Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

New York: Original Novels # 726 2nd Printing (reprints # 707, which was issued under original title of Beyond Desire), 1952 ----------vintage paperback, digest size. Drug and juvenile delinquent theme, hypodermic needle on cover. Spine edge rub, minor creases, 2 small (1/2 inch) tears to the front cover, one of which extends through the pages and to the back cover. There is a small fold to the top left corner of the back cover and half the pages which may straighten out in time. A good copy. . .. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

Paris, France, 1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (The Traveller's Companion Series No 87) First Edition. Paperback original. Green, Text only wrappers. Price on rear "15 N.F. Not to Be Sold in the USA & UK" . All Kearney points 5.87.1 noted. / Spine sunned/faded. Price on rear cover scribbled out with ballpoint pen. Very small nicks and chips to spine ends. Some small chips to hinges. Faint reading creases to spine. Sewn binding stressed at one point but solid. Pages white and supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 017070. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Chester Himes Pinktoes

Toronto: Studio 110 Book. Near Very Good. Paperback. 1st Studio edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date (circa 1950). Brooks's first novel, tackling the theme of homosexuality in the army, and its repercussions for one man at the hands of another just out of the service. Published before Brooks became a top Hollywood screenwriter/director, and the basis for Crossfire, a film directed by Edward Dmytryk, that starred Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, and Robert Ryan (you didn't *have* to be named Robert to star in this flick, but apparently it helped a whole helluva lot). 320 pages, cover photograph shows film close-up of Robert Ryan. Edgewear, thin/uneven crease to top right corner of front cover, thin creasing to bottom right corner of same, a bit of wear to spine ends, moderate surface wear, light flaking to reading crease at left side of front cover, splash-stained top edge light tanning. Internally still fairly tight. Fairly common in hardcover, but more scarce in… Read More

1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fair/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Gold Medal 296) First Edition, First printing. Extremely hard-to-find paperback original of one of the most praised titles from the Gold Medal line. Stated First Printing. Story copy reads: "Smart guy, that's me, who dreamed the heist for a year--the armored car, the dead guard, the cool green bills...the getaway. Then Virginia, who came for one paid hour--and stayed for all eternity." / Numerous small chips and scratches. 1/2" material loss to foot of spine. Water spot to back cover. Binding repaired with bookbinder's adhesive. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 021556. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Elliot Chaze Black Wings Has My Angel

Mount Morris, Illinois/ New York: Popular Book Corporation , 1932. Very Good plus, faded spot and faint prior owner name front wrapper, small corner creases, 1/4" loss of paper at bottom edge of spine. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Printing. Magazine. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

New York: Original Novels # 726 2nd Printing (reprints # 707, which was issued under original title of Beyond Desire), 1952 ----------vintage paperback, digest size. Drug and juvenile delinquent theme, hypodermic needle on cover. Spine edge rub, minor creases, 2 small (1/2 inch) tears to the front cover, one of which extends through the pages and to the back cover. There is a small fold to the top left corner of the back cover and half the pages which may straighten out in time. A good copy. . .. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

Paris, France, 1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (The Traveller's Companion Series No 87) First Edition. Paperback original. Green, Text only wrappers. Price on rear "15 N.F. Not to Be Sold in the USA & UK" . All Kearney points 5.87.1 noted. / Spine sunned/faded. Price on rear cover scribbled out with ballpoint pen. Very small nicks and chips to spine ends. Some small chips to hinges. Faint reading creases to spine. Sewn binding stressed at one point but solid. Pages white and supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 017070. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Chester Himes Pinktoes

NY: Fictioneers, Popular Publications, 1949. GOOD condition in illustrated wraps. MAGAZINE, Vol XXXII No. 3, Jan 1949. Front cover, piece torn out bottom left. Nicks, tears, chipping to edges. Spine worn and faded, water marks. Back cover has some water marks, tears and nicks to edges. Pages brown/browning, some water marks. Great black-and-white movie poster ad for Blood on the Moon starring Robert Mitchum and Barbara Bel Geddes inside front cover. Fragile. Stored in Mylite sleeve with acid-free board. Cover painting by Peter Stevens --Well-manicured dame turning up the heat at the power plant. Back cover ad-- Prestone Anti-Freeze. Includes, No Pockets in a Shroud by Richard Deming.. Magazine. Illustrated Wraps. Good/Original Wraps. Pulp Fiction.

Toronto: Studio 110 Book. Near Very Good. Paperback. 1st Studio edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date (circa 1950). Brooks's first novel, tackling the theme of homosexuality in the army, and its repercussions for one man at the hands of another just out of the service. Published before Brooks became a top Hollywood screenwriter/director, and the basis for Crossfire, a film directed by Edward Dmytryk, that starred Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, and Robert Ryan (you didn't *have* to be named Robert to star in this flick, but apparently it helped a whole helluva lot). 320 pages, cover photograph shows film close-up of Robert Ryan. Edgewear, thin/uneven crease to top right corner of front cover, thin creasing to bottom right corner of same, a bit of wear to spine ends, moderate surface wear, light flaking to reading crease at left side of front cover, splash-stained top edge light tanning. Internally still fairly tight. Fairly common in hardcover, but more scarce in… Read More

Ace, New York, 1953. First edition. Condition: Very good plus; book has slight edge wear and creasing along spine, slight darkening on interior pages. Ace Double Books D-15.Burroughs' classic "confessions of an unredeemed drug addict". His first published book. A very nice copy of this famous example of "write what you know".