Drugs
Official Internal Revenue Tax Stamp from 1920, for "Practitioner Dispensing Opium, etc.''
[Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, ca. 1920]. Small certificate nicely printed with ornamental border allowing doctors to dispense opiates, etc. Paper uniformly toned, else very near fine (3.5" x 6.25"). More
Marijuana: The Facts The Truth.
NY: Paul S. Eriksson, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Introduction by Peter Laqueur. An "exciting and clear-cut portrait of marijuana." Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. More
Opium: A World Menace.
Boston: Privately published, 1921. Pamphlet. First edition. Anti-drug tract from the then District Attorney of Suffolk County, MA. Discrete owner's name stamped to front cover, vertical center crease, couple of passages marked in the margin, very good. More
Richard Prince rolling papers.
LA: Privately published, 2016. A pack of rolling papers given to VIP attendees of the Richard Prince curated High Times show that took place at the Blum & Poe Gallery in LA, 2016. The pack is illustrated with a b&w drawing of a "hippie" by Prince with his facsimile signature..... More
Pot: A Handbook of Marijuana.
NY: Lancer, [1967]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A comprehensive look at the plant and its use. Fine in price-clipped, slightly used dust jacket with a couple of short tears. More
In Search of the Magic Mushroom.
London: Peter Owen, [1972]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition (preceding the American). The author travels through Mexico looking for (and experimenting with) hallucinogenic mushrooms. Illustrated with drawings. Discrete owner's name, else fine in dust jacket with a short tear to front panel and a couple of small stains..... More
Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero.
[Chicago]: Chicago Review Press, [2006]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Very fine. More
Fraternity of Shame.
[San Diego: Corinth/Leisure Books, 1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A classic of the genre featuring cover art by Robert Bonfils, arguably one of the best lurid exploitation covers of all time, rivaling (perhaps surpassing) his work on Narco Nympho. The design depicts naked female bodies writhing inside a...... More
Bumper sticker for the 1974 Michigan Marijuana Initiative with marijuana leaf logo.
n.p.:n.p., [1972]. "Re-Legalize Marijuana." Printed in green on white stock. Few faint spots of foxing to one end, else very good plus to near fine. More
LSD: The Problem-Solving Psychedelic.
NY: Award Books, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The astonishing benefits available through the proper use of LSD..." Preface by Humphry Osmond. Introduction by Duncan Blewett. Afterword by Stanley Krippner. Very good or better. More
Psychedelic Sex.
[San Diego: Publishers Export Company, n.d. ca. 1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration by Doug Weaver featuring two women disrobing while a hippy stud in jeans and knee-high fringed boots watches---all against a background of orange and yellow floating globules. In contrast, the back cover simply features..... More
The Menace of Narcotics.
[Brownsberg, IN: Biblical Evangelism, 1971]. Softbound. First edition of this Christian anti-drug tract. Owner's name, else fine. More
Hell's Angels: The Wild Breed, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1966.
Universal City: Seven Seventy Publishers, 1966. Counterculture exploitation magazine with an emphasis on the Hell's Angels featuring a "Hell's Angels Special Inside Report" with photos and a glossary of Hell's Angels slang. Also includes articles such as "Escapism with So-called Wonder Drugs" (LSD), "Sunset Strip Gone Crazy," plus the requisite..... More
The National Insider, September 3, 1967.
Chicago: The National Insider, 1967. Tabloid, folded as issued. Features the bold headline: "Tragic LSD Sex Orgy Raped by 18 Men!" Detailed outrageous story inside features another huge headline: "LSD Doped Girl Raped By 18 Boys!" Paper toned but still supple, very good. Sensational exploitation styled after The National Inquirer---..... More
Folding invitation/ticket order form for the 1917 bohemian Bal Primitif featuring a cover illustration by Clara Tice.
[NY]: Privately published, 1917. Narrow 4to. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Gold leaf-covered paper covers features an illustration by Tice of a naked Eve holding a fig leaf, with the words "Bal Primitif Oct. 12" on the fig leaf. Inside is printed the info for the event that..... More
Handbill announcing the Portland Spring Trips Festival.
n.p.: Privately published, 1967. Announces the participation of The Wailers, P.H. Phactor, Weeds, Red Coats, Courtmen, Tweedy Brothers, Impacts, et al. The Trips Festval event took place at the Portland Armory on May 14, 1967. Designed by "Air Sign Co." which was primarily Paul Bassett with occasional help from Gina..... More
Paraisos Artificiales: Confesiones de una Drogadicta.
Mexico: Populibros "La Prensa," [1972]. Second printing of this Paperback Original. Features one of the most sensational,beautifully designed, drug exploitation covers in existence. There are covers that show women and syringes, women using syringes, but in the subset of woman-in-a-syringe covers---this is the best. Features an illustration of a beautiful..... More
The Source.
[El Cerrito, CA: Dust Books, 1966]. Pamphlet. First edition. Includes some nice drug poems by this tough-guy, ex-Marine, ex-junkie who Bukowski modeled himself after. Near fine. More
They Eat Shit.
SF: Walter/McBean Gallery, 1993. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog to accompany Williams' show at the Walter/McBean Gallery of the San Francisco Art Institute. Designed by Sue Williams and Ursula Brookbank. Illustrated with outrageous, sometimes humorous drawings on sexual themes exploring the role of women in society. Not for the squeamish since..... More
Handbill announcing a 1986 lecture by Wilson at the Northwest Service Center in Portland.
n.p.:n.p., [1986]. Features a photo of Wilson and announces the subject of his lecture and workshop: "a new look at science and mysticism," with blurbs by Tom Robbins and Timothy Leary. Printed in black on light orange stock. Very fine. More
Original rice paper woodblock print of a humanoid creature with an opium pipe.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1976]. Depicts a strange creature holding an opium pipe floating in midair above three other figures. This print is one of an overrun made for use in Young's most important work, Opium Elementals that consists of woodblock prints devoted to opium smoking. Young was one of..... More
Original rice paper woodblock print of a skeleton strangling an opium smoker.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1976]. Depicts a skeleton holding an opium smoker by the throat amidst a scene that includes a tiger and a snake. This print is one of an overrun made for use in Young's most important work, Opium Elementals that consists of woodblock prints devoted to opium..... More
Original rice paper woodblock print of an opium smoker and a part-human figure above him.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1976]. Depicts a reclining opium smoker holding his pipe while an animalistic creature hovers over him. This print is one of an overrun made for use in Young's most important work, Opium Elementals that consists of woodblock prints devoted to opium smoking. Young was one of..... More