COLLECTOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY
BROWN'S REQUIEM: Avon, October 1981, paperback (ISBN: 0-380-78741-5). Ellroy's first book appearance, anywhere. Edges stained red; cover illustration by Crane of a man in a fedora toting a golf bag and a gun. Originally sold for $2.50, this rarity now commands $100-plus.
BROWN'S REQUIEM: Allison & Busby LTD. 1984, hardback. (ISBN: 0-85031-544-1). Cover by Peter Rozycki. First U.K. edition and first hardback edition of Ellroy's first novel. Rare. $500.
BROWN'S REQUIEM: The Armchair Detective Library, 1994 (ISBN: 1-56287-068-8). Limited edition, burgundy in burgundy slipcase. 100 signed, # editions ($75); 26 lettered ($150). First American hardcover edition. A trade edition (ISBN: 1-56287-067-X) was also issued. $25.
CLANDESTINE: Avon, 1982, paperback (ISBN: 0-380-81141-3). The true first edition of Ellroy's second novel. $75.
CLANDESTINE: Allison & Busby LTD., 1984, hardback (ISBN: 0-85031-570-0). Cover by Peter Rozycki. This U.K. edition is the only hardcover edition of Ellroy's second novel. $600.
BLOOD ON THE MOON: Mysterious Press, 1984 (ISBN: 0-89296-069-8). Ellroy's first American hardcover edition. First in Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. $120.
BLOOD ON THE MOON: Allison & Busby LTD. 1985, hardback. (ISBN: 0-85031-612-X). Cover illustration by Chris Chapman. Another U.K. rarity. $175.
BECAUSE THE NIGHT: Mysterious Press, 1984, hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-071-X). Second and rarest of the Hopkins novels. Unfortunately, rubbing of the gray-green dustcover is the norm with this edition. It is very hard to find in mint or near-mint condition.$225, minimum, even with some rubbing of the fragile cover.
BECAUSE THE NIGHT: Mysterious Press/Century U.K., 1984, hardcover (ISBN: 0-7126-1169-X). The rare British first edition. $135.
SUICIDE HILL: Mysterious Press, April 1986, hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-235-6). $180.
SILENT TERROR: Blood & Guts Press, October 1986 hardcover (ISBN: 0-940941-00-7). Limited edition of 350 signed & numbered editions ($350). Twenty-six lettered and signed editions ($500) by Ellroy and Jonathan Kellerman, who wrote the introduction.
SILENT TERROR: Avon, 1986, paperback (ISBN: 0-380-89934-5). First mass market edition. Retitled Killer On the Road. $85.
THE BLACK DAHLIA: Mysterious Press, September 1987, hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-206-2). First volume of The L.A. Quartet.. $150.
THE BLACK DAHLIA: Mysterious Press/Century U.K., 1988, hardcover (ISBN: 0-7126-1995-X). Rare British first. $500-800.
THE BIG NOWHERE: Mysterious Press, Sept. 12, 1988 hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-283-6). Second volume of The L.A. Quartet. $45.
THE BIG NOWHERE: Ultramarine Press, 1988, hardcover. Limited edition, issued in slipcase; 350 signed, numbered copies in blue cloth $150. Forty numbered copies in half-leather and 10 lettered copies in full leather announced, but never prepared. (No dust jacket issued.)
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: Mysterious Press, June 4, 1990, hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-293-3). 3rd volume in The L.A. Quartet. Basis for Oscar-winning film. $150.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: Mysterious Press, June 4, 1990, hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-293-3). Limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies issued in black cloth (no dust jacket) in matching black slipcase $225. Twenty-six lettered editions also issued. $500.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: Century/Mysterious, Press 1990, hardcover (ISBN: 0-7126-3870-9). Rare U.K. first edition. Cover illustration by David Scutt. $175.
MURDER AND MAYHEM: Arrow Books (U.K.)/New American Library (U.S.A.), 1992, paperback (ISBN for Arrow edition: 0-09-919361-2) Extremely rare paperback omnibus of serial killers and mass murderers for which Ellroy wrote the introduction.
