Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hunter S. Thompson. The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time. Summit Books, 1979.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, fifth printing, inscribed by Thompson in gold marker to the flyleaf and dated on the front pastedown "To Fadi / How'd you do it? Thanks in advance. Sangre por Sangre." A fantastic inscription on Thompson's noted collection of essays from 1956 to the end of the 1970s, the first of what would become four volumes in The Gonzo Papers series. New York: Summit Books, 1979. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards, spine lettered in gilt; pp. 602. A near fine copy in an about very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square with minimal wear to boards. Erasure marking to flyleaf corner, else internally clean. Jacket shows shelfwear and rubbing with a couple closed tears.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Thompson, Hunter S.. The Great Shark Hunt. Summit Books, New York, 1979.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Hunter S. Thompson on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black paper covered boards over black cloth spine decorated in white. Very Good with abrasion to rear cover, and blue ink stain to top edge of rear pages, intruding on text. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, general wear and faint tide marks. Volume I of the Gonzo Papers, signed by HST.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$2900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Advance uncorrected proof. DECORATED, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Ralph Steadman on the title page in black ink. Steadman has drawn a full-page caricature of Hunter Thompson, with a cigarette holder hanging out of his mouth. Curving over Thompson's head, Steadman has written: "On behalf of the Good Doctor". Signed by Steadman, dated 9-10-95. Blue wraps, 9 x 5 3/4 inches, 601 pp. Very good plus (moderate sunning, spine; small, inconspicuous crease, front cover, fore-edge). ISBN 0671400460 (3214004)
Seller: Boojum and Snark Books, Kanab, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$3900.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. DOUBLE SIGNED. SIGNED by Thompson ("HST") in black ink on the recto of the front free endpaper, below the Summit Books logo. SIGNED by Ralph Steadman in black ink on the verso of this page, dated 3 May 95. Below his signature, Steadman has written "Lawrence Kansas / Room 304 / Eldridge Hotel". Steadman signed this when he was in Kansas visiting William S. Burroughs. Black paper-covered boards, black cloth-covered spine, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 602 pp. Book VG+ (mild edgewear; mild soiling, edges of book block). Dustcover VG (mild sunning; mild edgewear; small, faint, inconspicuous damp stain, bottom edge near spine). Defects described in detail. A very attractive copy, quite scare double-signed. ISBN 0671400460 (3214005)
Seller: Boojum and Snark Books, Kanab, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An extensive collection of HST's gonzo journalism, collected from Rolling Stone magazine, the National Observer, the New York Times Magazine, and other publications. 602 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Some foxing to the edges of the page block; minor shelfwear to the jacket edges. This copy has a full-page inscription by Thompson, "To Tony-Happy Birthday & thanx for the whiskey.see you in Idaho Springs. Be careful, yr. friend H. S. Thompson. San Francisco, July 19, 84." The book is housed in an attractive black cloth clamshell box with a morocco spine label made by Dragonfly Bindery.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.