New York: Grove Weidenfeld (1990). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 159 pp. Original charcoal grey boards under quarter sage colored cloth, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($15.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, handling and shelf wear, wrinkling. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Corners lightly bumped, spine ends lightly curled, trace sunning to top text block cloth. Light handling wear present. Interior is clean and unmarked. This book is signed and inscribed by the author to the pre-title page. A Collector’s copy.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Publishers Weekly wrote: "In the visual equivalent of sound bites, novelist and poet Gifford ... cuts to the heart with sharply focused shots of young lovers on the lam." Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Gifford's South is ersatz, tarred up with Forget-Me-Not Cafes and Dixie beer, his Romeo and Juliet more treacly than tragic. The novel was adapted to the film Wild At Heart (1990) written and directed by David Lynch and starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe. The adaptation won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival. The success of the film boosted interest in Gifford's novels.”