“We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold” are the opening words of Hunter S Thompson’s notorious and loosely autobiographical novel Fear and Loathing Las Vegas…
This limited edition silkscreen print reproduces the illustration of the characters of Raoul Duke and his attorney, Dr Gonzo, that Ralph Steadman made for the dust jacket of the 1971 first edition. One of 77 such prints, it sold for $9000 (£7030) in the Neville Pt III sale held by Sotheby’s New York.
The inscribed 1940 first of For Whom the Bell Tolls sold by Sotheby’s New York for $45,000 (£35,155).