68 1511 Thompson H S 68/1511 Thompson, H.S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. New York, Random House, 1971, 1st ed., (10),206p., ills., orig. clothbacked boards w. blindst. dec. and dustwr. by RALPH STEADMAN. - With extensive ms. dedication on first free endpaper: "Prescribed for: Worries, Blues, Problems, Prolonged business deals, Excesses of Sobriety and/or Responsible Behavior. Dosage: One chapter per day or as required. Dik". Dustwr. price-clipped. Fine copy. ADDED: Steadman, R. TYPESCRIPT LETTER SIGNED ("Ralph" and sm. drawing of a head in black ballpoint)) to "Dear Grahame", dated "11 Jan 89", the artist's address stamp and the (stamped?) image of a winged figure in upper blank margin. = Sending his latest book, offering suggestions for accomodations to stay and telling about the libretto for an operetta he wrote. "(...) Two very good places to consider, if there is any choice in the matter, would be Rye or Canterbury. Rye, particularly, is a marvellous place with many elevations which create good creative atmosphere. (...) Since the new year I have written an operetta concerning the whole of time and the last ten years of the millenium fast approaching. It is called The Plague and the Moonflower and I am rather pleased with it. (...) I will be avoiding books for the time being and just working without any particular direction. I[t] gives me a better feeling and the state of publishing is appalling (...)."
68 1511 Thompson H S 68/1511 Thompson, H.S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. New York, Random House, 1971, 1st ed., (10),206p., ills., orig. clothbacked boards w. blindst. dec. and dustwr. by RALPH STEADMAN. - With extensive ms. dedication on first free endpaper: "Prescribed for: Worries, Blues, Problems, Prolonged business deals, Excesses of Sobriety and/or Responsible Behavior. Dosage: One chapter per day or as required. Dik". Dustwr. price-clipped. Fine copy. ADDED: Steadman, R. TYPESCRIPT LETTER SIGNED ("Ralph" and sm. drawing of a head in black ballpoint)) to "Dear Grahame", dated "11 Jan 89", the artist's address stamp and the (stamped?) image of a winged figure in upper blank margin. = Sending his latest book, offering suggestions for accomodations to stay and telling about the libretto for an operetta he wrote. "(...) Two very good places to consider, if there is any choice in the matter, would be Rye or Canterbury. Rye, particularly, is a marvellous place with many elevations which create good creative atmosphere. (...) Since the new year I have written an operetta concerning the whole of time and the last ten years of the millenium fast approaching. It is called The Plague and the Moonflower and I am rather pleased with it. (...) I will be avoiding books for the time being and just working without any particular direction. I[t] gives me a better feeling and the state of publishing is appalling (...)."
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