Matching Numbered Set of Jim Thompson Titles: The Killer Inside Me, A Hell of a Woman, Pop. 1280, A Swell-Looking Babe, The Grifters

Matching Numbered Set of Jim Thompson Titles as follows:

The Killer Inside Me

Now available in an illustrated hardcover with a new introduction by noir historian Bill Crider. Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas. The worst thing most people can say against him is that heÕs a little slow and a little boring. But, then, most people donÕt know about the sickness, the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger. The sickness that is about to surface again. Widely considered to be Jim Thompson’s masterpiece, this edition features color and black & white artwork, reproductions of old paperback covers and film posters, and is signed by Bill Crider, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake. Bound in full black cloth and a gorgeous dustjacket.

Features:

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Bill Crider, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by Bill Crider.
• Color cover art, frontispiecem and interior illustrations by Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full cloth binding.

A Hell Of A Woman

Now available for the first time in an illustrated hardcover edition with a new introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man like Dillon couldnÕt bring himself to use. But when Mona told him about the vicious aunt who had turned her into something little better than a prostitute, and about the money the old lady has stashed away, Dillon found it surprisingly easy to kill for her. This edition features color and black & white artwork, reproductions of old paperback covers and film posters, and is signed by Joe R. Lansdale, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake. Bound in full black cloth and a gorgeous dustjacket.

Features:

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Joe R. Lansdale, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale.
• Color cover art, frontispiecem and interior illustrations by Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full cloth binding.

Pop. 1280

Now available for the first time in an illustrated hardcover edition with a new introduction by esteemed horror writer Laird Barron. As high sheriff of Potts County, Nick Corey spends most of his time eating, sleeping and avoiding trouble. If only people, especially some troublesome pimps, his foul-tempered wife, and his half-witted brother-in-law, would stop pushing him around. Because when Nick is pushed, he begins to kill, or to make others do his killing for him! This edition features color and black & white artwork, reproductions of old paperback covers and film posters, and is signed by Laird Barron, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake. Bound in full black cloth and a gorgeous dustjacket.

Features:

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Laird Barron, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by Laird Barron.
• Color cover art, frontispiecem and interior illustrations by Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.
• Ribbon marker, hand and tail bands, full cloth binding

A Swell-Looking Babe

Now available for the first time in an illustrated hardcover edition with a new introduction by Duane Swierczynski. The Manton looks like a respectable hotel. Dusty Rhodes looks like a selfless young man working as a bellhop. And the woman in 1004 looks like an angel. But sometimes looks can kill, as Jim Thompson demonstrates in this vision of the crime novel as gothic. This edition features color and black & white artwork, reproductions of old paperback covers and film posters, and is signed by Duane Swierczynski, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake. Bound in full black cloth and a gorgeous dustjacket

Features:

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Duane Swierczynski, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by Duane Swierczynski.
• Color cover art, frontispiece and interior illustrations by Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full cloth binding.

The Grifters

Now available for the first time in an illustrated hardcover edition with a new introduction by John Shirley. Roy Dillon seems too handsome and well-mannered to be a professional con man. Lilly Dillon looks too young, and loves Roy a little too intensely, to be taken for his mother. Moira Langtry is getting too old to keep on living off the kindness of male strangers. And Carol Roberg seems too innocent to be acquainted with suffering.

Features:

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Duane Swierczynski, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by John Shirley.
• Color cover art, frontispiece and interior illustrations by Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full cloth binding.
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