Gonzo; the Art

Steadman, Ralph. Hunter S. Thompson (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 0151003874 / ISBN 13: 9780151003877

Published by Harcourt Brace, New York, 1998

About this Item

4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages; 1998 Harcourt Brace & Co. Oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound in orange heavy paper covered boards lettered in black to spine. Original pictorial dust jacket is neat and generally sharp-edged with publisher's $40.00 issue price intact to the unclipped front flap. Contents are clean and bright; no marks. Superficial shelf evidence to jacket extremities. Lavishly illustrated with color and b&w reproductions of Steadman's work for the Gozo witings of Hunter S Thompson. VG++/VG++ . Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expidited or international shipping.

Seller Inventory # 60631

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gonzo; the Art
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151003874
• ISBN 13: 9780151003877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Counter Culture and the 1960's
  • Art History :: Artist Monographs
  • Illustrated Books; Notable Illustrators

About this title

Synopsis

A three-decade retrospective of Ralph Steadman’s caustic, witty, outrageous art, including illustrations from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the other legendary collaborations with Hunter S. Thompson that spawned "gonzo journalism." Illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white, with an introduction by Hunter S. Thompson.

About the Author

RALPH STEADMAN has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. He is the author of The Grapes of Ralph (for which he won a Glenfiddich Food & Drink Award), Still Life with Bottle, The Book of Jones, and Gonzo: The Art.