Hells Angels Strange Terrible by Thompson Hunter, First Edition (28 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very good. 1st ed. 273 p. 21 cm. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1967. Box number: GR0056.First Ballantine Books trade edition: August 1996 ; 1st printing.

Hardbound. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Modern Edition. 8vo. First edition thus. First Modern Library edition of the author's classic first book, and the second book by Dr. Thompson to be issued by the Modern Library. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was the author's first ML title. Unread copy in a photo illustrated dust jacket. The story of how and why Hunter ran with the Hell's Angels and got stomped in the process. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Condition: Near Very Good. Second Printing. Second printing. Original cloth, spine and top edge sunned. No writing, no bookplates, a few minor stains here and there, else near very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with red and silver lettering on spine. Silver illustration of a man on a motorcycle stamped on the front cover. Light fading on bottom edge of front cover. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1966, 1967. Stated Third Printing. 278 pages. Previous owner's name signed inside the front cover. The front endpapers have a square of toning where it looks like another piece of paper must have been tucked inside. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Pages clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. First edition thus. First Modern Library edition of the author's classic first book, and the second book by Dr. Thompson to be issued by the Modern Library. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was the author's first ML title. Unread copy in a photo illustrated dust jacket. The story of how and why Hunter ran with the Hell's Angels and got stomped in the process. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. **RARE 1999 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET** Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson. First Printing of the 1999 Modern Library edition with full number line on the copyright page. The book is bound in grey cloth type 17 binding with torchbearer end papers and a great photographic dust jacket. Book is NEAR FINE with binding solid and tight with slight shelf wear, gilt bright and nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS!! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE. It is very bright and clean with slight wear at the extremities with an amazing graphic on the cover. $18.95 price present and perfect on inside flap. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. RARE TO FIND THIS FIRST EDITION WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.

Hard. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. (first edition). Front and rear boards clean, head/foot of spine and corners slightly bumped, binding sprung but pp secure, pp clean, ink mark to head of closed text block, reading edge of closed text block uncut. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Modern Library Edition/First Printing. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine book in a nearly fine unclipped dust jacket. The jacket has some light indentations to the front panel. With a new introduction by Douglas Brinkley. Signed by Douglas Brinkley at his introduction. The book is not signed by Thompson. Brinkley, an historian and personal friend is also Thompson's literary executor. This is the second of two Thompson books published by The Modern Library within his lifetime. This book, Thompson's first, was originally published by Random House in 1967. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Second Impression. VG+/VG. This is the same format and pubication date as the first edition, in the original black cloth with red spine title and silver motorcyclist design on front cover with second printing on colophon page. The endpapers show slight foxing and the front paste-down endpaper has a bookplate. Deckled fore edges show light tanning/foxing. DJ has $4.95 with 1/67 at the bottom of front flap. Edges of jacket show light wear with small chips at the two bottom corners, bottom and top spine ( with tape on inside of top spine).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Gonzo-journalist's first book. His year as a "friend" of the outlaw biker gang ended when he was almost beaten to death. First Edition copy (stated First Printing). Black cloth with red and silver lettering/decoration, still very bright. This copy has a faint stain on the fore-edge; previous owner name on FFEP. Unclipped DJ has several small chips: spine, upper edge of front panel, upper edge of rear flap; slight creases on the flaps. Still, a presentable representative of this iconographic work. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black boards with silver and red spine lettering and the silver motorcycle on the front bottom right corner. Previous owner bookplate neatly on the front endpaper. Black topstain with minimum fading. The DJ is unclipped at $4.95. Edgewear around the extremities of the DJ edges with a closed tear to the rear corner. Presents nicely in mylar. NOT a book club edition! Few seen of this stated 4th printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing stated. Binding tight and square, virtually no shelf wear. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, very light rubbing at the corners, very shallow crinkling at the spine ends, no chipping or creases.

