Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
New York: Random House, 1971.
First edition, first printing. [x], 206 pp. Bound in publisher's gray paper-covered boards stamped in blind over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with edge fading and small scattered stains to front endpapers and lower edge of textblock; spine cocked. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear and toning and tiny puncture near left edge of front panel. 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. Item #140948632
Price: $950