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Thompson. Hunter S.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, as stated on copyright page, with number line from 9-2. Laid-in postcard signed by Ralph Steadman. Book near fine, minor tanning at top and bottom of covers, stain at bottom corner of last two end papers, small date stamp at top of front free end paper. Dust jacket very good, minor tanning along top, minor wear, creasing and small tear at top of back panel.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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.
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$7750.54 + 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.