Washington, DC: Drug Enforcement Administration/U. S. Dept. of Justice, 1980. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Law enforcement guide on how to identify illegal drugs, profusely illustrated with color photographs of the various categories of drugs. Includes a glossary of slang terms, list of treatment centers, bibliography, etc. Very good... More
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1970. Softbound. First edition. Small ink stamp to front cover, else fine. More
n.p.: Pot Head Experimental Films,1967. Printed in day-glo orange, pink, and purple featuring an illustration of a shade-wearing hippie couple and a scantily-clad hippie gal. "UP-TIGHT SQUARES Join the HIPPIES and their HIP CHICKS they've scored for ACID, POT, & GRASS! THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT...IT'S A SEX FREAK OUT."..... More
Santa Fe: Bajada Pass Media, 1971. 4to. Softbound. First edition. An over-the-top, erotic photo-novel in magazine format with dialog balloons for the characters in the photos. Prints three stories about hippies involved in various sexual escapades including much nudity, drug references (especially marijuana), and countercultural themes. Minute tear to cover..... More
Germany: Nacht Schatten, [2003]. 16mo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First German edition of this collection of essays. Presentation copy inscribed by Hofmann to fellow author and psychedelic researcher, Ralph Metzner on the occasion of Ralph's visit to Hofmann's home shortly after the conference celebrating his 100th birthday: "Fur / Ralph..... More
LA: J. P. Tarcher, [1983]. Softbound. First American edition. The autobiography of the man who discovered LSD, including recollections of his time spent with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Gordon Wasson, and others. Fine (few minute specks of wear). More
[NY: Fuck You Press,1964]. 4to. "Attention poets, historians, flame brains, spaceouts, & madmen Herbert Huncke Reads! from his absolute work." This was a very early reading for Huncke preceding publication of his first book. Le Metro was an important, though short-lived, mid-sixties showcase for the N.Y.C. avant-garde. A 1964 reading..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, [1956]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. The sequel to Huxley's landmark work, The Doors of Perception. Here he compares psychedelics to other forms of visionary experience. Fine in slightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket with a barely perceptible stain to back panel. Among the most..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1955]. Prints a long (29-page) excerpt from Huxley's Heaven and Hell, the first appearance of this important text about Huxley's mescaline experiments. Precedes book publication by a year. A touch of sunning to edges, small, light stain, else near fine. More
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1982. 4to. Softbound. Later printing. The "Report of a Study by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine Division of Health Sciences Policy." Very slight toning to edges, else about fine and unread. More
London: Privately published, 1983. Gold-edged, stiff white card printed in black. In addition to celebrating Mick's birthday, guests were also invited to participate in the launch of "Jagger" by Carey Schofield. This is Steve Abrams' personal invitation with his name handwritten in the corner. A superb association since Abrams was..... More
[London]: Gen X Publishing/General Publishing Group, [1997]. Square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Interesting account of Hakman's adventures in the world of surfing and hashish smuggling. Top edge of pages slightly rippled from moisture, else near fine in like dust jacket with a minute puncture to spine... More
New York: n.p., 1960. Important early Beat anthology including contributions by Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Frank O'Hara, Ashbery, Orlovsky, photographs by Robert Frank, and more. Includes the complete text of Fitz Hugh Ludlow's The Hashish Eater, the first full-length work of American drug literature. Some toning (less than usual), paper still..... More
NY: Viking, 1973. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Kesey with a drawing: "For Lee: / For whom there is / Frolick! / Ken Kesey / May, 1976 (line drawing of stars and stripes)." Also inscribed by fellow Prankster Ken Babbs: "For Lee Mars and / slow..... More
Burlington, VT: Neo-American Church, 1975. Tabloid. The correct first edition of Klep's detailed, and very entertaining account of life at Leary's Millbrook enclave during its heyday. Features a large front cover map of the Millbrook estate. This precedes book publication by two years. Kleps, a former associate of Leary, founded..... More
Sacramento: The Runcible Spoon, 1968. Narrow 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Signed by the author. A long poem about hashish, written under the influence. Fine. More
NY: Simon & Schuster, [1987]. Softbound. Second printing. Inscribed "with best wishes Stanley Krippner." Fine. More
NY: Boo-Hooray, 2014. A bibliography of the Bardo Matrix publications, deluxe issue limited to 120 copies. Consists of the bibliography (a pamphlet), a small print showing Bardo publications, an invitation to the Bardo Matrix exhibition at the Grolier Club, and an original Bardo Matrix publication. In this copy the item..... More
NY: Macmillan, 1920. Hardbound, lacking the rare dust jacket. First edition. Frontispiece photograph of a Chinese opium packet. A critique of England's involvement in the opium trade. Owner's name, some spots of discoloration to the boards and endpapers, microscopic nick to top of spine, solid very good overall... More
[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
NY: Simon & Schuster, [1972]. Softbound. First edition. Illustrated with photographs and graphics. Small abrasion to corner of front cover, else very good. More
NY: Pix Incorporated, ca. 1967. The Psychedelicatessen was one of the very first head shops in the United States, following closely on the heels of San Francisco's The Psychedelic Shop in the Haight-Ashbury. Located in the East Village not far from Ed Sander's Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fillmore East, and..... 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. 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: Falcon Press, 1987. Softbound. Later printing. A revised edition of Exo-Psychology. Signed by Leary. Near fine. More
