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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Jane Colson's Copy of Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob & Ray

eBay seller rialtos offered a wonderful book last June, a doubly-signed copy of Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob & Ray and, as usual, he describes it so well I have nothing to add. This, my friends, is a blogger's paradise.

Bob & Ray
eBay listing ended June 10, 2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/205551230685?itmmeta=01K39JYESB9Y9VPXNQS8KRW8AX&hash=item2fdbcededd:g:TeMAAOSwHIVoSKbV&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fK1xv0KZjqPXVOp0qJOPrWk5BJl4V3F3nk0HwfglQi5aQGIbXvznxbGHI3zAcdgJY66YQnUZVGTn0hS1n0ymx

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

"Bad Craziness!" The Joke's Over Signed by Ralph Steadman

On August 27, I came across the best copy I've seen of The Joke's Over, illustrator Ralph Steadman's singular account of his tumultuous friendship with gonzo writer and collaborator Hunter S. Thompson. The book's half-title page has a hand-drawn, stylized caricature of Thompson, readily identified by his cigarette holder. In this instance, he has a red nose as well. The words "BAD CRAZINESS!" in all caps are emblazoned by Steadman across the top of the image.

The was listed on AbeBooks by Arches Bookhouse of Portland, Oregon, with a pricetag of $165.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it has since been sold.

Ralph Steadman
AbeBooks listing ended before September 24, 2025

https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Jokes-Over-Bruised-Memories-Gonzo-Hunter/32279183067/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&ref_=pe_aep_AEP_wants_buyer-wants&cm_ite=viewbook

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Ralph Steadman: Red Shark, the Limited Edition

There are only 100 copies of the limited edition of Red Shark (2003) and they're each signed by Ralph Steadman, Anna Steadman, Joe Petro III, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. It's twenty years now since publication and we can find copy no. 86 currently listed online by Booklegger's Fine Books.