MOSLEY, Walter. (b. 1952) Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. 8vo (147 x 215 mm). Quarter yellow cloth with orange papered boards with original illustrated dust jacket (very fine). SIGNED and INSCRIBED. FIRST EDITION. [With:] Mosley, Walter E. TLS, 1 p., with envelope, New York, New York. Post stamped August 14, 1990. Addressed to Dan Monte. First novel of the Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins series. Mosley broke ground by introducing issues of racial inequality, social injustice, and the reality of life in post-WWII Los Angeles for African Americans into detective fiction. This copy is the first to ever be signed by Mosley with inscription, “For Dan Monte, / The first person / ever to request my / autograph. / Thank you / Walter S. Mosley / Oct. 13, 1990.” Accompanied by letter addressed to Monte, in apparent response to his autograph request, “You’re the first person to make such a request and I find that it’s one of the moments that lets me know that I’ve become what I wanted to be. Thank you, very much.” Condition: Very fine. Dust jacket pristine with mylar protection.
MOSLEY, Walter. (b. 1952) Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. 8vo (147 x 215 mm). Quarter yellow cloth with orange papered boards with original illustrated dust jacket (very fine). SIGNED and INSCRIBED. FIRST EDITION. [With:] Mosley, Walter E. TLS, 1 p., with envelope, New York, New York. Post stamped August 14, 1990. Addressed to Dan Monte. First novel of the Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins series. Mosley broke ground by introducing issues of racial inequality, social injustice, and the reality of life in post-WWII Los Angeles for African Americans into detective fiction. This copy is the first to ever be signed by Mosley with inscription, “For Dan Monte, / The first person / ever to request my / autograph. / Thank you / Walter S. Mosley / Oct. 13, 1990.” Accompanied by letter addressed to Monte, in apparent response to his autograph request, “You’re the first person to make such a request and I find that it’s one of the moments that lets me know that I’ve become what I wanted to be. Thank you, very much.” Condition: Very fine. Dust jacket pristine with mylar protection.
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