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1970ref. 81910N.p.: S.i. Undated but ca.1970s. First Edition. Broadside with text and illustrations offset printed in black on olive green stock measuring 21.5cm x 27.75cm 8.5" x 11". Several old folds smoothed-out subtle toning and mild handling; Very Good. A humorous and sadly unattributed pot-themed poetry broadside modeled after Clement Clarke Moore's beloved poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Not separately listed in OCLC. S.i. unknown books
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
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 books
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
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 books
1974ref. 82023New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; orange paper and green cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; map endpapers; dustjacket; xvi34-2675pp; illus. Some mottling to backstrip beginning oxidation to gilt with faint foxing to text edges and some minor board exposure to one lower corner; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $8.95 showing moderate external wear several nicks tears and attendant creases and some faint soil on verso; Very Good. Lengthy account by an ex-drug smuggler who flew marijuana from Mexico to the United States between 1960-66. After his arrest incarceration and probation he flew a photographer from Life magazine Eugene Anthony into the mountains of Mexico to capture photos of the marijuana fields and the campesionos who tended them. 82023. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown books
1972ref. 82052New Rochelle NY: Arlington House 1972. First American Edition. First Printing originally published in 1970 under the title Hippies Drogues et Sexe. Octavo 23.5cm; red boards with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 910-264pp. Base of spine a bit pushed else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $7.95 lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned some wear to spine ends with a few small tears and attendant creases; Very Good. A French sociologist's study of the hippie underworld in the U.S. Canada France England Italy Germany Sweden and the Netherlands. "We view their drugs clothes hygienic habits or lack of them; their sexual proclivities and amusements their debilitating philosophy their politics; and the very real danger they pose to our civilization" from front flap. 82052. Arlington House unknown books
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
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 books
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
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 books
1979ref. 82054Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; rust-brown paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii404pp; illus. Light wear to spine ends else a clean Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $12.95 showing modest shelfwear and a horizontal scratch along the lower front panel; Very Good. Detailed social history of marijuana use in America by the author and former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine. 82054. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc unknown
1979ref. 82054Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; rust-brown paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii404pp; illus. Light wear to spine ends else a clean Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $12.95 showing modest shelfwear and a horizontal scratch along the lower front panel; Very Good. Detailed social history of marijuana use in America by the author and former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine. 82054. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc unknown books
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
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 books
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
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 books
1922ref. 1750London: Duckworth 1922. First edition. 320 16 pp. Blue cloth lettered in black on the front board and the spine. Spine cocked and rubbed at head and tail some foxing to extremities throughout. Scarce novel of the louche post-war demimonde. OCLC locates three copies in the United States: NLM Mayo Clinic and Harvard Santo Domingo Library. Duckworth
1967ref. 88425Goleta: Unicorn Book Shop 1967. First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Chuck Miller. Text produced at the request of the Publisher and distributed as a public service. Unicorn Pamphlet Number 2. Goleta: Unicorn Book Shop unknown
1967ref. 88425Goleta: Unicorn Book Shop 1967. First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Chuck Miller. Text produced at the request of the Publisher and distributed as a public service. Unicorn Pamphlet Number 2. Goleta: Unicorn Book Shop unknown 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
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
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 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 books
1982ref. 106173Pergamon 1982 In-8 broché 21 cm sur 15,6. 309 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
