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Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. New York: [1971]. First edition.

Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. New York: Random House, [1971]. First edition. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Octavo. [2, blank], [x], 206, [6, blank] pages. Publisher's black cloth backstrip over gray paper boards, front board decoratively stamped in blind, spine stamped in silver. Original dust jacket. Cloth spine a bit rubbed; board edges a bit sunned and rubbed; minor soiling to edges of text block. Dust jacket a bit toned and rubbed; some mild thumbsoiling to jacket. Overall, a fine copy. "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." (The first line of the book).