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1972rif. 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
1974rif. 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
1970rif. 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
1979rif. 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
1972rif. 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
1979rif. 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
1967rif. 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
1982rif. 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
1982rif. 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
1975rif. 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 books
1968rif. 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 books
1969rif. 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
1989rif. 159647San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1989. Vintage flyer created circa 1989 calling for art submissions to the 1990 exhibition "The Big 'War on Drugs' Lie Series" held at Artists' Television Access ATA in San Francisco and sponsored by Not A Pretty Picture Productions. Featuring an illustration of a skull with an Uncle Sam hat a skeleton hand holding drug paraphernalia and police the flyer calls for "art makers" to submit an art piece or a performance proposal "exposing the 'War on Drugs' to public scrutiny." The exhibition was held at ATA from January 5-31 1990 and included public forums and film screenings. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run nonprofit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. Not A Pretty Pictures Productions was founded by filmmakers Kathy Dodd and Sharon Stevens. 8.5 x 11 inches. Faint bruising to the corners else Near Fine. Artists' Television Access unknown books
1973rif. 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 books
1900rif. 000153Paris: H. E. Martin 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Job; Jacques Drogue ornament. Folio - over 12. Book. Undated circa 1900. With 18 color illustrated plates by Job each 14 by 11 inches. Countries covered include of course France Germany USA England Austria-Hungary Belgium China Denmark Spain Greece the Netherlands Italy Russia Persia Sweden Norway Mexico Montenegro Japan Siam Abyssinia Canada Switzerland Transvaal Orange South Africa Turkey Egypt Tunisia Siam Brazil Finland Portugal Bulgaria. Pages are quite toned as inevitable with the type of paper; otherwise clean. Binding tight. H. E. Martin unknown books
1985rif. 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 books
1966rif. 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 books
1970rif. 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
1960rif. 82151New York: Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation 1960. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's grey-green cloth boards titled in gilt to spine. 304pp. Light scuffing and rubbing to extremities sunning to the spine with some dulling of the gilt minor bumping to spine ends a very good copy. Internally clean lengthy gift inscription to front flyleaf where the initials LSD are given several new definitions: "Lewd Sexy and Devil May Care" being a catchy example. Illustrated throughout with folding chart. An early attempt to analyse and discuss the effects upon and potential to treat a case group of psychiatric patients utilising LSD as a method of accessing their subconscious to facilitate understanding of their behavior. Essentially an extended question and answer session between a distinguished group of medical authorities ranging from Paul Hoch of Columbia's Dept. of Psychiatry Gregory Bateson of the VA a number of specialists in addiction and recovery Cecilia Jett-Jackson of Sandoz Pharmaceuticals who at least partially sponsored the conference and a number of others. Details are given of treatments and results additional experiments upon lab animals a 300 item list of patient responses at various stages of treatment whilst under the influence of the drug and a number of conclusions both positive and negative that the conference reached. Dr. Harold Abramson now known to have been a part of the CIA's "MK Ultra" program researching potential military applications for hallucinogenics went on the edit a 1967 study leading on from this one entitled "The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy and Alcoholism. Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation unknown books
1974rif. 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 books
1962rif. 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
1935rif. 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
1968rif. 57041San Francisco: Frank Reynolds / Hells Angels Motorcycle Club 1968. First Edition. Quarto 26.75cm; twelve 12 five-color broadsides measuring 20cm X 26cm printed on rectos only and housed in an illustrated portfolio on glossy cardstock. A few stress creases and some subtle toning along the spine-fold of the portfolio else Fine. An off-the-wall collection of free-form poems written by Freewheelin' Frank Reynolds former Secretary of the San Francisco chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. The broadsides reproduce hand-lettered illustrated poems written by Reynolds in the mid-1960's printed by the Diggers and issued the year after his 1967 memoir written with Michael McClure. Content ranges from personal history and camaraderie within the club to things of a more mystical and metaphysical nature - references to Satan astrological signs alternately written in an optimistic tone or with a pervading sense of doom. The mystical and metaphysical realm would continue to hold Reynolds's attention through his later life. After leaving the Angels Reynolds spent 5 years in Soldedad Prison on an arson charge; while doing time McClure sent him a book by Zen master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi to help him clear his head which Reynolds credited with saving his life. He spent the remaining years of his life living in the mountains next to a waterfall where he spent his days meditating in isolation. One of the most interesting documents created by any Hells Angels club members one that epitomizes the spirit of the 1960's and outsider art. OCLC notes 18 holdings in US institutions. Frank Reynolds / Hells Angels Motorcycle Club unknown books
1966rif. CAT0204New York: UPI Roto Service 1966. First Edition. Photocopy of a typed manuscript 8-½ x 11 in. 12 pp. printed recto only sl. chipping and toning at edges; together with an additional copy of the typed manuscript; a License to Use Your Head order form for Leary’s Future History book series no date; and seven of eight “Man of Visions” silver gelatin prints 8 x 10 in. each dated May 28 1966 with caption leaves and UPI Press stamps verso. Near Fine. Journalist Joe O’Sullivan visited Timothy Leary’s community in Millbrook New York twice in 1966. Following these visits he released two interviews with Leary on the UPI Roto Service. This interview unpublished and unrecorded in Leary’s bibliography is the second of the two interviews. The interview offers detailed descriptions of Leary’s daily life and providing an ordinary context for his controversial work. Leary gives laconic answers to O’Sullivan’s questions about drugs the counterculture free love Viet Nam sic and the communal life at Millbrook occasionally proffering a bit of unasked for advice including on the author’s children. “Let them turn you on … Treat them as little gods and goddesses.” The photos taken to accompany the first interview similarly reflect O’Sullivan’s interest in the mundane: e.g. poignant detailed vignettes of a shrine to Rosemary Woodruff soon to be Leary’s wife while she was doing jail time for marijuana possession. We find no evidence that either interview was ever published. The first article “Man of Visions” is referenced in our typescript’s caption and was “serviced to UPI Roto Service clients in the package of May 28 1966” the same date as the present photo-series which presumably accompanied it. Both articles would have appeared before Leary’s landmark Playboy interview was published in September 1966 which the annotated Leary bibliography lists as his first published interview Horowitz Walls & Smith D1 . Surprisingly there is no reference in Horowitz to either of the earlier O’Sullivan UPI articles though a short third article “God and Timothy Leary” was published in Dec. 1966 Howoritz et al. D3. Some of the photographs from “Man of Visions” are known from other sources a few seemingly unpublished. Materials are in excellent condition with minimal wear. UPI Roto Service unknown books
rif. 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 books
