THOMPSON, Hunter S.

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Hell's Angels. A Strange and Terrible Saga. First edition, first printing, with the dust jacket priced $4.95 and dated 1/67 on the front flap. This was Thompson's first published book, praised for its close-up portrayal of a motorcycle gang that remains notorious. Thompson spent almost a year in the company of the Angels, integrating himself to the extent that "I was no longer sure whether I was doing research on the Hell's Angels or being slowly absorbed by them".Provenance: from the collection of Hilary Gerrard, Ringo Starr's business manager from the early 1970s and a director of Apple Corps Limited.

• Printing: first

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