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1932ref. 26861New York: Three Sirens Press 1932. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/fair. 8vo. Brown buckram binding. 228 pp. With illustrations by Lawrence Chaves. Reprint edition of the 1823 edition. With bookplate of Clara Louise Maute afixed to the front endpaper. Some darkening to gutters. A solid very good copy . The unclipped dustwrapper is still present but is only in fair condition with paper loss to areas of the spine and significant small chips to the edges. Three Sirens Press unknown books
1987ref. 55615Port Louis: The Commission Government Printer 1987. Paperback. Very Good. photos 82p. Original wrapper. 30cm. The Commission, Government Printer paperback books
1968ref. 29963Beverly Hills: Glencoe Press 1968. First edition. Paperback. Good. Trade paperbound original book. 216 pp. Correct first printing of this early work on marijuana and discusses among other topics why it should be de-criminalized. A well-thumbed copy but still well bound. Paper darkened from age. A good copy overall. Glencoe Press paperback books
1902ref. 19524Chicago: G. P. Engelhard & Company 1902. First edition. Cloth. Good. Small clothbound 8vo. 94 pp plus index at rear. Prior owner stamp to inside front pastedown. Stamped price to front endppaper. Red cloth covers are worn and the spine is somewhat faded. Despite the noted flaws this is still a clean well-bound copy of an uncommon text on the subject of drug addiction and its treatment. G. P. Engelhard & Company hardcover books
1978ref. 005107New York: Harcourt Brace 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. True first edition of this scholarly work a study of ancient religious rituals in Greece. Former owner stamp to front endpaper else a fine clothbound copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. A truly nice copy. Harcourt Brace hardcover books
1982ref. 42652Station NY: Smoke-In Central 1982. First Edition. Good. Striking poster from the 1982 DC "White House Smoke In" executed in a underground comix style by artist Dana Franzen and featuring a large central image of Ron and Nancy Reagan smoking a big fat j. A bold work of pro-legalization propoganda. "Pot Is An Herb / Reagan Is a Dope." Full-color offset poster measuring 23" x 17" approx. Centerfold removed and preserved from an issue of OVERTHROW formerly Yipster Times. Mild wear soil. Bright and sound overall. Very good. Smoke-In Central unknown
ref. A9789210031776Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1966ref. 145666N.p.: N.p. 1966. Notebook belonging to an unknown pharmacist detailing the pharmacy's on hand stock of amphetamines barbiturates tranquilizers and other drugs which contained one or more of those in combination and noted "effective Feb. 1 - 1966." Also noted is that the inventory was compiled in accordance with recently passed Drug Abuse Control Amendment Act of 1965 which in an effort to control what Congress saw as an increasing epidemic of prescription drug abuse created harsh penalties for possession or sale without a prescription stricter controls for distribution and inventory and broadly expanded powers for the Food and Drug Administration eventually leading to the formation of the Drug Enforcement Agency as an entirely separate federal agency in 1973. Generic spiral bound stenographers notebook with 10 pages of handwritten text on rectos only. Boards Very Good plus pages Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 81846Lansing MI: Elixir Enterprises 1975. First Edition. Original poster with text and decorative elements offset printed in black on cream poster stock measuring 28cm x 43cm 11" x 17". Horizontal fold at center subtle toning and a few faint creases to extremities with some dust-soil on verso; Very Good. Promotional poster produced by the Michigan-based Elixir Enterprises announcing their psychedelic hash-themed wall calendar for 1976 with each month featuring a soft-focus hasish superstar appearing within a decorative frame. The end matter describes each varietal denoting region of origin and different properties - sometimes in verse "Indian nuggets are quite a delight and the fresher they are the better the bite". Uncommon. Elixir Enterprises unknown
1972ref. 81902Del Mar CA: Psychology Today Readers' Service Dept 1972. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm; pictorial wrappers; pp.52-96; illus. Modest wear and toning a few tiny nicks and tears to extremities foxing to wrappers with a tiny stain to lower front wrapper and two brief passages underlined on p.64; Very Good. A substantial pre-publication excerpt of Weil's groundbreaking 1972 book The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness - a new neutral theory of drugs how they work and how they ought best to be used. ".Weil views them from several angles: as "a journalist a user an ethnobotanist a physician a laboratory pharmacologist a 'drug abuse expert' and a Federal government employee" Kirkus Reviews September 1 1972. The advance excerpt considerably less common than the trade edition by Houghton Mifflin was printed and distributed by Psychology Today. Psychology Today Readers' Service Dept unknown
