Illustrations by Ralph Steadman Signed (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by the illustrator, Ralph Steadman, to the beat poet, Chris Challis, to the free front endpaper. Scarce signed. Many critics have hailed Steadman's illustrations as another main character of the novel and companion to Thompson's disjointed narrative. The New York Times noted that "Steadman's drawings were stark and crazed and captured Thompson's sensibility, his notion that below the plastic American surface lurked something chaotic and violent. The drawings are the plastic torn away and the people seen as monsters." Soft covers. A clean copy with some light wear. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman, 2-page B/W Frontispiece,HBDJ, 1971, STATED 1ST EDITION ,with "97532468" number line, Dj With Correct Publication Code 6/72 On Rear Flap VG/VG , Light Wear FOX creases DJ, FADE TO EXTREMITIES BLACK EMBOSSE BOARDS WITH BLACK CLOTH AT SPINE CVR & TITLED IN WHITE, 206 pgs, Tiny chips tears DJ Extremities, 8.25 x 5.75 in. DJ mylar-protected, This book includes a signed bookplate by Hunter S. Thompson which was acquired during his book-signing tour for The Rum Diary. Basis for the acclaimed 1998 Terry Gilliam film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. Bound in dark grey cloth; woven black cloth spine; silver lettering to spine in original Steadman illustrated dust jacket has small DJ Spine tear at Base Thompson's classic second & most lauded book, launching his unique brand of stoned & intoxicated yet inspired "Gonzo journalism". the savagely comic account of what happened to the country in the 1960's -- told through the narration of a strange, drug-crazed journey to Las Vegas. based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson took with attorney and Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in March and April 1971. Thompson wrote that he concluded their March trip by spending some 36 hours alone in a hotel room "feverishly writing in my notebook" about his experiences. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…