Hardcover; First Printing. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. First edition, small stain on bottom edge, and protected DJ has a little edgewear and one closed tear. Author's first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Staining on the boards and the edges of the first dozen or so leaves, thus a poor copy in good price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed and writ large by former Hells Angels president Sonny Barger: "To Caroline[?] with love 'Sonny' Barger." The author's first book, perhaps the inaugural effort of the new participatory journalism. A crummy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Random House, New York. 1967. 278 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tears present to the front panel along the front flap, small chip present to the crown of the DJ spine). Previous owner's stamp present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. "California, Labor Day weekend . . . Early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again. " Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, "For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson's book is a thoughtful piece of work. " As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell's Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend. E-170; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First edition. Hardcover in dustjacket. Black cloth-covered boards, red and gilt spine lettering (bright), gilt front board decoration (bright), 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 278 pp. Ex-library, with the following markings: "Brothers' Library / Marist High School" ink stamp on front pastedown, title page and bottom edge of book block; thin tape marks, front and rear boards; no card pocket. Else very good plus - near fine (mild bump, top edge of rear board; binding tight and pages otherwise clean). Dustcover very good (moderate edgewear, with a few tiny chips; two closed tears, 3/4 and 5/8 inches, top of spine at front and rear folds; clean and quite attractive, with no sunning of spine). A very nice copy from the "Brothers' Library"! (3214045).

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. 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.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Thompson's now legendary first book in which he spent a year living with the Hell's Angels, a relationship that ended badly. A clean and tight near fine copy in black cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the front panel, some small creases to the front flap and some other very minute wear. A very nice copy of this classic.

First British edition and first printing. Hardcover. 281 pages. Thompson's classic first book in which he spent a year living with the Hell's Angels, a relationship that ended badly. A very good plus copy in two tone cloth boards with some slight bumping to the bottom right corners and spine ends and a vintage bookstore sticker to the front pastedown and in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Still, a nice copy of this version which is much less common than the U.S. edition.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. [viii], 279 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver and red stamping, black topstain. Fine, pages toned with age, in a Fine dust jacket with no fading but light tanning to flaps. An excellent copy of HST's first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a Fine, crisp unread copy in a Near Fine, bright dust jacket with a tiny closed edge tear to the bottom of the front panel and a touch of wear to the head of the spine. Otherwise a brilliant copy of Thompson's first book. The boards are perfectly square, the stamping on the spine spectacular and the black top stain is perfect. Catalog Scotch.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Del Gaudio, Joseph (Jacket Design) (illustrator). First Edition. Stated First Printing at copyright page. Rare near fine true first edition in first state wrapper. Black full cloth boards, silver stylized rider on motorcycle at cover, red and silver spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine; no writing. Some toning at endpapers from 1970 topical news-clipping on the club. Black top-stain, fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Original first edition jacket, moderate edge wear, crease, rub; unclipped 4.95, protected in new, clear sleeve. Code 1/67 at front flap. Very attractive. Classic jacket design by Joseph Del Gaudio w/orange and red titles over front b&w cover shot of hulking Angel in biker vest with insignia, and reddish-orange tinted portrait at back of an ensconced Hunter in shades. Near fine first printing in same wrapper. Preserved and presented in custom slip-case inpired by wrapper photo. Very attractive. Includes rare ephemeral single column newsclipping from June 25, 1970. Divided in two parts, each apprx. 2' in length and entitled: "DIFFERENT MOLD. Hell's Angels --- Homes, Wives, and Paychecks by Jim Stingley, Times Staff Writer." Lengthy original piece from the Los Angeles Times is neatly folded as found and placed in clear protective sleeve. Also, set in as bookmark or other from prior owner, is a gold matchbook cover with the insignia of the Jonathan Club of Los Angeles; an exclusive social organization founded in 1895 and in existence to this very day. Rare near fine first printing complete in custom case with related ephemeral LA Times News Clipping, etc. Thompson's first book is an electrifying tale of the infamous biker gangs in 1960's California. Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels -- Hells Angels, that is. He lives with them, he knows them and their machines, he speaks their language, and he reports back to the world with all the fearsome force of a souped-up cyclone burning rubber. Widely lauded for its up-close and uncompromising look at the Hells Angels motorcycle club during a time when the gang was highly feared and accused of numerous criminal activities. The New York Times described Thompson's portrayal as "a world most of us would never dare encounter." Thompson made his mark with this coverage for The Nation and in turn developed his 'gonzo journalism'. Hell's Angels is a wild adventure that reads like a novel. Printed in the USA. Rare investment. 278 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A beautiful copy of Hunter S. Thompson s first book, documenting in his inimitable style his time spent with the notorious motorcycle gang the Hell s Angels. First edition, first printing, in Fine (in fact, near-pristine) condition. Published by Random House in 1967.

