Fear and Loathing Letters
by Hunter S. Thompson
Old English Bindery was commisioned to produce a boxed set of Volumes 1 & 2 of the Fear and Loathing Letters 1955 – 1976, both books signed in full by Hunter S. Thompson and housed in a custom leather slipcase with chemises.
Two Editions available:
BLACK EDITION. 1/50 numbered sets housed in a custom black leather slipcase with chemises, both volumes signed by Hunter S. Thompson.
RED EDITION. 1/15 numbered sets housed in a custom red leather slipcase with chemises, both volumes signed by Hunter S. Thompson and “further enhanced” by Dr. Thompson.
THE BOOKS: Each set has Volumes 1 & 2 of the LETTERS as follows:
THE PROUD HIGHWAY. The Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume 1. The Saga Of A Desperate Southern Gentleman. New York: Villard. 1997. First Edition. 683pp with index. Marks the first time the private and most intimate correspondence of America’s most influential journalist is being made public. Begins with a high school essay written in 1955 – and takes us through 1967, when the publication of Hell’s Angels made the author an international celebrity. Letters to his mother, Virginia, to Charles Kuralt, Phillip Graham, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon Johnson, Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, Sonny Barger, Terry the Tramp, Kay Boyle, Lionel Olay, William Faulkner, Ken Kesey, William Styron, and the NRA, to name but a very few. Fine Copy in dust jacket.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN AMERICA. The Gonzo Letters Volume 2. The Brutal Odyssey Of An Outlaw Journalist. New York: Simon and Schuster. 2000. First Edition. 756pp. The second volume of the letters to the creator of Gonzo Journalism, and one of the greatest literary icons of our time – and the only man alive to have ridden with both the Hell’s Angels and Richard Nixon. Spanning the years 1968 – 1976, which shows Dr. Thompson building his legend: running for Sheriff of Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. Letters to the author’s friends, enemies, editors, creditors, and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, Kurt Vonnegut, Oscar Acosta, Eugene McCarthy, his son Juan, Sue Grafton, Jann Wenner, Ralph Steadman, George McGovern, Anthony Burgess, Mike Moore, and William J. Kennedy, to name just a very few. Fine copy in dust jacket.