1935ref. 88423Chicago: Inter-State Narcotic Association Inc 1935. First Edition. Slim quarto 28cm; original printed wrappers stapled; 16pp; illus. Two old folds from mailing smoothed out a rectangular patch of toning on front cover else clean throughout; Very Good. Debut issue of this magazine published by the Chicago-based Inter-State Narcotic Association ISNA an organization active in producing anti-marijuana and narcotics propaganda during the 1930s-1940s. The publication begins with "Control of Narcotics" by Attorney General Homer Cummings followed by articles on the classification and effects of narcotics opium and morphine use cannabis indica and sativa the succeptibility of youth to the effects of marijuana and the ill effects of tobacco use. Subsequent articles like "Is Smoking More Injurious to Women Than Men" and "Why Women and Children Smoke" are offered by Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen and Gertrude Charny though the real highlight is "Alcohol: 50 Questions Answer Scientifically" which asks such inane questions as "What is alcohol" "What is meant by intoxicating" and "What is a poison". The ISNA published nine volumes of this magazine between November 1935 and November 1944. Uncommon; OCLC notes issues held at NYPL only. 88423. Inter-State Narcotic Association, Inc unknown
1968ref. 82020Buffalo NY: SUNYAB LeMar 1968. First Edition. Quarto 28cm; pink sheets with text mimeographed in black on recto and verso and stapled at upper left corner; 8pp. Mild handling some very subtle toning to text edges; Near Fine. A substantial document prepared by Michael Aldrich head of LeMar International for the 21st Congress of the United States National Student Association USNSA which from 1947-1978 functioned as the dominant national union of students in the U.S. responsible for an extensive variety of student organizing throughout its history. The contents clearly aimed to educate covered such topics as psychological dependence the physical effects of marijuana whether marijuana contributes to insanity the commission of crimes or leads to heroin usage with discussion of the drugs' positive properties in comparison to alcohol usage. The document concludes with 34-point list of notes and sources and a plug for both the LeMar Information Kit $2.50 and back issues of The Marijuana Review. An uncommon survival not separately listed in OCLC. 82020. SUNYAB LeMar] unknown
1968ref. 82019Buffalo NY: S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo LEMAR 1968. Original mimeographed flyer with text printed in black recto and verso on jade green stock measuring 8.5" x 11". Faint horizontal fold smoothed-out at center modest handling some creases and subtle toning to extremities a few tiny edge tears a few old splash marks and two titles circled on verso in red marker; just Very Good. Concise bibliography of marijuana literature containing 20 books journals and magazines spanning the years 1913-1968. Produced by the Buffalo-based LeMar International LeMar being short for Legalize Marijuana an early marijuana legalization advocacy group founded by Ed Sanders Allen Ginsberg and Ginsberg's assistant Michael Aldrich. While he was a student at University of Buffalo Aldrich helped launch Marijuana Review "America's first cannabis culture and information magazine.featuring information on legalization updates advocacy campaigns cannabis pricing psychedelic imagery and poetry" ref: "First Cannabis Magazine in U.S. was Made in Buffalo." March 18 2022. Cannabuf. 82019. S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo LEMAR unknown
1973ref. 81969San Francisco: Amorphia 1973. First Edition. Bifolium 28cm; original wraps with text and illustrations printed in dark green on white stock; 4pp; illus. Old folds and staple holes from mailing some trivial dust-soil and foxing with original recipient's address label mounted to rear wrapper; Very Good. Single early issue of this short-lived bulletin published by the California-based cannabis co-operative between 1973-74. The publication circulated among its membership focussed on the latest studies centered around marijuana use issues pertaining to marijuana and law enforcement topics on reform and brief articles on the health benefits of marijuana use. This issue features the article "Jail Is Not The Answer" a commentary on Gov. Rockefeller's NY drug law by David S. Michaels brief articles on the Michigan Task Force urging decriminalization civil fines for marijuana use being considered by Congress Amorphia organizational changes and a review of Dr. Tod H. Mikuriya's Marijuana: Medical Papers 1839-1972. All issues are uncommon with none available in commerce as of August 2024 and OCLC noting 8 locations with any holdings. Amorphia unknown
