(Paris: Coromandel Express, 1998, a total edition of 55), a portfolio of 6 Cibachrome prints, each signed and dated in silver ink in the margin, in windowed tri-fold wrappers with printed text by James Ellroy, and one hand-painted gelatin silver print, signed and dated in ink on the reverse, 1985-98, printed in 1998; together with printed title and colophon, signed and editioned 'AP' in pencil, and one pick-up stick. Small folio with window and printed spine, in a matching blue slipcase with printed credit and title, the whole enclosed in a black cloth clamshell box 

The Cibachrome prints are in generally excellent condition. Upon close inspection, fingerprints and tiny deposits of indeterminate nature are occasionally visible in the margins.The hand-painted gelatin silver print is in generally excellent condition. It is dated '1985/1998' in ink on the reverse.The tri-fold wrappers, folio, slipcase, and clamshell box are all in overall excellent condition. There is minor wear to the folio spine and to the clamshell box.
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