San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, (1973). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 506 pp. Original black boards, stamped in white, in original unclipped ($6.95) first-state dust-jacket, with the white border around the rear photo. Jacket shows light wear, particular to tips, edges. Handling and rubbing shown, faint crease to bottom front panel edge. Book is tight, square and firm. Trace lean, light rubbing to panel edges and tips. Perhaps unread. Interior is clean and unmarked. Laid in are two 5"x7" glossy photos, which accompanied advance review copies of the book. One photo is a production of the rear jacket photo of Hunter S. Thompson and George McGovern, and the other is a graphic design of the hardcover in jacket.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“A self-described political junkie, Thompson fixes his sights early on McGovern as the candidate to whom he will attach himself. Dismissing 1968 Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey as a "hopeless old hack" and presumed nominee Senator Edmund Muskie, whose campaign Thompson says exudes a "stench of death", Thompson was vindicated in his choice of McGovern. The nomination of McGovern was not assured, however, as others in the Democratic Party attempted to recruit Ted Kennedy to run or focused on George Wallace's perceived ability to win the South.”