Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright ; PAPERBACK.Distorted face,big sunglasses on blue sky cover art.; 204+pg pages; "The Best Book on the Dope Decade." "Now a Major Motion Picture from Universal Pictures" cover blurb
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Excellent Custom Clamshell Case. [Not with Book] Elegantly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the First Edition Book box is gilt-lettered on the spine & features a sympathetically embossed [sculpted] upper cover, after the dustwrapper's Ralph Steadman 'Dr. Gonzo Bare-Knuckled Driving & Cactus' illustration. The case is finished inside & out in overall Rich Black & Deep Red Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. & The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the true first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for more than 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available [Not with Book].
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: stated first edition with numberline 97532468, slight stains to front endpaper / top fore edge and page 63, illustrated, general wear, discolored boards, no PO markings and text is free of markings. DATE PUBLISHED: 1971 EDITION: FIRST ED 206
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hunter Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hunter Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House 1971. First edition, second printing. (97532648 on verso of title page.) Very good in good dust jacket. Some fading at top of both boards. Jacket has some tanning at top and bottom. (see photos)
Seller: South Willington Book Cartel, WILLINGTON, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$615.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Black cloth and grey embossed boards. First edition, first impression. 206 pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman. Shelf wear on lower edge, sunning to top edge as often seen, a few instances of spot soiling in text and fore-edge, else very good; dust jacket toned at upper edge with some flaring to top and bottom, closed cut through upper edge of spine, a credo written on the verso, else a good unclipped copy. From the extensive collection of a San Francisco collector, started in the 1970s and held for over fifty years in their personal library. .
Seller: Second Wind Books, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
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Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. [x], 206 pp. Bound in publisher's gray blindstamped boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in silver. Very Good+ with sunning along top edge of boards, name written on front free end paper, very slight lean, in a spine-sunned dust jacket, unclipped, lightly worn. The first appearance in book form (following two 1971 issues of Rolling Stone) of Hunter S. Thompson's drugged-out travelogue to/rampage through Las Vegas, with its iconic splattered ink illustrations by Ralph Steadman. It inspired the 1998 Terry Gilliam film by the same name.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing of Thompson's iconic second book and a defining work of gonzo journalism. Illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman. New York: Random House, 1971. Publisher's blind-stamped grey paper boards over black cloth spine, lettered in silver; pp. (x), 206. A very good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, minor shelfwear to boards with the typical sunning to extremities, small rubbing mark to top edge of text block. Owner's address to flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows light general shelfwear and toning, crease to front flap, protected in archival mylar.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A truly lovely copy of the first printing in dust jacket. Uncommon in such nice condition!
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Near fine with some very light foxing along the top edge in a near fine dust jacket with a small amount of damp staining at the base of the spine not affecting the book. Originally, in articles in Rolling Stone, Hunter Thompson wrote as a journalist covering the Drug Enforcement Convention in Las Vegas while stoned and observing that strange world from the perspective while a user of illegal drugs with credentials of a journalist. 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.
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Hunter. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. 8vo, d.w. New York: Random House (1971). First Edition. His second book and source for a Terry Gilliam film. A near fine copy (light stain on top edge), in a near fine (minimal edge-wear) price-intact dust wrapper.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THOMPSON, Hunter S. Random House, New York 1971. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. With Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. First Edition. . Octavo, 206 pp. Publisher s slate colored boards with etched illustration to front board, cloth binding with silver gilt to spine. First edition stated on copyright page. . Thompson s second book and the basis for the film of the same name starring Johnny Depp. Perhaps his most well known and read work. Book in VG+ to NF condition with a very small and neat owner signature to from pastedown. Top of boards lightly toned. Sharp corners, tightly bound and gilt very well preserved. Dust jacket likewise nearly fine with price intact, very minimal edgewear and some light age toning. Truly a fantastic copy. . #hunterthompson #huntersthompson #fearandloathinginlasvegas #johnnydepp #bookstofilm #bibliophile #bookcollector #bookcollection #bookshop #bookstore #books4ewe #rarebooks #hellsangels #gonzo #gonzojournalism #bookstagram #igbooks #bookseller #allbooks #vintagebooks #ralphsteadman #woodycreek
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid square copy, a little fading to the top and bottom of binding
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Good plus in poor dust jacket. Illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket in Mylar protection. Not price clipped. Silver title on spine and embossed design on front cover. Black cloth spine. Spine slanted, sunned along edges of boards, corners a little bit worn and bent, edges of textbook yellowed. Slight soiling and owner's name on front free end paper. Few pages slightly soiled and some corners creased. NUMBER LINE 97532468 DATE PUBLISHED: 1971 EDITION: FIRST ED 206
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$942.58 + shipping
Description: First edition. Edges of the covers faded o/w an about fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped d/w.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
THOMPSON, Hunter S.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A bit of sunning at the top edges of the boards thus near fine in a handsome near fine dust jacket with a small slightly creased tear at the top of the rear panel and very slight, less than usual sunning to the spine lettering.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 206 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white with black, red, and blue lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$5.95." Rubbing, tearing, and chipping to edges and corners of dust jacket. Mild wear to corners of boards and tail of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Stamp from previous owner and light foxing to front free endpaper. Light age toning throughout textblock. "First Edition" with number line "97532468" stated on copyright page. JM Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1377422. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Thompson, Hunter S.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. USA Random House 1971, 1971.
