Complete run of The New Black Mask (Quarterly) in 8 issues, with 4 issues signed by a contributor (James Ellroy twice, Elmore Leonard and William Haggard (Richard Clayton)) by Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Richard Layman; Robert Parker, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Dashiell Hammett, Sara Paretsky, John Le Carre, Donald Westlake, William Haggard (Richard Clayton), et al - 1985

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Complete set in 8 volumes, plus a few duplicate copies. Softcover, all First Editions, published from 1985-7. Includes 4 copies that are inscribed by a contributor to Matthew J. Bruccoli, the co-editor of this series: Issues 5 and 8 are both inscribed by James Ellroy -- Issue 2 is inscribed by Elmore Leonard -- A second copy of issue 5 has been inscribed by Richard Clayton with his pseudonym William Haggard, this issue also includes a laid-in TLS from Clayton, signed as Clayton. Issue 4 has a remainder swipe; the first 3 issues have light foxing to the upper edge. Otherwise Very Good+ to Fine copies, some with light shelfwear to the wraps; clean contents throughout. Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-2008) was the foremost F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and bibliographer of his time. Additionally, he wrote on, and edited critical editions of Hemingway, Hammett, Cozzens, Thomas Wolfe, John O'Hara, and Vladimir Nabokov. He studied bibliography under the tutelage of Fredson Bowers and worked with Jacob Blanck on the Bibliography of American Literature. He was responsible for the republication and rediscovery of dozens of forgotten American novels, and went on to be the editor and publisher of the 400+ volume Dictionary of Literary Biography, and was the chief editor of the University of Pittsburgh Press bibliography series.