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First edition, first printing of Thompson's iconic second book and a defining work of gonzo journalism. Illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman. New York: Random House, 1971. Publisher's blind-stamped grey paper boards over black cloth spine, lettered in silver; pp. (x), 206. A very good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, minor shelfwear to boards with the typical sunning to extremities, small rubbing mark to top edge of text block. Owner's address to flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows light general shelfwear and toning, crease to front flap, protected in archival mylar.

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.