1974ref. 81968San Francisco: Amorphia 1974. First Editions. Three bifolium issues 28cm; original wraps with text photos and illustrations printed in dark green on white stock; 4pp per issue; illus. Old horzontal folds and staple holes from mailing with the original recipient's address label on the rear wrapper of each issue; some faint foxing and mild handling small loss from rough opening to lower margin of Vol.II No.1 with a holograph notation in ink to rear wrapper of Vol.II No.3; Very Good. The complete final year of this short-lived bulletin published by the California-based cannabis co-operative between 1973-74. The publication circulated among its membership focussed on the latest studies centered around marijuana use issues pertaining to marijuana and law enforcement topics on reform and brief articles on the health benefits of marijuana use. The final issue is largely dedicated to the impending merger of Amorphia and NORML the major East Coast marijuana reform group. All issues are uncommon with none available in commerce as of August 2024 and OCLC noting 8 locations with any holdings. Amorphia unknown
ref. 83099San Francisco: Rainbow Graphics. c. 1972. Original silkscreen in colors 56cm x 43cm approx. 22" x 17". Signed in plate bottom center. Light edgewear and soil; toned on verso with a few clear tape remnants from hanging; Very Good. Unbacked. Grimshaw is best-known for his iconic rock concert posters but this is one of a number of designs he created for the non-profit cannabis cooperative Amorphia following his move to San Francisco from Detroit around 1970. Uncommon; not seen at auction and not separately catalogued in OCLC though we note copies at National Institutes of Health and University of Wisconsin. Rainbow Graphics unknown
1968ref. 82927New York: Youth International Party 1968. First Edition. Original illustrated poster offset printed in black red and green on white stock measuring 89.5cm x 58cm 35.25" x 22.75". Clean and fresh; professionally conserved to remove old tape adhesions; a few small repairs at margins; Near Fine. Professionally mounted too archival canvas. Manifesto of the Youth International Party founded by Abbie and Anita Hoffman Jerry Rubin Paul Krassner and Nancy Kurshan in the Hoffman's New York apartment on December 31 1967. The poster is largely comprised of the Yippie flag - a pot leaf superimposed on a red star in a sea of black - with text printed in red and white. The "New Nation" statement in the manifesto was meant to embody the group's ethos for an entire generation. OCLC notes a single holding UC Davis; we note one other held at OMCA. Youth International Party unknown
1969ref. 63547New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1969. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; black cloth with titling and decorations stamped in silver and gilt on spine and a large syringe embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; viii2053pp; illus. Light wear to spine ends and lower corners with a De Quincey quote written in pencil on front endpaper and a small stain to upper edge of textblock; contents clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $5.95 showing moderate wear gentle sunning to spine with several tiny tears and attendant creases; Very Good. A comprehensive history of the opium poppy plant papavar somniferum from which heroin morphine codeine and at least 50 other compounds are manufactured. 63547. Funk & Wagnalls unknown
1970ref. 63520Philadelphia: Winston Smith Society Inc 1970. Original poster with text and photographic illustration offset printed in black on white stock measuring 28cm x 43.25cm 11" x 17". Modest handling some light toning and dust-soil to margins with a few faint creases; Very Good. An advertising poster produced by the Philadelphia-based Winston Smith Society as part of their Marijuana Civil Liberties Project. "The Winston Smith Society was formed for the purpose of providing funds for the Marijuana Civil Liberties Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. To do this they are selling artificial marijuana plants which they "feel will provide a symbolic rallying point for the pot smoking public at the grass roots level" Satyagraha Vol.54 No.6 Nov.3 1970 p.2. The lower portion of the poster consists of an order form one could fill out to receive their reproduction plant. Not separately listed in OCLC. 63520. Winston Smith Society, Inc unknown
