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First edition/second printing book is tight with no markings, page edges have some soiling, board edges have some bumping and rubbing, dj has minor rubbing and edges have curling/creasing.

Stated First Edition. Villard indicates first printings by stating First Edition with number line starting with "2". Light wear. Dust jacket is clipped. Dust jacket in mylar. MC.

NY: Villard. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. Stated First Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 0679406956 . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. The Fear and Loathing Letters Series. Vol. 1. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 683, (2) pp .

Size: 6x2x10; 1st edition 1st printing-minor staining to page edge-otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean-now in mylar cover-enjoy.

1st edition 1st printing-1 inch tear at top of dust jacket (now in mylar cover-otherwise a fine clean like new collectible-enjoy.

New York: Villard, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Villard Books, 1997. First Edition/First printing. Very Fine unread condition. Brodart protected. Ships in a box. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Villard, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Nearly 700 pages of letters that begin with a high school essay (written in 1955), that takes us through 1967 (after the publication of Hell's Angels). HST's missiles pierce pomposity and rattle the soul. Whether written to his mother, Virginia, or to such luminaries as Charles Kuralt, Philip Graham, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon Johnson, and Joan Baez, the letters represent the evolution of a true American original, a singular voice defying an era of banality.

New York: Villard, 1997. First edition. softcover. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers. Advance reading copy. Nearly 700 pages of letters that begin with a high school essay (written in 1955), that takes us through 1967 (after the publication of Hell's Angels). HST's missiles pierce pomposity and rattle the soul. Whether written to his mother, Virginia, or to such luminaries as Charles Kuralt, Philip Graham, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon Johnson, and Joan Baez, the letters represent the evolution of a true American original, a singular voice defying an era of banality.

New York:: Villard,, 1997.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.

New York:: Villard,, 1997.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Review Copy with review slip laid in. Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.

New York: Villard, 1997. First edition. softcover. A fine copy in tape bound printed wrappers. 4to. Tape bound advance copy of the manuscript. Nearly 700 pages of letters that begin with a high school essay (written in 1955), that takes us through 1967 (after the publication of Hell's Angels). HST's missiles pierce pomposity and rattle the soul. Whether written to his mother, Virginia, or to such luminaries as Charles Kuralt, Philip Graham, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon Johnson, and Joan Baez, the letters represent the evolution of a true American original, a singular voice defying an era of banality.

New York:: Villard,, 1997.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. A bookplate signed with Thompson's HST initials affixed to the half title page. Here is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.

Stated first edition at copyright page. Signed by Hunter Thompson on decorative bookplate adhered at half-title page: "HST". Very attractive. Dk. grey boards, black spine wrap, red metallic spine titles and cover initials, lt. shelf wear. Deckled pages fine, no writing. Deep red endpapers. Dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 29.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic vintage snapshots decorate wrapper of Hunter crouching roadside with pack, in the USAF at spine panel, and having fit of early psychosis at back panel. A collection of early letters and articles by the progenitor of "gonzo journalism." This volume covers the years 1955-1967 and offers a vivid portrait of Thompson at the start of his career. Presents a lively collection of HST's correspondence, beginning with a high school essay written in 1955 and continuing through 1967, when the publication of Hell's Angels made Thompson an international celebrity. Includes letters written to Charles Kuralt, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon B. Johnson, Joan Baez, and his mother, Virginia. Edited by Douglas Brinkley, with a foreword by William J. Kennedy. 685 pages. Insured post.

Stated first edition at copyright page. Signed by Hunter Thompson on decorative bookplate adhered at half-title page: "HST". Very attractive. Dk. grey boards, black spine wrap, red metallic spine titles and cover initials, lt. shelf wear. Deckled pages fine, no writing. Deep red endpapers. Dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 29.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic vintage snapshots decorate wrapper of Hunter crouching roadside with pack, in the USAF at spine panel, and having fit of early psychosis at back panel. A collection of early letters and articles by the progenitor of "gonzo journalism." This volume covers the years 1955-1967 and offers a vivid portrait of Thompson at the start of his career. Presents a lively collection of HST's correspondence, beginning with a high school essay written in 1955 and continuing through 1967, when the publication of Hell's Angels made Thompson an international celebrity. Includes letters written to Charles Kuralt, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon B. Johnson, Joan Baez, and his mother, Virginia. Edited by Douglas Brinkley, with a foreword by William J. Kennedy. 685 pages. Insured post.