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[MODERN LITERATURE]. Group of Nearly 25 Modern First or Ear...

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[MODERN LITERATURE]. Group of Nearly 25 Modern First or Early Editions. [V.p., ca. 20th. ? 21st centuries]. 8vos. Publisher?s bindings, most in dust jackets (one a paperback original; some rubbing, soiling, a few tears, ownership markings, a few jackets price-clipped). Generally very good or better. MAINLY FIRST TRADE EDITIONS (unless noted). Some titles include: Kiss Your Ass Good-Bye (by Charles Willeford, paperback original); Fata Morgana; The Ink Truck; The Satanic Verses (first American); The Black Dahlia (signed by James Ellroy); L. A. Confidential (inscribed by James Ellroy); Suicide Hill (inscribed by Ellroy); Spartina (with National Book sticker on jacket); Sideswipe; Death in the Afternoon (later hardcover in jacket), and more. Measurements: 10 x 8 x 1?.