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First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 683 pages. Edited by Douglas Brinkley. Foreword by William J. Kennedy. A literary milestone. Volume I of the most private and intimate correspondence of America's most influential journalist, the late Hunter S. Thompson. It begins with a high school essay written in 1955, and takes us through 1967, when Hells Angles was published. Some edgewear to the dj top flap and a bit on the top front cover. A touch of edgewear on the back dj top, otherwise a near fine, unread copy.

Full number line.

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.

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

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

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.

Stated First Edition plus complete Random House number line. Fine/Fine. Book and dust jacket are as new. Bright, square and tight. Book is unread. No internal names or inscriptions. Text-block edges are clean and compact. DJ is equally fine bright and fresh with the original price intact. A colklector's delight.

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.

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. A fine copy in tape bound printed wrappers

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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall