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Price: US$1455.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Shelf 546 Clean and tight; signed by Hunter S. Thompson with the words "good luck"; and there appears to be a first name written at the top of the page containing the signature with " Washington 1976". DJ has light corner and edge wear including a half inch closed tear at bottom of front corner, an inch and a half closed tear at bottom front, seven one-eighth inch light creases at foot of spine, very small areas of rubbing at corners;DJ covered by mylar; Not a book club (BC) copy. Not ex library, not price clipped, not a remainder.
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Straight Arrow Books, 1973.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by artist Ralph Steadman on half title page. First edition, stated first printing. Second state dust jacket. 7.95 price on dust jacket. No white border on back cover photo. Slight wear to dust jacket. NF/NF
Seller: tim hildebrand books, Janesville, WI, U.S.A.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Straight Arrow Books, 1973.
Price: US$1785.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing in second state dust jacket with $7.95 price intact; slightest wear to book and light fading to dust jacket spine; light soiling to page edges; NF/NF; signed by Hunter S Thompson on a book plate that is attached to front free end paper; pictures available upon request
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Reprint; perhaps either a later printing of a book club edition, though neither is specified and the jacket flap is priced. Signed twice by Hunter S. Thompson: once signed and inscribed to a former owner in gold marker on the black front free endpaper and signed again in felt-tipped pen on the following page. Bound in publisher's black leatherette binding with spine lettered in white. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with wear at the extremities and fading to the red print on the spine; foxing and toning to blindside.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$4250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing stated of the gonzo journalist's most fully realized and respected book. 506 pp. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Very good indeed in black boards with minor scuffs and rubbing. First state dustwrapper is notably NOT price-clipped. A sharp copy with minor small chips to spine ends. Uncommon in the first state dustwrapper. This copy boldly INITIALED by Thompson on the half-title page.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Thompson, Hunter S.. Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72. Straight Arrow Books, 1973.
Price: US$4650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing in first state dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; closed tears, edge wear, rubbing and small creases to otherwise bright dust jacket; light soiling to page edges; o/w VG+/VG; signed by Hunter S. Thompson on a book plate which is attached to front free end paper; pictures available upon request
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Thompson, the Prince of Gonzo journalism, writes about the personalities and machinations of the 1972 Nixon/McGovern race for the Presidency with much candor, irreverence and humor. Signed (initialed) by Thompson.
Seller: BIAbooks, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7150.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black glazed cloth boards, titled in white on spine, with decorative elements embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; [14],15-506,[6]pp; illus. With Thompson's bold signature in black Sharpie following the front endpaper, and inscribed and extra-illustrated by Steadman on the half-title page using a red paint pen, dated 24.10.92. Spine ends gently nudged, modest wear to lower board edges, upper edge of textblock mildly abraded, with a few very faint splash marks to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. In the first state dustjacket, priced $6.95, with a white border around the photograph on the rear panel; modest shelfwear, some gentle sunning to spine, a few tiny nicks and tears, with a faint tide-mark at base of spine (noticeable only on verso); Very Good+. Some of Thompson's finest political reportage, which includes his coverage and analysis of the 1972 presidential campaign, with a heavy focus on the Democratic Party's primaries. The book was largely derived from a series of articles written for Rolling Stone, heavily illustrated throughout with photographs and a series of drawings in Ralph Steadman's signatures style.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.