Suicide Hill (Signed and Inscribed First Edition)

New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 280pp. Beautiful First Edition, Stated First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Signed with a terrific long inscription by Ellroy on the flyleaf, "To Billy & Karen Palmer - Hail noble innkeepers! This book is - 1) A shotgun blast in the face, 2) - A karate chop to the brain, 3) - A flaming arrow to the heart of your darkest fantasied.... James Ellroy". Billy & Karen Palmer, were owners of "Bogies", a bar & restaurant that had been in Manhattan, and was the first mystery themed restaurant in America and which originated the "Whodunit Dinner Theater". It was a hangout for mystery writers who would come for signing events and played host to groups such as the Mystery Writers of America, the Baker Street Irregulars, and many others. So loved were the restaurant and the Palmers that they have been incorporated into the plots and featured in at least 35 mystery novels. A gorgeous collectable copy of Elroy's fifth book; "A Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins novel of suspense