This is a RARE 1st Print of the 1st US hardback edition published by Random House in 1971
The correct 1st printing with the classic Random House numberline that goes from 9-2, omitting the 1, with the words ‘First Edition’ underneath.
A Near Fine book free of inscriptions and bookplates.
Some minor handling wear to edges with a little pushing to cloth spine tips.
Iconic Ralph Steadman illustration of the author trapsing somewhere smoking a cig, in a pith helmet, carrying a dripping holdall stuffed with goodies, blindstamped to upper board.
In the bright unfaded and crisp original 1st issue unclipped wrapper with the price of $5.95 to front flap and date code 6/72 to rear flap.
Vertical crease to upper cover, possibly from the jacket being misaligned earlier in its life.
Some minor wear to edges with few other signs of wear.
A fairly sharp example rarely found in a bright unfaded jacket.
Wonderfully illustrated by Ralph Steadman, along with a multitude of other zany illustrations littered throughout the book.
Now in removable Mylar.
The Blurb
'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive …”’
Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators, police officers and assorted Middle Americans.
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