Price: US$1127.23 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Random House in 1971. A very good book with one neat name to the head of the front endpaper. In a very good unclipped wrapper ($5.95) - unfaded on the spine - some light spotting to the front panel - small stain to the top of the front panel - corners rubbed. A very nice example and this is the TRUE first edition with correct code on the rear flap and correct code on the copyright page. A rare iconic novel. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is a cult classic novel by Hunter S. Thompson. It chronicles the drug-fuelled, surreal journey of the author, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they travel to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race. The book is a wild ride through the counterculture of the 1960s, a searing critique of the American Dream, and a reflection on the excesses and absurdity of the era. Thompson's chaotic, first-person narrative delves into themes of disillusionment, the quest for freedom, and the blurred line between reality and hallucination, making it a symbol of the turbulent cultural landscape of the time.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book is Very Good+ to Near Fine. Binding is tight. Some fading to the top of the boards. Previous owner's name written at the top of the front paste down end paper and there is an unfortunate coffee stain at the top pages 108 - 111. Jacket is Very Good - Near Fine, with a couple of 1/8 inch closed tears. Jacket is not price clipped, presents well and is wrapped in a clear mylar sleeve. Pictures provided on request. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver Near Fine with light lean to binding, a thin strip of sunning to top and bottom edge of boards, light spotting to top of textblock edge and former owner name to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with red print on spine vibrant and uncommon as such; light toning and light edge wear. A nice copy of the author's most well-known work.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. [x], 206 pp. Bound in publisher's gray blindstamped boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in silver. Near Fine with sunning along top edge of boards and foxing to top edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to edges and slightly rubbed; red lettering on spine is bright and unfaded. The first appearance in book form (following two 1971 issues of Rolling Stone) of Hunter S. Thompson's drugged-out travelogue to/rampage through Las Vegas, with its iconic splattered ink illustrations by Ralph Steadman. It inspired the 1998 Terry Gilliam film by the same name.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$1288.26 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The iconic work of Hunter S. Thompson, about a drug-fuelled trip through Las Vegas, ostensibly to cover a sporting event but ultimately the advertised savage journey into the heart of the American Dream . Illustrated famously by Ralph Steadman. First edition, first printing, published by Random House in 1971. An excellent copy overall, with just some sunning to the spine.
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Thompson, Hunter S.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. About fine in near fine dust jacket. (Orange hue on spine of jacket mildly muted, but is perfectly readable. Usual hint of sunning to edges of boards. ) Solid copy of the author's most celebrated work. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages 394464354
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1512.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing; 8vo; illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman; publisher's black cloth backed grey boards, titles to spine in silver, with the pictorial dust jacket, top edge of boards a little sun-struck, the merest trace of spotting to the endpapers and fore edge, in the particularly nice dust jacket. American journalist Hunter S. Thompson is a mythical figure, partly by his own design, and partly, perversely, against his wishes. Norman Mailer called him 'a legend in successful self-abuse.' Biographer E. Jean Carroll reported Thompson's daily working regime, which allegedly started at 3pm. While writing he consumed: Chivas Regal, Dunhills, cocaine, orange juice, marijuana, Heineken, huge helpings of food, LSD, Chartreuse, clove cigarettes, gin and pornographic films. Compare this with the drug collection of Raoul Duke, the first person narrator of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a scorching epochal sensation. There are only two adjectives writers care about any more.'brilliant' and 'outrageous'.and Hunter Thompson has a free hold on both of them' (Tom Wolfe).
