Hunter S. Thompson Books

Here is a bibliography with pictures of Hunter S. Thompson’s main body of work in chronological order. As the market for Hunter’s books can be very fickle I will only include the PRICES THAT I PAID FOR THEM. All the books you see here are mine unless otherwise stated. The US editions are on the left and the UK are on the right of the page. These are all 1st editions, there was subsequent editions and prints which are not in this list.

All of my signed books came from people who knew or had connections to Hunter S. Thompson. If anyone feels there is something left out here, feel free to let me know.

The anthologies where Hunter’s work appears in are in the Scanlans+Anthologies page herehttp://hstbooks.wordpress.com/scanlans/ and additional information is in the Buying Guide page herehttp://hstbooks.wordpress.com/buying-guide/

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Hell’s Angels [A Strange and Terrible Saga] US 1st Edition published by Random House in 1966. This one is a 2nd print and set me back $50. And Hell’s Angels 1st UK edition published by Allen Lane [London] 1967. Not mine!   For tips on what to watch for when buying Hell’s Angels go to this linkhttp://hstbooks.wordpress.com/buying-guide/

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [A savage journey to the Heart of the American Dream] 1st US edition published by Random House 1971. This one cost me $150

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Fear and Loathing Campaign Trail 72 1st US edition published by Straight Arrow Books 1973. This cost me $60. Fear and Loathing Campaign Trail 72 1st UK edition published by Allison & Busby. I have two of these, I found one and the other cost me $40.

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The Great Shark Hunt [Strange Tales from a Strange Time] Gonzo Papers Volume 1. 1st US edition Published by Summit Books in 1979. This cost me $40.

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The Curse of Lono 1st US edition published by Bantam Books (SoftCover) 1983, I am told this one was reprinted 14 times. I am told here was a UK soft cover edition published by Picador but I don’t have enough information to comment on the amount of printings. My 1st edition 1st print is signed and cost me $130.

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Generation of Swine [Tales of Shame and degradation in the 80s] Gonzo Papers Volume 2. Published by Summit Books 1988. 1st US Edition. This cost me $35

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Songs of the Doomed. [More Notes on the Death of the American Dream] Gonzo Papers volume 3. US 1st edition published by Summit Books 1990, and the UK 1st edition published by Picador 1991. The US edition cost me $35 and the UK edition cost me $30.

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Better Than Sex [Confessions of a Political Junkie] Gonzo Papers Volume 4. US edition Published by Random House in 1994 and UK edition published by Doubleday 1995. The US I have is signed and cost me $70 and the UK not signed cost me $20. The dust jackets look identical.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories. This is a Modern Library edition published in 1996. Modern Library is a division of Random House. My one cost me $35.

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The Proud Highway. Fear and Loathing Letters volume 1 1955-1967. Published by Villard [A division of Random House] in 1997. The UK edition published by Bloomsbury in 1997. I have several copies of this, the US edition cost me $35 and the UK edition $30.

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Mistah leary He Dead. Published in 1997 by  X-Ray Books. A Hand Sewn, hand printed chap-book. 300 copies I don’t have one of these.

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The Rum Diary. The US edition published by Simon & Schuster in 1998, the UK edition published by Bloomsbury 1998. The US edition cost me $40 and the UK edition cost me $35.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Movie tie-in Modern Library edition published 1998. Mine cost me $40. In it there is 3 extra stories, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas jacket copy, Strange Rumblings in Aztlan, and kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved.

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Hell’s Angels. A Modern Library edition published in 1999, with a new introduction by Douglas Brinkley. Mine cost me $25.

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Fear and Loathing in America. Fear and Loathing Letters volume 2 1968-1976. US edition published by Simon & Schuster in 2000 and the UK edition published by Bloomsbury in 2000. Again I have several of these which I paid an average price of $40 for the US edition and $45 for the UK edition.

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Screwjack and Other Stories. Published by Simon & Schuster in 2000. A 1st edition of this cost me $25. There is also a limited edition of 300 signed and numbered copies and 26 signed and lettered copies. The picture below is of the regular one.

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The Fear and Loathing Letters, Proud Highway and Fear Loathing in America Special edition boxed sets. Published in 2000 The publisher Ed Smith was kind enough to email me some information about these gems. He told me Richard Smart of Old English Bindery did most of the design work on the boxes and the chimises. They did a total of 65 sets, 15 of which were the “Red Sets” published in a red slipcase, and signed by Hunter. And 50 “Black Sets” published in a black slipcase, and signed by Hunter. I have the black set and it cost me $550.

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X-Ray Number 8 published by Johnny Brewton of the X-Ray Book Co in 2001. There was 126 published, 100 signed and numbered and 26 signed and lettered. This one has a few contributers including a broadside from Hunter S. Thompson.

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Kingdom Of Fear. The US edition was published by Simon & Schuster in 2003 and the UK edition was published by Allen Lane [A division of Penguin] in 2003. The US edition I have is signed and cost me $180 the UK edition is not signed and cost me $30.

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Hey Rube. The US edition was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004. My copy of this cost me $35.

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Fire in the Nuts. Published by Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman, Joe Petro III and Walt Bartholomew . A total of 176 copies were made. 26 lettered copies in a box with a Ralph Steadman print, and 150 numbered copies.

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The 3rd picture below is from http://www.lopezbooks.com/ as is this description. THOMPSON, Hunter S. and STEADMAN, Ralph. The Curse of Lono Memorial Package. A collection of items mostly assembled at Thompson’s 2005 Owl Farm/Woody Creek memorial blast-off. Includes The Curse of Lono [NY: Bantam (1983)], a book with text by Thompson and illustrations by Steadman, in which the pair are sent to cover the Honolulu marathon for Running magazine. This copy is signed by Steadman with a portrait of Thompson, dated 2006. Also includes an advance copy of The Curse of Lono, in the form of rivet-bound, photocopied 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheets, that is signed by Steadman and dated at the memorial, with the sentiment: “For the spirit that was in him and the beauty of his wisdom/ He fucked up my life!” Also signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a self-caricature and dated at the memorial. Together with a signed print by Steadman of Thompson; two printed napkins and a Gonzo fist & dagger sticker from the memorial; a March 5th memorial invitation (in Aspen); and an August 20th memorial invitation with a quote by Thompson about Woody Creek. All items fine and ingeniously housed in an intricate Curse of Lono-themed clamshell box. A touching tribute and perhaps the ultimate Thompson collectible.
In 2005 there was also a Taschen limited edition of 1000 copies released, it is a huge book in a orange slip-case. Also in 2005 there was a regular Taschen reprint. My 2005 reprint cost me $40 and my limited edition [number 279] cost me $450.

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Happy Birthday Jack Nicholson. Published by Penguin Books in 2005. A small thin book that was published to celebrate Penguin’s 70th anniversary. It contains excerpts from Kingdom Of Fear.

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Gonzo. A book of photographs with an introduction by Johnny Depp. Published by Ammo Books in 2006. Firstly published in a limited edition of 3000 [mine is number 2731] numbered in a box [a large book] and later published in a smaller version [but still quite big] My limited edition cost me $250 and the regular one cost me $30. Also there was a small amount of sample prints released.

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Taschen Curse of Lono 2007 reprint, this is identical to the 2005 reprint. Since the 2005 reprint is harder to get the best way to tell them apart is the ISBN numbers, so to keep it simple… The 2005 reprint ISBN number ends with the number 9, and the 2007 reprint ISBN ends with the number 5.

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