Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, (1973). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 506 pp. Original black boards boards, stamped in white, in original unclipped ($6.95) first-state dust-jacket, with the white border around the rear photo. Light edge, shelf and handling wear, rubbing to gloss. Small chipping and tears to tips, spine ends, edges. Jacket inexplicably adhered to panels. Trivial shelf rubbing to edges, curling to spine crown and foot. Panel edges rubbed. Interior clean and unmarked. Mild page toning, particular to top text block.

Dust Jacket: Good

Hardcover: Good

“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.”