(San Francisco), (Straight Arrow), (1972). The uncorrected proof copy of the first book by the iconoclastic Chicano lawyer who was characterized so vividly in Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A legendary and elusive figure who later disappeared, Acosta remains a quintessential character of the Sixties -- a gonzo lawyer plying his trade out on the edge of political unrest, social turmoil, and the personal weirdness induced by overindulgence in drugs of all types, psychedelics in particular. Tall wrappers; a few spots on the front cover and some pencil erasures there; about near fine. Straight Arrow proofs are extremely scarce: Straight Arrow Press was the publishing arm of Rolling Stone magazine, which at the time was still a small, cash-strapped counterculture publication. We've only seen a small handful of Straight Arrow proofs over the years, and we have only handled one other copy of this proof, and seen a listing for one more. A significant book of its time, by a larger-than-life character who embodied many of the era's aspirations and excesses. [#029039] SOLD