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Heed the Thunder
by Thompson, Jim
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First editon. 297pp. with Author's Note at rear. Original red cloth with black lettering. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($2.50), slightly chipped along edges and slightly soiled, small nick on spine, front panel faintly creased, spine panel a little sunned. Former owners' family name stamped on front flyleaf, slight transfer to front flap. Slight mustiness, cloth a bit soiled and back cover has a few small circular stains. A nice jacketed copy (better than most surviving examples) of the Oklahoma-born crime author's second novel.
Synopsis
(1906 - 1977) James Meyers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory”). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson’s work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170527003
- Title
- Heed the Thunder
- Author
- Thompson, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Greenberg: Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- pulp, crime, oklahoma
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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