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Arion Press. South Of Heaven #137 Of 400. Sgd. Fine Printing. Deluxe
by Thompson, James Myers [Jim]
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Arion Press. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to ; 183 [4] pages; Description: [Arion Press] Thompson, James Myers [Jim]. South of Heaven. Introduction by Arnold Hano, illustrations by Raymond Pettibon. Arion Press, San Francisco, 2010. 4to. Black cloth decorated with die-cut red paper, clear acetate DJ. Number 137 of 400 numbered copies, signed by Pettibon as issued. First Edition. Condition Fine. Signed on Colophon. Red and white leaves on rag paper with uncut edges. . In 1967, he published South of Heaven, about a young migrant laborer working on an oil pipeline in Texas. In 1970, Thompson was flown to Robert Redford's Utah residence. Redford hired him to write a motion picture script about the life of a hobo during the Great Depression Thompson's stories are about grifters, losers, sociopaths and psychopaths—some at the fringe of society, some at its heart—their nihilistic world-view being best-served by first-person narratives revealing a frighteningly deep understanding of the warped mind. Deluxe illustrated 137/400 .
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- Arion Press. South Of Heaven #137 Of 400. Sgd. Fine Printing. Deluxe
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- Thompson, James Myers [Jim]
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- Used - Fine+ in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- Arion Press
- Date Published
- 2010
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