$4,095
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Auction: February 2, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
New York: Random House, (1971). Rare Publisher's Uncorrected Page Proof. 8vo. (viii), 206 pp. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Original illustrated blue stiff wrappers, MS. notations on front wrapper: "Fiction, $5.95, Pub 6/72"; all edges trimmed, "Thompson" in manuscript red ink along bottom edge.
Together with:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
New York: Random House, (1971). First edition. 8vo. (x), 206 pp. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Original black cloth over grey paper-covered boards, stamped in blind and in silver; all edges trimmed; in original Ralph Steadman-designed unclipped dust-jacket, light wear along top edge.
Provenance
From the private collection of Asher D. Atchick, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania