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Blood on the Moon
by James Ellroy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0892960698
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960699
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mysterious Press, 1986. SIGNED. NF/VG. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Signed by Ellroy on the first free endpaper underneath some bold ravings. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners, and clean unmarred boards. Mild foxing to top fore-edges. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($14.95) with minor rubbing and edge-wear. Protected in a Brodart cover. Author's third book and the first installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. The first Ellroy novel to be adapted to film. It is the basis for the 1988 movie Cop, starring James Woods.
Synopsis
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels– The Black Dahlia , The Big Nowhere , L.A. Confidential , and White Jazz –were international bestsellers . American Tabloid was Time ’s Novel of the Year for 1995; his memoir My Dark Places was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996; his most recent novel, The Cold Six Thousand , was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year for 2001. He lives on the California coast.
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Details
- Seller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0078
- Title
- Blood on the Moon
- Author
- James Ellroy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892960698
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960699
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Copyright page
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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