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Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
Title: Hunter S. Thompson signed typescript letter, 1961
Place Published: Big Sur, CA
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Date Published: 1961
Description: Two page signed, typewritten letter on a single sheet of decorative Italian stationary. 20x14 cm (7¾x5¾“).Typewritten letter by Hunter S. Thompson letter signed “HST“ in blue ink at the close. Composed on 3 February 1961 from “Manor House“ in Big Sur, Thompson writes to his friend Paul Semonin, in part, “Dear Whoremonger: I have found a new elegance. But the money ran out on Friday & Maxine [Ambus] is beating the wolves away from the door....Tonight, however, I drink rum and write on gold leaf....all in all I cannot take my plight too seriously. Perhaps I have been singled out to give meaning to some long-lost concept...whatever it is my pendulum has swung toward the sun, and now I fear the inevitable plunge toward darkness. Maybe I will go off the cliff on the cycle -- instead of the Birmingham bit. Less impressive, but more personal.“ The “Birmingham bit“ refers to Thompson‘s suicide plan to drive off a cliff in a car filled with dynamite. He mentions plans to stay in Big Sur until the completion of The Rum Diary, and asks for news on various friends. A reflective and entertaining letter from Thompson, previously unpublished.

Center fold, general mild wear and toning; near fine.