Heed Thunder by Thompson Jim, Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the Armchair Detective reprint of the 1946 original Greenberg hardback, Thompson's second and very rare edition of the powerful Fargo family in early 20th century Nebraska as they spin out of control. This copy is an EX-LIB copy with the usual stampings, labels of a withdrawn public library copy but with a limited borrowing history and a tight, straight binding. The book has a new introduction signed by James Ellroy and a bright dustjacket in clear mylar covering and will be carefully wrapped and boxed fore shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First ADL Edition. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 294 pp. Fine in original cloth boards with gilt decorating and a fine cloth slipcase. Signed on the publisher's tipped-in page by James Ellory, who wrote the introduction to this edition. From an edition of 100, of which this is number 89. Originally published in 1946.

Hard Cover in Slipcase. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st ed. A Fine, unread copy in burgundy cloth with small paste down of Thompson's portrait on front board, in slipcase w/o dj as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by James Ellroy who wrote the introduction. 297 pages. Originally published in 1946 and unavailable in any edition for over 45 yrs. In the rural town of Verdon, Nebraska, in the early days of the 20th century, you can't go ten feet without running into one of the Fargos. So, Grant Fargo argues to his grandfather Lincoln, it's perfectly all right that he's desperately in love with his first cousin, Bella-she's the only source of intelligent conversation for miles, and in a town like Verdon, it would be hard not to end up with a relative of one kind or another. Before it all plays out, men will be murdered, jailed, tarred and feathered or worse, and while everyone in the Fargo clan would kill for the family deeds, God might just end up with them instead. In Heed the Thunder, one of Thompson's earlier works, Thompson's signature style collides with a sweeping picaresque of the American prairie, in a multigenerational saga that's one part Steinbeck, two parts Dostoyevsky, and all Jim Thompson. Signed. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. The Armchair Detective Library, New York 1991. First Edition Thus of the author's second novel, originally published by Greenberg in 1946. Copy #23/100 numbered copies signed by James Ellroy [who wrote the introduction]. 297 pages. Fine copy, not issued in jacket,in fine slipcase.LR5/6E.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First ed. thus (stated). Reddish octavo in reddish slipcase; iii, 297 p; 23 cm. #97 out of 100 copies. Signed by author. Mystery fiction. Fine copy in fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5", gilt-lettered red cloth with portrait of author affixed to front cover, 297pp, a nice, clean copy in a lightly used dustjacket. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED AND 25 LETTERED COPIES- THIS COPY HAS AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A WITCH(?), SIGNED BY JAMES ELLROY, WHO WROTE THE INTRODUCTION.