It wasn't a big ticket or anything. It was a stand outside. You got to look through a pile of old issues and pick one for him to sign if you subscribed for a year.

billytheked

plebpoet

He was signing copies for new subscribers outside the big NYC book fair in the late 1990s.

As for HST, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail and in Las Vegas were on repeat read for years.

the_stacker_muse

Paris Review - The Art of Journalism No. 1, Hunter S. Thompson

One of my prized possessions:
#18 signed by George Plimpton:

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He was signing copies for new subscribers outside the big NYC book fair in the late 1990s.

As for HST, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail and in Las Vegas were on repeat read for years.