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The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0892962062
- ISBN 13
- 9780892962068
- Seller
-
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
See photos. "First Printing: September 1987", with complete number line, 1 - 10, printed on copyright page. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Quarter bound in black cloth. The dust jacket is protected by an archival quality Mylar sleeve. Inscribed and signed by the author on the free front endpaper:
"To Bill - This Book Is A 80cc Injection of Cougar Jizz! - [Signature is in Ellroy's rushed style - photo.]
No other names or marks of any kind. Corners are sharp with no signs of being bumped. An exceptionally clean, bright, and tight collectible copy. Will ship in box packed in foam pellets to ensure arrival in the condition described.
"To Bill - This Book Is A 80cc Injection of Cougar Jizz! - [Signature is in Ellroy's rushed style - photo.]
No other names or marks of any kind. Corners are sharp with no signs of being bumped. An exceptionally clean, bright, and tight collectible copy. Will ship in box packed in foam pellets to ensure arrival in the condition described.
Synopsis
The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia. The novel fuses the real-life murder of Elizabeth Short with the fictional story of two police officers investigating the crime. Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948, the year after Short was found murdered, and Ellroy’s own mother was murdered when he was 10 years old - the killer never found. Black Dahlia was adapted into a film in 2006 starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, and Hillary Swank.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Donald P. Jennings
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 181
- Title
- The Black Dahlia
- Author
- James Ellroy
- Format/Binding
- Tight as new binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892962062
- ISBN 13
- 9780892962068
- Publisher
- The Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 325
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- James Ellroy Inscribed Signed The Black Dahlia The Mysterious Press
Terms of Sale
Donald P. Jennings
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Donald P. Jennings
Biblio member since 2021
San Antonio, Texas
About Donald P. Jennings
I ship in boxes using Styrofoam pellets to protect books in transit. Keep in mind that shipping charges reflect the added costs of using boxes & foam pellets. However, small books and paperbacks may be shipped in bubble wrapper envelopes. Standard shipping Media Mail is my default shipping method. Media Mail can take up to 10 days or longer for delivery. Priority Mail is expedited delivery and it usually takes 2 to 3 days for delivery but that is not a guarantee. I use Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes for expedited delivery and the cost is considerably higher than Media Mail - $17.50 for medium size Flat Rate Box. I will not risk shipping hardback books in Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelopes as this method does not sufficiently protect books. International shipping is substantially more costly than standard shipping rates within the United States. This is especially true of heavy books. The true cost will almost always be more than the standard rate so you should expect a request for additional substantial charges for shipping.
I've been an avid reader for over 60 of my 80 years and have amassed a very good library. I've decided to sell off this collection online due to fact that local bookstores will only buy books for only cents on the dollar. I've been picky about purchases so virtually all of my books are in very good to fine to as new in like condition dust jackets.
I've been an avid reader for over 60 of my 80 years and have amassed a very good library. I've decided to sell off this collection online due to fact that local bookstores will only buy books for only cents on the dollar. I've been picky about purchases so virtually all of my books are in very good to fine to as new in like condition dust jackets.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Inscribed
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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...
- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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- Number Line
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