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
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in silver marker. Very fine. More
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in pink marker including a touch of sparkly embellishment with artistic flourishes and then elaborately rubber-stamped with Alaskan totem symbols. Fine. More
Columbia, MO: Saturday Review Magazine, 1983. This issue features a cover photo of Kesey in his barn with the original Prankster bus along with a substantive profile of him. Also pieces on Garrison Keillor, Philip Glass, and more. Fine. 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
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]: Universe, [2006]. 4to. Softbound, issued in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely photo-illustrated guide to collectible, vintage rock T-shirts. As new. More
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. A counterculture literary mag from England. Reprints Tuli Kupferberg's "Fuck Nam: A Morality Play" in its entirety, illustrated with photographs of Vietnamese war victims. Also prints "Dada" by Jim Drake and more. Laid into this copy are 5 pages of additional editorial commentary from the publisher. Fine (trivial..... More
[NY: Birth Press, 1966]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. First edition. A play against the war in Vietnam, illustrated with newspaper clippings. Fine. One of Kupferberg's scarcer items. More
Tokyo: Dai San Shokan, 1980. 8vo. Softbound in illustrated wraps with French flaps. First edition. A nice collection of photos documenting Japanese biker gangs. Stunning and very inventive typography and graphic design that must be seen to be appreciated. Minor wear to spine extremities, else a bright, near fine copy..... 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
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
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
London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]. Proof copy of the first edition in proof dust jacket ("PROOF ONLY" stated on back flap), a trial jacket as the book was published without one. Near fine (minor wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine). Scarce. More
[NY]: Aperture, [1981]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Book very slightly curved, else near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
NY: Boo-Hooray, n.d. LP record. First printing, with covers silkscreened in purple with classic Bardo Matrix skeleton motif. Limited to 500 copies. Previously unheard recordings by MacLise and Conrad from the MacLise tape archive. As new. More
Paris: Dead Language Press, [1959]. Square 16mo. Single long sheet folded three times to make a booklet. First edition of Maclise's first publication. Cover design printed in black with text in red. Very near fine. Scarce. More
n.p.: [Pleasure Editions, 2015]. 4to. Unbound folded sheets laid into transparent red glassine covers. First edition. Limited to 50 copies. Features risograph prints of Maclise's lovely, intricate, and transcendent calligraphy described by Ira Cohen as "his own special calligraphy, a kind of Atlantean script with suggestions of Sanskrit and Arabic..."..... 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
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. A sheet of stationary colorfully illustrated by Peter Max with a blank, cloud-like space in the middle on which to write. Included is an envelope also illustrated by Max. The pair:. More
[Washington State: State Printing Office, 1948]. Softbound. First edition. Report issued by the Washington State Legislature in an effort to ferret out Communists among university professors, students, and others. Early McCarthy-era item. Fine. More
SF: San Francisco Art Institute, 1987. Square 4to. First edition. Exhibition packet for the landmark "Cure of Souls" exhibition of LSD blotter art at the San Francisco Art Institute. Curated by Mark McCloud, the foremost collector and scholar on the subject. Consists of a psychedelic, elaborate three-panel interlocking gatefold cover..... More
Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. Also included is a promotional theater ticket printing McClure's "lion talk." Fine. The pair:. More