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first printing. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was first published in November 1971 as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine. It was adapted into a film by Terry Gilliam in 1998, featuring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro in the lead roles. "Written in the voice of Thompson's alter ego, Raoul Duke, a cynical, chain-smoking, whiskey-guzzling, gun-loving connoisseur of illicit drugs, [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas] chronicled the chemically enhanced adventures of Duke and his companion, Dr. Gonzo, as they explored the crassness of American culture" (ANB). It is Thompson's most famous book, and its blend of fact and fiction initiated the genre of "gonzo journalism", which rejected objectivity and placed the writer or reporter at the centre of the story. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, spine lettered in silver, grey boards with Ralph Steadman design to front cover in blind. With dust jacket. Illustrated title page and 19 line drawings by Steadman. Ownership signature of "P. Cady" on front pastedown. Spine slightly cocked, edges sunned, top edge foxed; edges of jacket foxed with a few nicks, bright and unclipped. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated with line drawings by Ralph Steadman. SIGNED by the Author on front endpaper. Memoir, Signed
Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Thompson, HUNTER S.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$2499.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: first printing of the first edition / we currently also have the first appearance in the magazine also in 2 parts
Seller: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first printing, scarce review copy with the slip laid-in. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was first published in November 1971 as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine. It was adapted into a film by Terry Gilliam in 1998, featuring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro in the lead roles. "Written in the voice of Thompson's alter ego, Raoul Duke, a cynical, chain-smoking, whiskey-guzzling, gun-loving connoisseur of illicit drugs, [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas] chronicled the chemically enhanced adventures of Duke and his companion, Dr. Gonzo, as they explored the crassness of American culture" (ANB). It is Thompson's most famous book, and its blend of fact and fiction initiated the genre of "gonzo journalism", which rejected objectivity and placed the writer or reporter at the centre of the story. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, spine lettered in silver, grey boards with Ralph Steadman design to front cover in blind. With dust jacket. Illustrated title page and 19 line drawings by Steadman. Edges sunned; jacket toned with a few marks to rear panel, unclipped. Near-fine in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrations by Ralph Steadman, 2-page B/W Frontispiece,HBDJ, 1971, STATED 1ST EDITION ,with "97532468" number line, Dj With Correct Publication Code 6/72 On Rear Flap VG/VG , Light Wear FOX creases DJ, FADE TO EXTREMITIES BLACK EMBOSSE BOARDS WITH BLACK CLOTH AT SPINE CVR & TITLED IN WHITE, 206 pgs, Tiny chips tears DJ Extremities, 8.25 x 5.75 in. DJ mylar-protected, This book includes a signed bookplate by Hunter S. Thompson which was acquired during his book-signing tour for The Rum Diary. Basis for the acclaimed 1998 Terry Gilliam film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. Bound in dark grey cloth; woven black cloth spine; silver lettering to spine in original Steadman illustrated dust jacket has small DJ Spine tear at Base Thompson's classic second & most lauded book, launching his unique brand of stoned & intoxicated yet inspired "Gonzo journalism". the savagely comic account of what happened to the country in the 1960's -- told through the narration of a strange, drug-crazed journey to Las Vegas. based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson took with attorney and Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in March and April 1971. Thompson wrote that he concluded their March trip by spending some 36 hours alone in a hotel room "feverishly writing in my notebook" about his experiences.
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Hunter S.. FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: 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 illustrations by Steadman throughout. 206 pages. Inscribed by Steadman on an early prelim over his printed portrait of Thompson: "For Rich, an original / 1st edition / worth / £250. / Ralph Steadman." Small faint crease to rear panel of jacket. Mild fading to top edge of book. Else bright, sharp, clean, and sound overall. Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book in a very good unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Signed, dated and a full page drawing of Thompson by the illustrator on the page preceding the half title. Grey cloth book has a touch of sunning to the edges. The jacket has some wear to the spine ends, rubbing to the panels and light creasing to the flaps.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Price: US$7495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED BY STEADMAN WITH A FULL PAGE ORIGINAL DRAWING OF HUNTER THOMSPON AS "THE GOOD DOCTOR". Near fine book with a near fine dust jacket. Signed with a spectacular full page drawing by Ralph Steadman of Hunter Thompson as ?The Good Doctor? Thompson was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement, a style of writing that blurs distinctions between fiction and nonfiction. The book is equally famous of the highly detailed crazed illustrations by Ralph Steadman. This stunning example has an extremely rare full page original drawing by Steadman. The book is in beautiful condition, internally appearing crisp and unread. The book has grey paper boards with black quarter cloth. with bright unfaded silver titles to the spine. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no book plates. The stunning, boldly signed Steadman art is rendered in red ink in the classic Steadman spot style, and located on the first blank page of the book. