Blood on the Moon [L.A. Death Trip] (Original typescript for the 1981 novel, with autograph letter signed)
by James Ellroy
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About This Item
Also included is an autograph letter signed on Mysterious Press stationery, in which Ellroy calls this "the real live, genuine, cold-blooded 1st draft of Blood on the Moon - my 3rd novel. As you will be able to tell, the book needed work - I did it, and the revised edition met the eyes of the world. This edition meets only your baby blues... so I hope you dig it."
As indicated in the Ellroy letter, comparison with the published book shows substantial differences from the manuscript on offer, with plot elements remaining relatively the same, but significant changes to the text.
The author's third book and his first to be published in hardcover. The first book in the Lloyd Hopkins trilogy, the second book of which takes one of the unused titles here, "Because the Night." Basis for the 1988 neo-noir "Cop," director by James B. Harris, and starring James Woods, Leslie Ann Warren, and Charles Durning.
An early draft of the manuscript of an early book by one of the masters of hard boiled fiction.
424 pages, original typescript, with some cut-and-paste emendations throughout. In a custom cloth clamshell box with leather spine label.
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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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 147295
- Title
- Blood on the Moon [L.A. Death Trip] (Original typescript for the 1981 novel, with autograph letter signed)
- Author
- James Ellroy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- (Los Angeles)
- Date Published
- 1981
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Original Manuscripts | Archives | Mystery and Crime | Best Copy in the World
- Bookseller catalogs
- Original Manuscripts; Best Copy in the World; Mystery and Crime; Archives;
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- Spine Label
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- Cloth
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