Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman by Hunter S. Thompson; Ralph Steadman [Illustrator] - 1972-01-01

Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Internally clean, with a tight binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The dust jacket has been placed in protective mylar for preservation. Minor wear to cover boards and spine. Writing visible on front cover board. Previous owner's inscription on front free end page. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House. Collectible - Good. New York: Random House, 1971. 1st edition with statement and numberline on CP. Unclipped DJ with $5.95 on front flap and 6/72 code on rear flap. 8vo hardcover. 206pp. B/W illustrations. Good book and dust jacket. Boards sunned along the upper and lower edges, slightly dampstained along the fore-edge and at the lower spine staining both book and jacket. The jacket is also a bit shelfworn and toned, but remains about Good. (Drug Culture, Counter Culture, Gonzo Journalism, Raoul Duke) Inquire if you need further information.

Very nice copy- dust jacket is very clean- no tears or chipping- shows original price of 5.95. Unobtrusive orignal owner name in small ink on FEP, upper left corner top edge.

Random House, 1972. hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Ralph Steadman. 1972 Random House first edition, first printing. Hardcover in lightly shelf worn price intact jacket. Tight and unmarked, top edge is fox speckled. Please email for photos.

NY: Random House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down, else near fine, clean & tight condition / near fine bright price clipped dust jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve.. 206pp.

New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2. Steadman, Ralph - Drawings. 206 Pages. First Edition stated below number line 97532468 There is a hint of fading at the top and bottom of the gray boards and foxing predominately on top page edges. Dust jacket has spots and small (1/2") tear top spine . Dust jacket has been protected with Gaylord vinyl covering and 5.95 flap price is unclipped. Heralded as the best book on the dope decade, Hunter Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the Great Red Shark. In the trunk, they hide two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, and screamers. A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a… Read More

A Near Fine copy with the usual touch of sunning to board edges in a Near Fine bright unclipped dust jacket with a short closed edge tear to the top edge of the front panel and a crease to the front flap. No names, writing, tears or chips to the jacket. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-induced haze, all the while ruminating on the failure of the 1960s countercultural movement. The work is Thompson's most famous, and is noted for its lurid descriptions of illegal drug use, its early retrospective on the culture of the 1960s, and its popularization of Thompson's highly subjective blend of fact and fiction that has become known as gonzo journalism.

New York: Random House, 1971. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of the book at the heart of the Hunter S. Thompson legend - a beautiful copy, boldly inscribed by illustrator and longtime collaborator Ralph Steadman. A desperate, drug-fueled experiment in 'gonzo' journalism, FEAR AND LOATHING was written during Thompson's stint as Washington Correspondent for ROLLING STONE, and first appeared in the magazine in serial installments. Straddling the hazy border between thinly-veiled fiction and experimental journalism, first composed in feverish hotel-room notebook-scribbling sessions, the book remains HST's best-known and most influential work. Rather uncommon signed by Steadman. Surreal, hallucinatory, endlessly quotable. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original blind-stamped grey boards, backed in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. In original unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket, designed by Susan Schwab and illustrated by Ralph Steadman. With additional black-and-white… Read More