyé Elizabeth. De son Massachusetts natal jusqu'au parc de la South Norton Avenue où son corps a été retrouvé, c'est toute une trajectoire de vie, souvent tortueuse, que ce livre explore, porté par une magnifique reconstitution du Los Angeles des années 40. "" ***********************.
Seller: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Germany
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition Signed
MY DARK PLACES An L.A. Crime Memoir. - SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1. Auflage 1996, ERSTAUSGABE, 355 SS. gebunden (Hardcover 8°), mit Schutzumschlag, gut erhalten - von James Ellroy auf zwei verschiedenen Vorsatzseiten 2 x eigenhändig signiert.
Published by Mysterious Press, New York, 1987
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by contributors James Ellroy, Julie Smith, Aaron Elkins, and Peter Lovesey. Collects excerpts from nine mystery novels. Near Fine in perfect bound wrappers.