LEONARD, ELMORE. Notebooks. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1991. First Edition. One of 50 numbered special deluxe copies signed by Elmore Leonard (out of a total edition of 350 copies), this is an extra copy signed by Leonard, but not numbered. This is the most desirable issue with a full leather gilt-stamped spine. Fine copy. Elmore Leonard’s great strengths as a writer was his ability to have authentic detail and a wonderful ear for natural dialogue. This book prints excerpts from his notebooks where he records details on trips he takes, and the plotting and creating of his novel, Bandits, is especially interesting. The front and rear boards show photographic reproductions of some of Leonard’s spiral bound notebooks.