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STEADMAN, Ralph and Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. America. Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, CA, 1974.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Features an introduction by Hunter S. Thompson that takes the form of a conversation between him and Steadman. A very good copy with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper and in an about very good dust jacket with some chips, tears, and wear.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
STEADMAN, RALPH & THOMPSON, Dr HUNTER S (Intro). America. Straight Arrow Books 1974, 1974.
Price: US$36.48 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, quarto, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, lovely old book aroma, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate chafing & surface loss)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Ralph Steadman. America. Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., a few old stains and minor wear to boards. dj has some edge and corner wear, a closed edge-tear to front panel, two chips, a bit of creasing. price intact. no markings. strong binding. introduction by hunter s. thompson. unpaginated. illustrated throughout with steadman's ink drawings and collage. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: art longwood books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard cover book and dustjacket. Book is Good condition. Slight wear and a couple spots on the black boards, interior pages clean and unmarked, sound binding. Dustjacket is Fair, with small tears and edge wear. Now protected with an archival jacket. A collection of Steadman's fantastic black & white drawings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Bruce Irving, Haworth, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.69 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Bound in publisher's original full black cloth with the title stamped in white on the spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Some wear and a small tear to top right of dust jacket, otherwise in quite a good condition and unclipped. Book is clean inside and in a good condition. 310 x 235 mm (12¼ x 9¼ inches).
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
STEADMAN, Ralph. America. Straight Arrow, Salt Lake City, 1974.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Hunter Thompson. Oblong 4to, black cloth, worn d.w. (San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1974). A very good(-) copy in a poor dust wrapper. The black binding is lightly stained. The dust wrapper is price-clipped, worn at the edges & has a small tape reinforcement on the verso.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
STAVITSKY, GAIL, et al.. America. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, (1974), 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4to; unpaginated [approximately 150]; illustrated by Steadman. A very good copy or better in original black cloth, in a very good dust jacket with touches of rubbing to the tips and spine ends. Steadman's view of America at one of our lowest points, the mid-seventies. With an introduction by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
Seller: Trevian Books, Piermont, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/first printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. Black cloth-covered boards, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, unpaginated, b/w illustrations. Book very good plus--near fine (modest bump to upper edge of rear board). Dustcover very good plus (not price clipped; mild rubbing and edge wear; three short closed tears, the longest 7/8 inch). One of Steadman's best books. From the Introduction by Hunter S. Thompson: "There's a wild theme in Steadman's drawings: decadence, corruption, immorality. Obscenity in its broadest sense is another hallmark of the things that shock him. I think he sees all of America as a mockery of what it should be. He probably thinks it was doomed from the start. He has that King-George-III notion of America. A bunch of crude upstarts --- couldn't make it work. He works best when you put him in a situation where he's bordering on flipping out. During one of the intermissions [at the Watergate hearings], Ralph leaped up with a beer in his hand and knocked [Senator] Sam Ervin off his feet. When he comes over here and gets involved in these horrible scenes, Steadman has a way of becoming part of the story." (1722RO007)
Seller: Boojum and Snark Books, Kanab, UT, U.S.A.
Steadman, Ralph. AMERICA. S.F. Straight Arrow 1974, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio, VG in VG D.J. with a touch of waterstaining at top of boards and D.J., intro Hunter Thompson, Steadman's masterpiece. 1st Edition (H11)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a Nf. dj. (Previous owner's raised stamp at base of front endpaper. 1"-inch tear at head of front cover of dj. next to spine. A couple of small edge nicks) A better than average copy of this wear prone title. (LR)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Steadman, Ralph.. America. With an introduction by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.. Straight Arrow, 1974.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dj with light edgewear & small closed edgetear to the toipe edge of the front panel. This anthology of Steadman's graphic reportage of the American scene features accounts ranging from the Watergate Trials, the Vietnam experience, the Kentucky Derby, Las Vegas to an Elks Convention and Disneyland. A six-page interview with Hunter Thompson serves as an introduction.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
STEADMAN, Ralph. America. Straight Arrow Books, (San Francisco, 1974.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Introduction by Hunter S Thompson. Quarto. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with just a bit of edgewear and some faint rubbing. A bright copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ralph Steadman. America. Straight Arrow Press, San Francisco, 1974.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: America; by Ralph Steadman; with an introduction by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson; Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, 1974. Ralph Idris Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a British illustrator best known for his collaboration and friendship with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons, and picture books. As well as writing and illustrating his own books and Thompson's, Steadman has worked with writers including Ted Hughes, Adrian Mitchell and Brian Patten, and also illustrated editions of Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, Animal Farm, the English translation of Flann O'Brien's Gaelic-language classic The Poor Mouth, and most recently, Fahrenheit 451. Steadman has drawn album covers for numerous music artists, including the Who, Exodus, Frank Zappa and Ambrosia. Hunter Stockton Thompson (1937 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. Author Tom Wolfe has called Thompson the greatest American comic writer of the 20th century. This large format book, pages measuring 304mm X 228mm is in fine condition in a near-fine dust jacket that is in a protective mylar wrap. This large volume may require additional postage.
