This is an interesting one for any collector of Hunter’s work. I got an email last week from a visitor to the site saying he had a Hell’s Angels book and wanted some information. His description sounded different to any HST book. I had suspicions that it could be a pirate copy so I asked him for some pictures of the book and discovered that he had indeed a Taiwan pirate copy of Hunter’s Hell’s Angels, 1st edition hard cover. The dust jacket looks the same as the real deal , and the copyright page is the same; stating “First Printing” but the similarities end there. Firstly the book is a bit smaller than the original, the pages are very thin with bad quality paper you could almost see through the pages. On the rear leaf there is something written/typed in what I assume to be Taiwanese or Mandarin. There is no motorcycle on the front of the book.
This is a scarce book and not the only pirate copy of Hunter’s books. The other is “The Great Shark Hunt” of Asian origin with similar differences, such as size, quality and Asian text but on the glossary page on this one.
Here are some pictures of this Hell’s Angels gem.. Many thanks to the fellow for the pictures of this (he knows who he is.) He picked it up in a flea market by the way, so you never know what yer going to find. There is one for sale here if anyone is interested, not a bad price at $250.
Wow, that would be a nice edition to any collection.