LEARY, Timothy, contributor; S.I. Hiyakawa, ed.ETC. : Special Issue on the Psychedelic Experience
ETC. A Review of General Semantics, Vol. XXII, No. 4, December 1965. San Francisco: ETC, 1965. 12mo; signature-bound in printed wraps. Pp. 389-528. Wear to corners and hinges; moderate spine twist; one crease to spine. A good to very good copy of this important issue...
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Yusuke Suzuki, 2020. No. 199 of 420 copies signed by Suzuki to rear cover recto. Perfect-bound in white wraps, 5-1/8 x 7-3/8 in. [288]pp.; illus. A fine copy, as new. A photobook consisting almost entirely of full-bleed color images pertaining to the cultivation, consumption, and...
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LAVERNE, D. T.Stoned for Life with M.I.H. - Mentally Induced Highs : How Heads Can Ignite Powerful Psychedelic Trips - At Will - Without Drugs
"I am becoming a man who can turn on the Ecstatic Joy of psychedelic experiences whenever I want. And when you get right down to it, this Ecstatic Joy of life is the one, the only desirable goal, the one that all other goals are...
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SCHÄFER, Georg (text), and Nan Cuz (illustrations)In The Kingdom of Mescal : A Fairly Tale for Adults
Berkeley, CA: Shambala Publications, 1970. Translated by Dinah Livingstone. Foreword by Nobel Prize-winner Miguel Ángel Asturias. First American edition (preceded by the 1969 UK edition, and the German-language edition of 1968). 4to. Glossy pictorial boards, as issued without jacket. 36pp.; illus. Sunning to front board,...
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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First edition. 8vo. Yellow cloth; red spine titles; dust jacket. 105pp. Light soiling to boards around head of spine; mild shelfwear. Very good or better in a very good jacket, unclipped ("$7.95") with several small chips at spine ends,...
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GROF, StanislavRealms of the Human Unconscious : Observations from LSD Research
London: Souvenir Press, 1979. First UK edition. 257pp. 8vo. Orange textured paper boards; dust jacket. Mild bumping to bottom corners; incidental smudging to textblock top. Near fine in a near fine jacket, clipped and repriced with sticker at base of front flap. First UK edition...
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TART, Charles T.On Being Stoned : A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication
Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, 1971. First edition. 8vo; green cloth; black spine titles; dust jacket. xvii, 333pp., with index. Light scattered foxing to textblock top, else near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped ("$7.95"), with shallow chipping at head of spine.Front...
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STREET PHARMACOLOGISTStreet Pharmacologist [Broken Run of 20 Vols.]
Coconut Grove, FL: Up Front, Inc., 1978-1982. Edited by Caroline J. Ciancutti, et al. 20 vols. Variously paginated; most 12-16pp. Saddle-stapled in wraps, 11 x 8-3/8 in. All issues with three-hole binding punches on left side; some holes splitting and/or sticker-repaired. Three issues disbound (two...
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Tucson, AZ: Apocrypha Books, 1972. A reprint of unclear priority: title page states "third printing," while rear cover states "enlarged second edition." [200]pp. 4to, perfect-bound in red pictorial wraps. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to covers and spine ends. Else near fine, clean and snugly...
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Los Angeles: Wilshire Book Company, 1969. Reprint (possible fourth printing?) of a title first published in 1963. 8vo, perfect-bound in pictorial wraps. 172pp., with bibliography and index.Soft diagonal crease to front cover. Moderate corner and hinge wear. Mild soiling to textblock edges and half-title. Very...
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PITCHESS, Peter J.; Los Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentLSD
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, 1967. Reprint: "Revised July 1967" stated on second leaf, with acknowledgement of a 1966 printing in the letter from sheriff Peter J. Pitchess that opens the volume. Side-stapled with blue card cover printed in black, 11 x 8-1/2...
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San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. Translated by Louise Varèse. First edition. 8vo, signature-bound in wraps printed red and black. 89pp, with six black-and-white plates of drawings by the author. Wraps moderately toned, heaviest at perimeters and to spine. One spine crease; binding strained but...
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NY: The Orion Press, 1963. Translated by Haakon Chevalier. 8vo, gray cloth stamped in white and yellow on front board and spine; black topstain; dust jacket. 230pp. Light sunning and soiling to boards; offsetting to endpapers; light spotting/soiling to fore-edge; mild musty odor. Jacket, price-clipped,...