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No marks, No writing, No stains, No smudges, No bent pages and No foxing. Beautiful clean, crisp book internally appearing as unread. Please see detailed images. The original dust jacket is in near fine condition with very slight nicking to the spine tips and touch of creasing to the front inner flap. Otherwise the jacket has strong vibrant colors with no edgewear, no rips, no chips, no tears, no rubbing, no fading and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $5.95. The jacket is now protected in a new clear removable archival cover. Please see detailed images. A stunning one-of-a-kind example of this scarce title! An important copy with a large original Ralph Steadman drawing. Steadman has refused to sell his original art, so any original sketches by him are extremely rare.ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other Original Art and landmark titles
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$7729.58 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first printing, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This semi-fictional account of Thompson's drug-fuelled trip to Las Vegas with his lawyer, Oscar Zeta Acosta, is rare signed. It was adapted into a film by Terry Gilliam in 1998, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. "Written in the voice of Thompson's alter ego, Raoul Duke, a cynical, chain-smoking, whiskey-guzzling, gun-loving connoisseur of illicit drugs, [Fear and Loathing] chronicled the chemically enhanced adventures of Duke and his companion, Dr. Gonzo, as they explored the crassness of American culture" (ANB). Fear and Loathing's blend of fact and fiction initiated the genre of "gonzo journalism", which rejected objectivity and placed the writer or reporter at the centre of the story. It first appeared in November 1971 as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, spine lettered in silver, grey boards with Steadman design on front cover in blind. With dust jacket. Illustrated title page and 19 line drawings by Steadman. Extremities lightly sunned, head of rear cover lightly bumped, a few spots to edges; short closed tear to front fold of slightly toned jacket, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
THOMPSON, Hunter S.. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (SOLD). NY: Random House, (1971), 1971.
Price: US$7850.00 + shipping
Description: Fine First Edition of the good doctor's 'Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream,' his drug-crazed, demented odyssey to Las Vegas. Illustrated by the great Ralph Steadman, the book defines the counterculture of its day and was the basis for Terry Gilliam's 1988 screen adaptation starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire.Signed in full by Hunter S. Thompson on an official bookplate, laid in, this copy is also signed, blotted, doodled and dated on the FFEP by Steadman, also signed on the page by Johnny Depp. .
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$16103.29 + shipping
Description: A rare uncorrected proof copy of the first edition of Thompson's most famous book, together with galleys for the book composed from its first appearance in Rolling Stone magazine (November 1971). The magazine text has been excised, photocopied, and expanded to make the galleys. Thompson added four pages of material to the magazine version of Fear and Loathing for its publication in book form, with this expansion appearing here as four photocopied leaves of corrected typescript. His addition reworked the famous bathtub scene, in which Thompson's alter ego Raoul Duke finds his attorney "lying in the tub with a head full of acid and the sharpest knife I'd ever seen, demanding the White Rabbit". In the magazine version, Duke, "a cynical, chain-smoking, whiskey-guzzling, gun-loving connoisseur of illicit drugs" (ANB), puts on "White Rabbit", moves the radio away from the bathtub, and leaves the bathroom. For the book, Thompson expanded this scene into one of Fear and Loathing's most memorable episodes: Duke leaves the bathroom, only for his attorney to cause such a commotion that Duke returns to find that the track has changed. They fight over the radio, and his attorney demands that "White Rabbit" be put back on: "'Let it roll!' he screamed. 'I want it up just as high as the fucker can go. and when it comes to that fantastic note where the rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to throw that fucking radio in the tub with me." Duke pretends to acquiesce, but instead throws a grapefruit into the tub at the track's peak. His attorney flies into a rage and chases him with the knife, before returning to the bath to see out the rest of his trip. This chemically enhanced adventure through '70s LA was adapted into a film by Terry Gilliam in 1998, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro in the lead roles. 2 items. Proof: Octavo. Original blue wrappers lettered in black, manuscript notes on front wrapper: "$5.95 Pub 6/72" in ink and "July list Rec'd 5/10/72" in pencil, opened filing label at foot. Proof sheets: 206 pp., 67 of which are double-column photocopies of the Rolling Stones publication, with 4 photocopied leaves of newly added text, identified at head as "new ad. 1-4", with corrections in the photocopy, first leaf titled in ink, opened filing label at foot. Each housed in a custom flat-backed cloth box. Illustrated title page and 19 line drawings by Steadman. Proof sheets lightly toned with a few closed tears to title leaf, book square in fresh: in excellent condition.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$16500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's original blue wraps pritned in black labeled "Uncorrected Page Proof" on the top of the front cover. Near Fine with the author's last name handwritten in red ink to the spine and bottom textblock edge; fading to spine. Paperclip mark to top of front cover and the first several leaves are lightly bumped at the top corner. Contents lightly tanned and with a tiny spot to the textblock edge. The author's best-known and classic work, very uncommon in this format.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.