The Curse of Lono by Hunter S. Thompson

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Book has been read but Spine is tight and text unmarked. Corners not straight. includes interview with thompson fro m 1981 in magazine called Review.
Thompson and Steadman's images of Hawaii with illustrations in color by Steadman

Bantam, November 1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback . Fair. First printing; dampstained and a bit tender, but a decent, intact copy of a scarce Thompson title.

New York: Bantam Books, 1983. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9x7x0. Steadman, Ralph. Third printing. Faintly musty. 1983 Soft Cover. 158 pp. Color illustrations by Ralph Steadman throughout. The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, Curse features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay and feral artwork for which the Hunter S. Thompson/Ralph Steadman duo have become known and loved. This curious book, considered an oddity among Hunter's oeuvre, has been long out of print, prompting collectors to search high and low for an original copy.

Bantam. Good+ with no dust jacket; Pictorial cardstock cover with glued binding; . edges lightly rubbed; no bent corners, creases, underlining or . highlightling; top spine gutter repaired, one page corner bent; has . bookstore stamp on title page;. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 0553013874 . 160 pages .

Softcover. Book in Good condition, with pages clean and tight, light shelf wear on cover, cover of spine does have center crack that has been taped. First Printing.

Bantam Books, 1983. softcover. very good/no jacket. Front cover slightly scratched.

New York: Bantam Books, 1983. First printing (number line). Softcover. Very Good+. 10 x 7. Artwork by Ralph Steadman. 1G. Wonderful full-color illustrations by Steadman. A nice copy, a little bowed. Binding good with uncreased spine. Small abrasions to cover, with one small handling crease to back cover, but still shiny. Cover a little yellowed along fore-edge. Very little wear to extremities.

Toronto: Bantam Books, 1983. Third printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. Ralph Steadman. The format is approximately 7 inches by 10 inches. 158, [2] pages. Illustrated cover. Illustrations (some in color). Minor front cover weakness at spine (gently restrengthened with glue). Name of previous owner (John Schwab) in ink on half-title page. Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005) was a journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels, a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional magazine feature titled "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly, which established his counterculture credibility. It also set him on the path to establishing his own subgenre of New Journalism that he called "Gonzo", a journalistic style in which the… Read More

Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Bantam Books, 1983. Stated at copyright: A Bantam Book/November, 1983; number-line beginning w/6. Signed by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at half-title page: "H. S. T." with what appears to be some additional doodles, symbology, of possibly arrow pointing to heart around palms, etc. Includes original ticket and envelope for appearance on Friday, September 21, 1990 at Zellerbach Auditorium on the U. C. Berkeley campus. White pictorial wraps, some shelf, corner wear. Front, back wraps feature several Steadman illustrations of 'Lono's Marlin Mask'. Large 7" x 10" design. Pages good; moderate discoloration. Vintage inscription inside cover: "Merry Christmas '88, Dave". Bind fine. Profusely illustated in black and white and blazing color by Ralph Steadman. Near good signed example of this uniquely signed rarity. Hunter Thompson, the king of Gonzo returns in The Curse of LONO when a seemingly absurd assignment is… Read More