1979ref. 63559New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc 1979. First Revised and Enlarged Edition. First Printing. Quarto 26cm; green paper-covered boards and cream cloth backstrip with titles stamped in bronze on spine; dustjacket; xviii206pp; illus. Faint foxing to text edges endpapers and backstrip with small remainder dots to upper and lower text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $15.95 shelfworn with some scattered foxing on verso and a few tears and creases; Very Good. A substantially revised and expanded version of Emboden's comprehensive 1972 work on psychoactive plants placing them in historical perspective and providing excellent illustrations. "He presents a fascinating narrative of how drug use extended to almost every civilization of the ancient and modern world and how it influenced music dance the visual arts architecture religion science and medicine" from front flap. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc unknown
1962ref. 46531Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1962. Second Separate Printing. One of appoximately 100 copies printed for distribution to members of the International Federation for Internal Freedom in 1963. Slim octavo 23cm; white wrappers printed in black stapled; 40pp. Gentle sunning along spine-fold and upper edge of front wrapper with a faint tiny scuff beneath Leary's name else a fresh Near Fine copy. An offprint revised of the first book appearance of this talk - the first and only occasion Huxley and Leary lectured together. "The XIV International Conference of Applied Psychology took place in Copenhagen Aug. 13-19 1961. In addition to Leary Frank Barron of the Harvard psychology department and author Aldous Huxley were also invited to speak.Huxley's lecture was entitled "Visionary Experience"; it was delivered earlier than Leary's and concludes with a reference to Leary's upcoming lecture "We shall hear from Dr. Leary about the induction of such experiences by such substances as psilocybin". Barron's talk contains the first reference in print to his "commending the mushroom to the attention of Dr. Leary who immediately seized upon its possibilities as a vehicle for inducing change in behavior as a result of the altered state of consciousness which the drug produced" HOROWITZ WALLS & SMITH AA23D. Huxley who had written extensively about his psychedelic experiences under the influence of mescaline in Doors of Perception 1954 here writes about the pursuit of the visionary experience as a vehicle for change and a more beautiful reality. He elaborates on the various methods of access to the visionary world including spontaneous induced and chemical access with separate sections on the usage of mushrooms and how light can enhance the visionary experience. This and the first separate printing are substantially expanded from the two which precede them both produced by mimeograph and issued in small numbers. BROMER B113. Munksgaard unknown
1985ref. 41785Washington DC: Smoke-In Central 1985. First Edition. Offset lithographed poster in colors 58cm x 43cm ca 23" x 17". Original vertical and horizontal folds as issued else a fine fresh apparently uncirculated example. Terrific punk-inflected poster advertising a 1985 rally in the Capital to promote marijuana legalization and oppose police brutality especially the then-burgeoning phenomenon of police tasers here called "stun-guns". Features a vivid central caricature of President Ronald Reagan who is surrounded by vignettes of police brutality; along the upper quadrant Nancy Reagan chases a line of potheads including Groucho Marx and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers through the sky wielding a stun-gun while sitting astride a flying pig. Copy at the Center for the Study for Political Graphics and not uncommon in commerce though fine copies are unusual; otherwise unlocated in institutional collectons. Smoke-In Central unknown
ref. A9789210034524Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1977ref. 63820-A-58953Odijk 1977. Bulletin 297 x 21 cms. 16 up to 36 pp. text in Dutch illustrations. Eds. Coby Veldhuis Jacques Schmitz Dick Krananburg France Truyman Jos Dohmen Addie de Visser Carel Kuitenbrouwer Ton Gerrits. ADDED: The Index on year 1977 2 bulletins. General art unknown
1976ref. 63819-A-58952Odijk 1976. Bulletin 297 x 21 cms. 16 up to 36 pp. text in Dutch illustrations. Eds. Coby Veldhuis Jacques Schmitz Dick Krananburg France Truyman Jos Dohmen Addie de Visser Carel Kuitenbrouwer Ton Gerrits. General art unknown