Seller: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine in very good+ or better dust jacket. (Couple short edge tears. Light rubbing to jacket. One corner mildly bumped. ) Despite flaws a better than average copy of this title.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Steadman, Ralph. America. Straight Arrow, 1974.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Published in San Francisco by Straight Arrow in 1974. First edition (no indication of later printing). This copy is INSCRIBED by Steadman on the copyright pages, "To Herb Berkeley From Ralph Steadman 12.7.74" with a drawing. Book near fine, except for slight wear at spine ends and corners, some light damp staining at top of front cover, and small stain mirrored on front paste-down and free endpaper. Also, small tear on copyright page from Steadman's signature. DJ very good, light chipping at ends of spine and corners, light edgewear, 1" tear at top edge of front, .5" diagonal tear at top edge of rear, and a few light creases and scratches on rear. With an introduction by Hunter S. Thompson. DJ price reads $19.95. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
STEADMAN, Ralph.. America.. Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco., 1974.
Price: US$608.94 + shipping
Description: First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Packed with his scabrous drawings, some of which are from his jaunts with Dr Hunter S. Thompson but most of which appear here for the first time. Each section (''New York'', ''Money'', ''Las Vegas'', ''Miami'', etc) has an introductory note by the artist. There is also an interview with Thompson about working with Steadman. On the title-page is printed a somewhat disingenuous Warning Note by Steadman: ''What you see in these drawings, of course, is not you Americans. They are only cartoons - not to be taken seriously - disregard them. They are terrible propaganda and obviously the ravings of a demented scribbler!''Presentation copy from the artist, boldly inscribed across two pages: ''To Michael ffolkes from an admirer - from in fact Ralph Steadman - 31.5.75''. The recipient was a fellow cartoonist and contributor to the satirical magazine Private Eye in the days when its stable of graphic artists was outstanding.Tail of spine slightly bumped and showing signs of damp. Very good in very good dustwrapper nicked and rubbed at the edges.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Steadman, Ralph. AMERICA. S.F. Straight Arrow, 1974.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Folio, First Ed., about Fine in an about Fine d.j., intro Hunter Thompson, two page magic marker INSCRIPTION by Steadman dated 1976, his masterpiece (H11)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Steadman, Ralph. America. Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, 1974.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A collection of drawings made by Steadman, a British artist, during his peak period, where he commented on American scenes and cultures. These are both published and previously unpublished works from his Rolling Stone assignments with Hunter S. Thompson, as well as works commissioned on Disneyland, the Kentucky Derby, Dallas, Miami, etc. Some of the drawings are thematic, classified under the chapter titles Money, Vietnam, and Police. With an introduction, in the form of an interview with the editor, by Hunter S. Thompson, with whom Steadman collaborated on the books Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Unpaginated, but about 176 pages. 9-1/8 by 12-1/4 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Signed "HST" and "Hunter" by Thompson, and dated 10/12/79 on the introduction. This copy with a previous owner's bookplate and blindstamp on the front endpapers. The jacket has several tears, a missing a chip from one corner, and a couple of old tape repairs on the back (verso) at the top of the spine. Not the greatest copy, but for some reason this book doesn't turn up often in nicer shape, let alone signed by Hunter S. Thompson.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.