THOMPSON, Jim

South of Heaven

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1967. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [6],7-192pp. Modest external wear, mild tanning to text edges, a few faint creases, some faint spotting to upper rear wrapper, and a bookseller's rubber-stamp on preliminary leaf; Very Good. A late Thompson novel set in west Texas, effectively re-creating his early years as a "powder monkey" in the west Texas oil fields, replete with hoboes, Wobblies, hard-men, and derrick tramps. HUBIN, p.402.

Price: $50.00

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