Menlo Park: Whole Earth Catalog, 1971. Comic book format. Interesting, wide range of counterculture material from Kesey and other Merry Pranksters. Illustrated with photographs, comic art, and graphics. The cover is a spoof of "The Last Supper" by R. Crumb. Small sepia stain and some soiling to first page, else... More about The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog, March 1971
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 about Garage Sale
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in silver marker. Very fine. More about Sailor Song
[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 about Sailor Song
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 about Saturday Review, June 1983
NY: B.B. Sales, 1968. First edition of this Paperback Original. Published as an Olympic Photo-Reader. A novelization of the film about "what it's like to spend a wild weekend with drug-happy, sex-mad motorcyclists...sharing all their weird hangups." Lavishly illustrated with unbelievable photos of naked bikers and their female cohorts, including..... More about The Acid Eaters
NY: Harmony Books, [1983]. Square 8vo. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Excellent metaphysical, fantasy art. Includes a long interview with Mati. About fine. More about Inscapes
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 about Millbrook: The True Story of the Early Years of the Pyschedelic Revolution
[NY: ESP-Disc, 1965]. A small pamphlet measuring 4" x 3." First edition. A flip-book showing a fully clothed, American-flag-waving Tuli Kupferberg taking his clothes off. Originally included in promo copies of the Virgin Fugs LP, but here offered separately. Fine. One of the scarcest Fugs-related items. More about Fugs Flip
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 about Cuddon's, No. 11, July 1967
[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 about Fuck Nam a Morality Play
n.p.:n.p., [1961]. This issue devoted to writings and drawings by children, some famous others not. Illustrated with charming illustrations gathered from various sources. Two folding Birth Press publication announcements laid in. Very near fine. More about Swing, No. 4, Fall 1961
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. Scarce. More about The Bosozoqu
[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 about Narcotica
NY: 7 Poets Press, 1961. Pamphlet. First edition. Charming illustrations, including the cover illustration of a beatnik in chef's garb, by D.G. Christian. Recipes for "Kerouac Kocktail," "Dharma Buns," Ginsburgers," "Haiku Hash," "Rex Broth," and more. Also includes ads for a few Bukowski publications from 7 Poets Press including Long... More about The Beat Generation Cook Book
[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 about ''Statement of Purpose of the International Federation for Internal Freedom.''
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Signed by Leary. Small corner crease to cover, else near fine. More about Neuropolitics
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 about Exo-Psychology
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 about Flashbacks: An Autobiography
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... More about High Priest
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 about Multilevel Measurement of Interpersonal Behavior
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 about Press release announcing the formation of The League for Spiritual Discovery
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 about Record Booklet for Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality
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 about A Spaniard in the Works
[NY]: Aperture, [1981]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Book very slightly curved, else near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More about Pictures from the New World