first in English
The fourteenth mystery by Belton Cobb and rather than featuring Inspector Burmann
Signed by Ellroy on the half-title
2 colour-printed folding maps
creased and marked to upper panel
Intrepid # 9 Cookery & Household first in EnglishBuffalo, NY: allen de loach, Intrepid Press, 1967. Includes three poems by Bukowski, "Poem for the death of an American serviceman in Vietnam", "A bad night blame the Bourbon", "from the Dept. of English"; also contributions from LeRoi Jones ("Lady Bug"), John Voight ("Race relations"), Ted Enslin, Frederick Ploitkin, Joel Oppenheimer. Original printed red card covers, stapled spine, cover calligraphy by Brion Gysin. Extremely bright and clean copy,