New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1968). First edition, 1st printing, Signed. 8vo. 413 pp. Original white cloth boards, stamped in rainbow colors, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Light wear to edges - particular to spine ends and corners. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light curling to spine ends, faint toning to panel edges, small scratch the front panel fore edge. Light page toning and some light fade to top-stain, nicks to page edges. Interior is clean and unmarked. Boldly signed by the author to the front free endpaper.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“The book is an example of the New Journalism literary style. By 1970, this style had become established as Gonzo Journalism, a term coined in 1970 for the work of Hunter S. Thompson, although Wolfe was already a pioneer in the field. The book presents a firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and a group of psychedelic enthusiasts, known as the Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the United States in a colorfully-painted school bus they called Furthur. Kesey and the Pranksters became famous for their use of psychedelic drugs (such as LSD) to achieve expansion of their consciousness. The book chronicles the Acid Tests (parties with LSD-laced Kool-Aid) and encounters with notable figures of the time (Hells Angels, Grateful Dead, Allen Ginsberg), and describes Kesey's exile to Mexico and his arrests.”