WHITE JAZZ: Century, 1992, hardcover (ISBN: 0-7126-3412-6). U.K. first edition precedes American issue. Final volume of the "L.A. Quartet." $125.
WHITE JAZZ: Alfred A. Knopf, Sept. 10, 1992, hardcover (ISBN: 0-679-41449-5). First American edition. Ellroy's first novel for Knopf. $40.
. HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNES: Otto Penzler Books, April 1994, hardcover (ISBN: 1-883402-54-9). Ellroy's first short story collection. $30.
AMERICAN TABLOID: Alfred A. Knopf, Feb. 27, 1995, hardcover (ISBN: 0-679-40391-4). The first volume in a projected trilogy dubbed by Ellroy The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy. Selected by Time Magazine as its Book of the Year. $30.
MY DARK PLACES: Scorpion/Blakeney, Glos. U.K., 1996, hardcover (ISBN: 1-873567 28 6). True first edition. Limited edition produced in the U.K. Fifteen lettered copies ($400); 85 numbered copies($150).
MY DARK PLACES: Century, U.K., 1996, hardcover (ISBN: 0-7126-7588-4). Signed (all first trade, U.K. editions were). British edition precedes American release. $40.
MY DARK PLACES: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, hardcover (ISBN: 0-679-44185-9). First American edition, released with bound-in page bearing Ellroy's signature (actually, initials). $25.
L.A. NOIR: Mysterious Press, June 16, 1998, hardcover (ISBN: 0-89296-686-6). U.S. omnibus edition collecting the Lloyd Hopkins novels. $25.
CRIME WAVE: Vintage Crime, March 1999, softcover (ISBN: 0-375-70471-X). Collection of Ellroy fiction/nonfiction originally published in G.Q. Magazine. First American release, only in softcover. $12.
CRIME WAVE: Century, U.K., March 1999, hardcover (ISBN: 0712679685). First British release and exclusive hardcover release (available only in paperback in U.S.). $45.
THE COLD SIX THOUSAND: Century, U.K., April, 2001. Alfred A. Knof, May, 2001. The sequel to American Tabloid.
THE NEW BLACK MASK, #5: HBJ, 1986, paperback (ISBN: 0-15-665484-9). Contains High Darktown.
THE NEW BLACK MASK, #8: HBJ, 1987, paperback (ISBN:0-15-665487-3). Contains Dial Axeminster 6-400.
A MATTER OF CRIME, Vol. 1: HBJ, 1987, paperback (ISBN: 0-15-657719-4). Contains Ellroy interview and preview chapter of The Black Dahlia. Cover illustration of Elizabeth Short.
A MATTER OF CRIME, Vol. 4: HBJ, 1988, paperback (ISBN: 015-657722-4). Contains Since I Don't Have You.
JUSTICE FOR HIRE, Mysterious Press, August 1990, hardcover (ISBN:0-89296-371-9). Contains Torch Number. Limited edition also printed, signed by contributors and distributed in slipcase.
100 GREAT DETECTIVES, Caroll & Graf Mystery, 1991, paperback (ISBN: 0-88184-920-0). Contains Kim Newman's essay on Dudley Smith.
THE NEW MYSTERY: Dutton, February 1993, hardcover (ISBN: 0-525-93516-9). Contains Gravy Train.
FALLEN ANGELS: Grove Press, October 1993 (ISBN: 0-8021-3383-5). Paperback companion piece to Showtime Cable Series. Contains short story and screen adaptation of Since I Don't Have You.
GRANTA 46: Penguin, Winter 1994, paperback (ISBN: 0-14-014067-0). Crime Issue contains Dick Contino's Blues. Illustrated with several vintage Contino photos.
HARD-BOILED, AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN CRIME STORIES: Oxford Press, 1995, paperback (ISBN: 0-19-510353-X). Contains Gravy Train.
PULP FICTIONS: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, hardcover (ISBN: 0-7607-0430-9). Contains Torch Number.
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