First Edition, First Printing, Signed with a Full page original drawing of Hunter Thompson The Good Doctor Near fine book with a near fine dust jacket. Signed with a spectacular full page drawing by Ralph Steadman of Hunter Thompson as The Good Doctor.
Thompson was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement, a style of writing that blurs distinctions between fiction and nonfiction. The book is equally famous of the highly detailed crazed illustrations by Ralph Steadman. This stunning example has an extremely rare full page original drawing by Steadman. The book is in beautiful condition, internally appearing crisp and unread. The book has grey paper boards with black quarter cloth. With bright unfaded silver titles to the spine. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no book plates. The stunning, boldly signed Steadman art is rendered in red ink in the classic Steadman spot style, and located on the first blank page of the book. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No marks, No writing, No stains, No smudges, No bent pages and No foxing.Beautiful clean, crisp book internally appearing as unread. The original dust jacket is in near fine condition with very slight nicking to the spine tips and touch of creasing to the front inner flap.
Otherwise the jacket has strong vibrant colors with no edgewear, no rips, no chips, no tears, no rubbing, no fading and no foxing. The jacket is now protected in a new clear removable archival cover. A stunning one-of-a-kind example of this scarce title!The item "RALPH STEADMAN ORG SIGNED DRAWINGFEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGASHUNTER THOMPSON" is in sale since Tuesday, November 27, 2018. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "iwc_2004" and is located in New Canaan, Connecticut. This item can be shipped worldwide.