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...
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...
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).
NY: World, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Leary's account of his psychedelic sessions with Huxley, Alpert, Ginsberg, Wasson, Burroughs, and others. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Considered by many to be Leary's most interesting book. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a few short tears and minor wear...
LA: Falcon Press, 1987. Softbound. Later printing. A revised edition of Exo-Psychology. Signed by Leary. Near fine.
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...
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...
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...
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.....
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...
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.....
SF: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, 1974. Twelve folding notecards featuring rare graphics of opium smokers and other drug images from the 19th Century and earlier. The wrap-around band is lacking. Fine.
[Brooklyn, NY]: Autonomedia, [1999]. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. Introduction by Timothy Leary. Inscribed by Lyttle. As new.
NY: Barricade Books, [1994]. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. Nicely inscribed by Lyttle: "For ---, Past, present & future---my words are my heart. Thomas Lyttle March 2002." As new.
U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Softbound. First edition. A Senate report on the marijuana "problem." Spine faded, very good.
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...
Berkeley: Neon Sun, 1972. Softbound. First edition. A collection of poems, many about heroin use. Drawings by David Kelso. Fine.
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...
n.p.:n.p., [1907]. Envelope printed on both sides with one side featuring a color illustration of a woman and a coca plant, and the other side printing: "Metcalf's Coca Wine A Wonderful Restorative of Vocal Mental and Natural Powers. Assuages thirst and hunger and promotes digestion. For loss of Sleep and.....
NY: Random House, [1990]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's first and only book. Widely praised novel about prison life and the San Francisco drug underworld. As new.
[London]: Chatto & Windus, [1990]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of the author's first and only book. Widely praised novel about prison life and the San Francisco drug underworld. Corner of half-title page clipped, acidic paper slightly toned, else near fine.
n.p.:n.p.,n.d. Small certificate (nicely printed with ornamental border) allowing doctors to dispense opiates, etc. Fine.
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.
SF: Michael Zagaris, 1974. The photograph shows a blonde, bespectacled Lou Reed using the microphone cord to tie himself off while he injects a syringe into his right arm. This print is from the archive of Jon Goodchild, the original art director for OZ magazine until he was lured to...
[LA: Echelon, 1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The study of movements, sex techniques, and erotic response experienced under the spell of Aphrodisiac grass and weeds." Pages and inside edges of covers toned, else very near fine.
