NMLP P-013321 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy · Mysterious Press · 1987

US Mysterious Press (1987) is the true first and the first of the L.A. Quartet; scarce, as a small first printing reportedly sold slowly with copies remaindered/pulped.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013321 for "The Black Dahlia" by James Ellroy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013321, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).