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1967 Ballantine Books mass market paperback - original paperback edition - first printing stated - November 1967 - 2 inch and 1inch tear at back cover by spine - creases on back cover - minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contenst clean - a fun collectible - enjoy

No. U-7087. First Edition in paperback, preceded by the hardcover edition published by Random House. Owner name on the first leaf, else Fine in wrappers. Holroyd, p. 123.

**RARE 1999 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET** Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson. First Printing of the 1999 Modern Library edition with full number line on the copyright page. The book is bound in grey cloth type 17 binding with torchbearer end papers and a great photographic dust jacket. Book is NEAR FINE with binding solid and tight with slight shelf wear, gilt bright and nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS!! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE. It is very bright and clean with slight wear at the extremities with an amazing graphic on the cover. $18.95 price present and perfect on inside flap. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. RARE TO FIND THIS FIRST EDITION WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**

VG+/VG. This is the same format and pubication date as the first edition, in the original black cloth with red spine title and silver motorcyclist design on front cover with second printing on colophon page. The endpapers show slight foxing and the front paste-down endpaper has a bookplate. Deckled fore edges show light tanning/foxing. DJ has $4.95 with 1/67 at the bottom of front flap. Edges of jacket show light wear with small chips at the two bottom corners, bottom and top spine ( with tape on inside of top spine).

New York: Random House, 1967. The Gonzo-journalist's first book. His year as a "friend" of the outlaw biker gang ended when he was almost beaten to death. First Edition copy (stated First Printing). Black cloth with red and silver lettering/decoration, still very bright. This copy has a faint stain on the fore-edge; previous owner name on FFEP. Unclipped DJ has several small chips: spine, upper edge of front panel, upper edge of rear flap; slight creases on the flaps. Still, a presentable representative of this iconographic work. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Black boards with silver and red spine lettering and the silver motorcycle on the front bottom right corner. Previous owner bookplate neatly on the front endpaper. Black topstain with minimum fading. The DJ is unclipped at $4.95. Edgewear around the extremities of the DJ edges with a closed tear to the rear corner. Presents nicely in mylar. NOT a book club edition! Few seen of this stated 4th printing.

First edition, small stain on bottom edge, and protected DJ has a little edgewear and one closed tear. Author's first book.

Hardcover. 8vo. Random House, New York. 1967. 278 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tears present to the front panel along the front flap, small chip present to the crown of the DJ spine). Previous owner's stamp present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. "California, Labor Day weekend . . . Early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again. " Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, "For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson's book is a thoughtful piece of work. " As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell's Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend. E-170; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

First Edition. The author's first book, announcing his gonzo voice to the world. Fine and unread in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Owner name on the front endpaper.