Including a chronicle of his first mescaline experience, a trailer-park confrontation and ending with an unnaturally poignant love story, Screwjack is an exhilarating collection of short stories. As Thompson puts it in his introduction, the three stories here 'build like Bolero to a faster & wilder climax that will drag the reader relentlessly up a hill, & then drop him off a cliff . . . That is the Desired Effect.' Amid all the hilarity, Hunter S. Thompson proves just how brilliant a prose stylist he really is. Screwjack ... Read More
Including a chronicle of his first mescaline experience, a trailer-park confrontation and ending with an unnaturally poignant love story, Screwjack is an exhilarating collection of short stories. As Thompson puts it in his introduction, the three stories here 'build like Bolero to a faster & wilder climax that will drag the reader relentlessly up a hill, & then drop him off a cliff . . . That is the Desired Effect.' Amid all the hilarity, Hunter S. Thompson proves just how brilliant a prose stylist he really is. Screwjack is salacious, unsettling, and brutally lyrical. 'Hunter Thompson elicits the same kind of admiration one would feel for a streaker at Queen Victoria's funeral' William F Buckley 'There are only two adjectives writers care about anymore, brilliant and outrageous, and Hunter S. Thompson has a freehold on both of them' Tom Wolfe Read Less
Add this copy of Screwjack to cart. $37.80, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Pan MacMillan.
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Add this copy of Screwjack to cart. $805.00, Sold by Peruse the Stacks, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gig harbor, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Neville Publishing.
Edition:
1991, Neville Publishing
Hardcover
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Edition:
First edition, limited to 326 copies, this #98
Publisher:
Neville Publishing
Published:
1991
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18885563413
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Signed, limited edition of this short work from Thompson, finely designed and printed by Patrick Reagh..
Add this copy of Screwjack to cart. $855.00, Sold by Peruse the Stacks, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gig harbor, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Neville Publishing.
Edition:
1991, Neville Publishing
Hardcover
Details:
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First edition, limited to 326 copies, this a presentation copy
Publisher:
Neville Publishing
Published:
1991
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18876227498
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Signed, limited edition of this short work from Thompson, finely designed and printed by Patrick Reagh. This a rare presentation copy for friends of the author and publisher.
Add this copy of Screwjack to cart. $900.00, very good condition, Sold by The Old Mill Bookshop, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Neville Publishing.
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Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and bird design stamped on recto. Near fine. Steadman, Ralph. First edition, No. 60 of 300 numbered edition printed by Patrick Reagh and signed by Hunter S. Thompson. 38 pp. 8vo.
Add this copy of Screwjack to cart. $1,000.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Neville.
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Fine. First edition. Tiny mark at top of the front board else fine in gilt stamped cloth as issued. Copy number 265 of 300 numbered copies (of a total edition of 326) Signed by the author.
Add this copy of Screwjack; Signed to cart. $2,622.95, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Simon & Schuster.
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Fine with no dust jacket. SIGNED lettered issue. Copy 'P' of 26 bound in brown rexine with gilt titles stamped on cover and spine. Fine, (38pp. ) Printed by Patrick Reagh on Mohawk Superfine with type Goudy Modern. Sold out at time of publication.; 6" x 8 3/4"; 38 pages.
Add this copy of Screwjack (Limited Edition Association Copy) to cart. $3,750.00, very good condition, Sold by Rural Hours rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from La Grande, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Neville.
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Near fine. An association copy, an author's copy of this limited edition inscribed in a silver marker on the colophon: "#13 Author's Copy for Russell Chatham, HST, Hunter." Also signed in a gold marker on first blank, where Thompson has added in silver "Owl Farm, 3-6-92." Owl Farm was Thompson's home near Aspen, Colorado. The recipient is painter Russell Chatham, who spent the majority of his career outside of Livingston, MT, and was a catalytic member of the literary "Montana Gang" that included Thomas McGuane, Richard Brautigan, and his good friend Jim Harrison, who used Chatham's paintings on the covers of most of his books. Hunter S. Thompson was a collector of Chatham's work. Chatham was extraordinarily successful during the height of his career (his largest paintings sold for $1 million to celebrities), and his paintings remain iconic images of the Montana landscape and perhaps the Interior West at large. See this great and wandering tribute from Rick Bass in Angler's Journal. Chatham was also a talented writer, best known for his iconic work The Angler's Coast, and he was the publisher of Clark City Press, which published more than three dozen books including some of his own as well as books by Jim Harrison, Rick Bass, and others. This limited was the first edition of Screwjack, 300 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, all signed. It consists of three short stories, quintessential Gonzo, two of which wouldn't become available in another form until the trade edition was published in 2000. A slender book of about 50 pages. Red cloth with gilt illustration on the cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Printed on Mowhawk Superfine paper. A slight slant to spine, otherwise fine. No dust jacket as issued. An excellent association.