New York: Random House, 1967. 8vo., original black cloth, embossed in silver with an image of a man riding a motorcycle to upper board; backstrip lettered in red and silver with publisher's device to foot; with dust wrapper featuring the image of a biker to the upper panel; upper edge black, outer edge untrimmed; pp. [xi], 4-278, [ii]; small dent to upper board; a little bruised to spine ends; a near-fine copy, otherwise, in the very good jacket which is creased to edges, some minor tearing to foot now expertly repaired, and the colour restored. First edition of this book concerning the notorious motorcycle gang on their tours around California. Thompson's first published book which launched Thompson's career as a writer. Though he had by then published numerous articles for various journals and newspapers and was recognized as a journalist, the book was his first true exposure to a national audience. Reviews of the work were generally very positive and despite a poor performance on the publicity tour by Thompson, who was by his own admission drunk or exhausted for nearly every interview, the book sold relatively well.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hunter S. Thompson on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver and red stamping, black topstain. Near Fine with small stain at top edge of preliminaries, slight toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight waviness, pen price on front flap and light scratching to rear panel. A sharp copy of the author's first book.

New York: Random House. 1967. 8vo. Original black cloth, embossed in silver with an image of a man riding a motorcycle to upper board; backstrip lettered in red and silver with publisher's device to foot; with dust wrapper featuring the image of a biker to the upper panel; upper edge black, outer edge untrimmed; pp. [xi], 4-278, [2]; a little bruised to spine ends; a near-fine copy, otherwise, in the very good jacket which is creased to top edge. First edition of this classic work concerning the notorious motorcycle gang on their tours around California. After a year tracing and personally participating in the movements of the notorious motorcycle gang on their tours of California, this masterpiece in underground reportage was Thompson's first published book and launched Thompson's career as a writer. Though he had by then published numerous articles for various journals and newspapers and was recognized as a journalist, the book was his first true exposure to a national audience. Reviews of the work were generally very positive and despite a poor performance on the publicity tour by Thompson, who was by his own admission drunk or exhausted for nearly every interview, the book sold relatively well. His account of an infamously riotous and dangerous way of life vividly captures a siginficant moment in American history when the biker lifestyle first found its definition; a significant moment in American history where similar countercultural movements were both simultaneously enthralling and unnerving society. [sold with:] ROBERTS, Beverley V. Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960's Oblong 8vo. Black, Grey and Red front wrapper designed by Tom Roberts; black and white photograph depicting Jim "Flash 1&er" Miteff on rear wrapper; pp. [4], 5-158; First edition, signed and dated by the author, of this cult classic collection of photographs capturing biker culture in late-1960s America. Using a Speed Graphics press camera, biker Jim âFlashâ Miteff took several hundred photographs of the Outlaws 1%er Motorcycle Club, Detroit Chapter, during his membership from 1965 to 1969. These candid and unscripted images remained in storage for forty years until Miteffâs daughter, Beverly V. Roberts, selected over seventy photographs to create this book. [and with:] Hell's Angels Raffle for Dirty Dick's Chopper Single sheet (215 x 132 mm), printed on one side in red and black; lower right corner with minimal creasing; one tiny tear in top right corner (neither affecting the image). Printed advertisement, exceedingly rare, for the raffle of Dirty Dick's 1959 Harley, organised by San Francisco Hells Angels. OCLC locates a single other copy and notes that this was the first publication by the Free Print Shop, started by a co-founder of the Sutter Street Commune and several members of the San Francisco Diggers.