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HBDJ, 1971, STATED 1ST EDITION ,with "97532468" number line, Dj With Correct Publication Code 6/72 On Rear Flap VG/VG , Light Wear FOX creases DJ, FADE TO EXTREMITIES BLACK EMBOSSE BOARDS WITH BLACK CLOTH AT SPINE CVR4 & TITLED IN WHITE, 206 pgs, Tiny chips tears DJ Extremities, 8.25 x 5.75 in. DJ mylar-protected, This book includes a signed bookplate by Hunter S. Thompson which was acquired during his book-signing tour for The Rum Diary. Basis for the acclaimed 1998 Terry Gilliam film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. Bound in dark grey cloth; woven black cloth spine; silver lettering to spine in original Steadman illustrated dust jacket has small DJ Spine tear at Base ,Thompson's classic second & most lauded book, launching his unique brand of stoned & intoxicated yet inspired "Gonzo journalism". the savagely comic account of what happened to the country in the 1960's -- told through the narration of a strange, drug-crazed journey to Las Vegas. based on two…

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.

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