"WEIRD FLOTSAM ON THE RISING TIDE, GIANT BOPPERS, WILD ONES, MOTORCYCLE OUTLAWS"

THOMPSON, Hunter S. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. New York: Random House, (1967). Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $1400.

First edition, first printing, of Hunter S. Thompson's first book, an electrifying tale of the infamous biker gangs of California.

Thompson "made his mark in the mid-1960s with an assignment for The Nation, covering a Hell's Angel motorcycle group, later published as Hell's Angels, in which he developed what he calls 'gonzo journalism'" (Stringer, 666). "First Printing" stated on copyright page. First printing dust jacket with front flap containing price of "$4.95," code "1/67" at lower edge.

Book near-fine, with few faint stains to interior, cloth fine. Dust jacket extremely good, with a bit of wear to extremities and two tape repairs to verso.