THOMPSON, Hunter Stockton (1937-2005). Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. New York: Random House, 1967.

8vo. 8vo. Original black cloth pictorially stamped in silver foil with black top stain; unclipped dust jacket (sunning to spine, very light rubbing).

FIRST EDITION IN FIRST STATE DUST JACKET displaying $4.95 price and 1/67 at lower corner of front flap. Following the 1965 publication of an article Hunter S. Thompson wrote for The Nation about motorcycle gangs, Thompson spent a year riding and living with members of the Hell's Angels in preparation of a book-length study. The finished product would mark Thompson's first exposure to a national audience.