Books

New York: Random House, 1971. First edition, first impression. Very good / good. Octavo. Black cloth and grey embossed boards. First edition, first impression. 206 pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman. Shelf wear on lower edge, sunning to top edge as often seen, a few instances of spot soiling in text and fore-edge, else very good; dust jacket toned at upper edge with some flaring to top and bottom, closed cut through upper edge of spine, a credo  written on the verso, else a good unclipped copy.  From the extensive collection of a San Francisco collector, started in the 1970s and held for over fifty years in their personal library. .

Ralph Steadman's iconic illustrations complement Hunter S. Thompson's infamous tale of bat country and the American Dream.