ELLROY, James (b. 1948). A group of 10 works by Ellroy, MOST FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, comprising:

1) Brown’s Requiem. New York: Avon Books, 1981. Publisher’s printed wraps. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY: “Blood door!”

2) Brown’s Requiem. London: Allison & Busby, 1984. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY: “Slash!”

3) Blood on the Moon. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TWICE BY ELLROY on front free endpaper and title page: “L.A. Slashout!” and “Bloody L.A. moon!”

4) Clandestine. London: Allison & Busby, 1984. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY:“L.A. ’51 burns…”

5) Because the Night. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY: “Blood drip!”

6) Suicide Hill. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TWICE BY ELLROY on half-title and dedication page: “Fear this book!” and “L.A. Slashout!”

7) Silent Terror. New York: Avon Books, 1986. Publisher’s printed wraps. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY: “Doom drives!”

8) Silent Terror. Los Angeles: Blood & Guts Press, 1987. LIMITED EDITION, number 192 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY ELLROY.

9) Hollywood Nocturnes. New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1994. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELLROY: “This book rages!”

10) Crime Wave. London: Century, 1999. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. SIGNED BY ELLROY.

Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, all 8vo, in original cloth and publisher’s dust jackets (except where indicated), condition generally fine.