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Hell's Angels; A Strange and Terrible Saga
by Thompson, Hunter S
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. The first edition, first printing of Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs by Hunter S. Thompson.. Octavo, 278pp, [1]. Black cloth, title and illustration in silver on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Black top stain, partly faded. Bumped lower corner of front panel. Previous ownership inscription on front endpaper. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $4.95 on front flap, "1/67" date code, light shelf wear, touch of sunning to spine, a very good example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14211
- Title
- Hell's Angels; A Strange and Terrible Saga
- Author
- Thompson, Hunter S
- Illustrator
- The first edition, first printing of Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs by Hunter S. Th
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Gonzo journalism, raoul duke, signed book Hunter Thompson, fear loathing hunter Thompson, gonzo first edition, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Curse of Lono, Hell's Angels Thompson
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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- First State
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- Copyright page
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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