Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Dream
New York: Random House, 1971.
First edition, first printing. [x], 206 pp. Bound in publisher's blindstamped gray paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with sunning to board edges and spotting to textblock edges, faint musty odor to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning and very light edgewear, small crease to rear flap,. An uncommonly nice copy with firm binding.
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.
Price: $1,350