[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Texts advocating the legalization of drugs by Lamantia and Artaud. Cover photographs by Wallace Berman of Lamantia injecting a syringe into his arm. One of Berman's earliest book covers (if not the first). A fine, fresh copy without the usual soiling and discoloration... More
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Shows the intertwined bodies of two fish-like mermaid creatures in white against a brown background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed and the publisher's staple holes to left edge... More
[Cambridge, MA: Privately published, 1963]. Pamphlet (single sheet folded to make four pages). Leary was the principal author of this statement that was published in Januray of 1963, just a few months before he was fired from Harvard when it became clear that he needed a non-university context for his... More
[SF: Last Gasp, 1995]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Leary. A graphic novel, illustrated by Robert Williams and others. Inscribed copies of the trade edition are scarcer than the signed limited of which there were 500 copies. Fine. More
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Signed by Leary. Small corner crease to cover, else near fine. More
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Inscribed by Leary to Helen Valdez, his first secretary who worked with him for 15 years: "To Helen, Thanx for your constant bubbling sense of humor. Love Tim Leary." A nice association since Valdez worked with Leary in Oakland at the Kaiser Foundation... More
LA: J. P. Tarcher, 1983. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Superb presentation copy inscribed as a birthday gift to longtime friend, Allen Ginsberg: "To Allen, a birthday present with love & gratitude Timothy Leary." On the same page as the inscription Ginsberg has written: "Allen Ginsberg skimmed thru w/notes... More
n.p.: Peace Press, 1979. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Boldly inscribed by Leary taking up the entire inside front cover. Very near fine and unread (acidic paper slightly toned at edges as usual). More
NY: The Village Gate, 1966. The card invites you to "Take a trip on LSD (equal parts Laughter, Song, Dance) in large doses as often as required." "Admission by prescription only." The card, designed to look like a prescription from the "Zafero Clinic," "must be presented at the door." For... More
n.p.: Forum for Contemporary History, 1973. Offprint from Forum for Contemporary History, one of a small number of copies for the author's use. The entire contents of the issue is devoted to this 4-page letter written by Leary from Folsom Prison, Represa, CA, dated July 2, 1973. An important essay... More
Berkeley: Psychological Consultation Service, 1956. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition of Leary's first solely-authored book (preceded only by a play he co-wrote in college in 1942). Written in conjuction with his first full-length book, Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality, but published before it, this book is the result of... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Review, 1963. Offprint from the The Harvard Review, Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 1963. First separate printing, one of a small number of copies for the author's use. "Make no mistake: the effect of consciousness-expanding drugs will be to transform our concepts of human nature, of human... More
n.p.:n.p., [1966]. 4to. 5-page mimeo stapled at the corner. Information paper authored primarily by Leary and distributed to the press at League headquarters in Greenwich Village in Oct. 1966 when this religion based on the use of LSD was formed (and the month when LSD was declared illegal). Includes much..... More
Berkeley: Psychological Consultation Services, ca. 1956. 4to. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. First edition. A form created by Leary for use in interpersonal diagnosis of personality. Reproduces one large Interpersonal Diagnostic Circle that Leary devised for measuring characteristics of personality (also prints eight smaller circles). One of... More
n.p.:n.p., [1963]. Offprint from the Dec. 1963 issue of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. First separate printing, one of a small number of copies for the author's use. Detailed early account of Leary's pioneering experiments with hallucinogenic mushrooms at Harvard. The first research where the drug was given..... More
NY: Multiples,1970. Single cardstock sheet printing 10 small b&w photos of a naked female torso, enclosed in a printed envelope. This humorous homage to Eadweard Muybridge's Human Locomotion studies was LeWitt's contribution to Multiples' "Artists and Photographs" portfolio of 1970, but is here offered separately. Fine (5 1/8" x 12 3/8"). Scarce. More
NY: Most Publications, 1958. "America's Finest Teen Magazine" this issue dedicated to Rick Nelson! Includes an extensive "Hipster's Dictionary" and a "Hipster's Crossword Puzzle," as well as articles on Rick Nelson, Sal Mineo, and other teen idols of the period. Fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1951]. This handmade announcement is for the production of "Four Plays" that were performed at the Beck's NYC apartment from August 15-20, 1951 (only 20 people were invited to each performance). The plays were: "Childish Jokes: or Crying Backstage" by Paul Goodman, "Ladies Voices" by Gertrude Stein, "He Who... More
NY: Robert Miller Gallery, 1983. The poster features a striking b&w photograph of Mapplethorpe wearing a long, black leather coat and holding a machine gun while looking directly into the camera. A nicely designed poster by John Cheim for an important early show. Folded as issued to be sent through..... More
Providence, RI: Model(?)Art Co., 1958. Beat-era marijuana spoof item: "Marri-Warner Tobacco Co. Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes A Blend of Selected Leaves and Processed Poppy." Also states: "The Smoke That Sends You" and "Fly High With Old Reefer." This brand "sold only to undiscriminating smokers" promises to give you "happy dream... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition, second issue jacket with Publisher's Weekly blurb on back panel. Signed by McCarthy on the half-title page. Winner of the National Book Award and the author's breakthrough book. As new. More
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Printed in red and blue on white stock with a reproduction of the "Love, Lion, Lioness" poster. Fine. More
SF: Spatsa Gallery, [1961]. In 1958 Dimitri Grachis opened the Spatsa Gallery in a converted two-car garage in the Marina district. The artists, Beats, and bohemians who had been part of the scene at the recently defunct 6 Gallery soon shifted their attention to the Spatsa making it the new... More
NY: Brunswick, [1959]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve with a photo of a mummy (a still from the film of the same name that inspired this record). In 1959 McKuen (who wrote the words and music) and McFadden had a novelty hit with the song The Mummy that includes some... More
n.p.: Privately published by the author, 1961. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's first book. Presentation copy inscribed to beat poet and publisher, Bill Margolis: "To Bill who swings so beautifully Taylor Mead." Mead was active in the NYC counterculture before appearing in several of Warhol's films and becoming one... More
