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White Jazz
by James Ellroy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679414495
- ISBN 13
- 9780679414490
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About This Item
Knopf, New York, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. JAMES ELLROY. White Jazz, New York: Knopf, 1992. Octavo, first edition, pp. 349, 1 (note), paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black cloth with silver lettering and highlighting to spine. Bottomless corruption in L.A. Condition of this book: Near fine with touch of dust at top edge; light sunning at top edge of jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Fiction. ISBN: 0679414495. ISBN/EAN: 9780679414490. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55225. . 9780679414490
Synopsis
White Jazz is a 1992 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy. It is the fourth in his L.A. Quartet, preceded by The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and L.A. Confidential. Lieutenant David Klein is a veteran policeman who moonlights as a hitman for organized crime. When he is assigned to investigate a robbery at the home of the LAPD's sanctioned heroin dealer, he uncovers a plot to bring city's crime syndicates into collusion with the channels of justice.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55225
- Title
- White Jazz
- Author
- James Ellroy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679414495
- ISBN 13
- 9780679414490
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Crime Fiction; Fiction. Unbranded ISBN: 0679414495 EAN: 9780679414490 James Ellroy White Jazz
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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