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MASTERS, R. E. L., and Jean HoustonThe Varieties of the Psychedelic Experience
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Second printing, in same year as first. 8vo; white cloth with orange and purple rectangular motif on front board; orange, purple, and black spine titles; dust jacket. 326pp. Soiling and light foxing to board edges. Moderate soiling to textblock...
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KLÜVER, HeinrichMescal and Mechanisms of Hallucinations
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. First edition. Small 8vo; orange cloth; white spine titles; dust jacket. xviii, 108pp., with index. A touch of wear at base of spine; mild offsetting to endpapers; former owner's name penned on ffep. Nearly fine in a very...
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GROF, Stanislav, and Joan Halifax; Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, forewordThe Human Encounter With Death
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1977. First edition. 8vo; blue boards backed with gray cloth; black spine titles; dust jacket. xiii, 240pp., with index. Board edges lightly sunned; mild bump to bottom front corner. About near fine in a like jacket, price-clipped, with a short closed tear...
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FINN, Elizabeth, and Larry Littlejohn, eds.Drugs in the Tenderloin
San Francisco: The Central City Target Area Action Board of Directors, 1967. Saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps with text printed blue, 10 x 8 in. pp. [2], 44, [8]; illus. Soft crease to top leading corner. Mild edge wear. Complete but with four leaves bound upside...
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ELLIOT, James, ed.Explorations Number 2, June-July 1965 [Psychedelics Issue]
Berkeley, CA: Explorations Publishing Co, 1965. 8vo; saddle-stapled in printed wraps. 32pp. Light toning to wraps; mild wear to corners and spine; very good or better.Second issue of this apparently short-lived journal exploring "frontiers of humanistic psychology, philosophy and religion." This issue dedicated to the...
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DURR, R. A.Poetic Vision and the Psychedelic Experience
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1970. First edition. 8vo; black cloth; gilt and green spine titles; dust jacket. xv, 275pp., with index. A few minor bumps to textblock fore-edge, mild rubbing to spine lettering. Unclipped ("$9.00") jacket with light fading and rubbing to spine, moderate...
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CALL, JackThe Latest Roundup : Philosophy and Stories
Whittier, CA: Spiraling Books, 1984. First edition. Signed by Call to title page. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 6-7/8 x 4-5/8 in. 60pp. Mild rubbing to rear spine, else fine. Psychedelic memoirs in the form of affable, colorful, and instructive vignettes, by a one-time member of...
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BAUDELAIRE, CharlesArtificial Paradise : On Hashish and Wine as Means of Expanding Individuality
NY: Herder and Herder, 1971. Translated by Ellen Fox, with a foreword by Edouard Roditi. First edition. Small 8vo; red cloth; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. xxii, 170pp. Light bleeding to board cloth from water exposure; tidemarks to textblock top and fore-edge; spotting to first...
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BARBOUR, Robert G., ed.The Turn On Book [Front Cover] : Synthesis and Extraction of Organic Psychedelics [Title Page]
United States of America [stated]: BarNel Enterprises, 1967. Leaves gathered and side-stapled in yellow wraps, 4-1/8 x 5-3/8 in., printed front and rear in blue. 71pp. Light soiling and toning to covers; textblock mildly toned. Very good or better; a tidy copy of a publication...
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ANVIL, J. M.Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know About Freebase Cocaine : The Greatest Thing Since Sex
[N.P.]: World’s Fair Publishing Company, 1979. 8vo; saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps printed in blue and red. 20pp. Foxing and soiling to covers; oxidation to staples; “$3.95” price sticker to rear. Internally clean; altogether very good. Presumed first edition (more commonly encountered examples on the market...
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BABA, MeherGod in a Pill? Meher Baba on LSD and the High Roads
San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented, 1966. First edition. Saddle-stapled in light pink printed self-wrappers, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. 11pp. Light toning and soiling to wraps, a few minor spots of interior soiling. Very good. This copy lacking the cancel slip frequently seen mounted at base of...
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Los Angeles: MPS Corporation, 1968. Saddle-stapled in printed brown paper wraps, 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. 63; 32pp. Both volumes near fine, with light toning throughout and some oxidation to staples. Volume 2 with light bumping/creasing to bottom corner. Complete two-issue run of this colorfully designed...
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