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South of Heaven

South of Heaven by Thompson, Jim; Pettibon, Raymond (Artist)

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books
Title
South of Heaven
Author
Thompson, Jim; Pettibon, Raymond (Artist)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
New
Description
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2010. Hardcover. New. Raymond Pettibon. The type is Pabst Old Style, designed by Frederic W. Goudy in 1902-03, based on lettering he had done for advertisements for the Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee and named for its president, Capt. Frederick Pabst. The Monotype version was released in 1912. Since we lack the italic matrices, Bookman Old Style italic has been substituted. The type was composed and cast at Mackenzie & Harris and printed by letterpress. The text paper is German mouldmade Schiller. The illustrations are printed on a red sheet from the French Paper Company by duo-tone offset lithography in two shades of black. The format of the book is quarto, 11-7/8 by 8-3/4 inches, 188 pages for the text plus 44 unnumbered pages for the illustrations, a total of 232 pages. The binding is Smyth-sewn, in a full black cloth cover with an explosive design, die-cut from red paper, attached to the front and back covers, with a red titling label on the spine, and with red endpapers. The edition is limited to 400 numbered copies for sale plus 26 lettered hors de commerce, signed by the artist. Jim Thompson (1906-1977) may be called "The King of the Pulps", yet he was an original writer of the first rank. His writing is rank: odoriferous and raw and violent. "South of Heaven" (1967) is not among Thompson's best known works, but his long-time editor Arnold Hano declares it the last important book that Thompson wrote, important for being quite different from and more autobiographical than his earlier works. " 'South of Heaven' is based on the laying of a pipeline from an oil source in West Texas to Port Arthur on the Gulf in 1927," Hano writes in his introduction to the Arion edition, "so real in its depiction of the horrific working conditions, it takes its place among the finest proletarian novels of this country. What Upton Sinclair did to the meat-packing workers, Thompson does to oil pipeline workers. It has cold-blooded murder and cold-blooded deaths that are not criminal, at least not by the usual standards of jurisprudence. Men die on the pipeline. That is their fate, in a world indifferent to that fate." Artist Raymond Pettibon illustrates this edition with forty-four drawings, printed on red sheets interleaved in the text. Pettibon is one of the most unclassifiable contemporary American artists, whose lurid images have intrigued art collectors and curators ever since he burst onto the scene in the late eighties. Nearly all of Pettibon's artworks contain texts or captions. Some are quotations but most are his own highly creative writings. For South of Heaven he has used excerpts cunningly chosen and elided from the book, combined with his own improvisations on themes in the novel. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION by Vidal, Gore

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Title
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Author
Vidal, Gore
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780375501210
Condition
Near Fine
Description
NY: Random House, 1998. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Vidal on the title page. Spine ends and board top corners lightly bumped. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Sketches of Early California: A Collection of Personal Adventures by DeNevi, Donald [Compiler]

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Seller: Argonaut Book Shop
Title
Sketches of Early California: A Collection of Personal Adventures
Author
DeNevi, Donald [Compiler]
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very fine
Description
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1971 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Introduction and commentaries by Oscar Lewis. viii, 181pp. Illustrated throughout with sketches and early prints, map. Yellow cloth. A very fine and bright copy with price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket with the lightest of rubbing and edgewear. A collection of first-hand accounts of the most dramatic decade in California history, from the late 1830's to the Gold Rush days. Includes Rancho and Mission Days by Guadalupe Vallejo; Priests and Mission Life by William Heath Davis; The First Emigrant Train by John Bidwell; A Glimpse of Domestic Life in 1828 by Brigida Briones; No Place for a Woman by Dame Shirley, and more..
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CIMARRON by Ferber, Edna

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Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books
Title
CIMARRON
Author
Ferber, Edna
Seller
Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
Leipzig and Paris Bernhard Tauchnitz 1930 Early, possibly first, Tauchnitz edition Original buff colored wrappers with black printing. A very good copy with just a bit of spine darkening and uneveness of color. Abrasion to back cover affecting a few titles. Text block a bit squint but clean and unmarked. Back cover ads dated July 1930 Vol. 4938 Paperback

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