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Pleasant Hill, OR: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1977 [1974]. 2nd edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. First issue of Ken Kesey's seventies periodical, includes a 1978 cover letter to a potential review (signed "SITO"). Stated second printing from 1977. Clean unmarked copy.

Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 122pp, printed wrappers. This issue of the Atlantic Monthly features a significant letter from Robert Graves on the Amanita muscaria hypothesis concerning the ancient mysteries (with a related poem); an advance excerpt from Deliverance by James Dickey; an interview with Mike Nichols;… Read more about this item

Calcutta: A. Lallemand, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. Rare Indian magazine, includes a 14-page overview of cannabinoid use in India (ending "to be continued"). Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear, fraying to lap wrappers.

Pleasant Hill, OR: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 144pp, printed wrappers. Third issue of Ken Kesey's seventies periodical, this one edited by Timothy Leary fresh from his garrulous incarceration. Nice unmarked copy, minor wear.

Manhattan Beach, CA: 20th Century Alchemist, 1993; 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, vi+90pp, printed wrappers. Later printing of this classic 1970s hedonistic manual. Uncirculated copy with some light rubbing to wrappers.

n.p.: DC Production Enterprises, Inc, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine (uncirculated copy with minor storage wear). Oblong 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the first paperback edition of this seventies classic. Unmarked copy from unsold stock, not a remainder.

San Francisco: Department of Pharmacology, University of California Medical Center, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 60 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. The rare first issue of this important journal devoted to psychedelics. Includes a symposium transcript that includes Richard Alpert. Unmarked copy some general reading wear and soil.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1948 [1938]. 2nd edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Stated 1948 printing of this 1938 Bureau of Narcotics publication devoted to the identification of the pungent weed. Includes many photo plates of New Deal Era schwag. Neat ownership stamp of an attorney to front and back covers as… Read more about this item

Buffalo, NY: LeMar International, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 24pp, self-cover. The rare third issue of this pioneering journal of marijuana reform, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders. Includes a cover photo of Tim Leary, other interesting content. Solid unmarked copy, light outer spotting.

Mill Valley, CA: Amphoria, Inc. / LeMar International, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 24pp, self-cover. The rare penultimate issue of this pioneering journal of marijuana reform, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders. Includes coverage of the Living Theatre, John Sinclair, et al. Solid unmarked copy, light outer spotting and some general wear.

Buffalo, NY: LeMar International, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 24pp, self-cover. The rare second issue of this pioneering journal of marijuana reform, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders. Includes a cover photo by Leni Sinclair, letters from Tim Leary and others, artwork by Bern Porter, other interesting content. Solid unmarked copy, light… Read more about this item

Buffalo: Anonym Press, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 72pp, stapled wrappers. This literary magazine from Buffalo includes the first periodical printing of Timothy Leary's "Declaration of Evolution." (Horowitz C57.) This appears to be the third issue (there were two earlier issues in larger format). Cover lettering is in roman type… Read more about this item

New York: HarperPerennial, 1992. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 320pp, printed wrappers. Stated third printing of this classic pastiche of material from the Mondo 2000 sphere. Epitomizes the early 1990s Techs 'n' Drugs zeitgeist that would prove highly influential, for better or worse, into the internet era. Includes a lot of complex… Read more about this item

Brooklyn: Exit 19 Upstate Monographs / Autonomedia, 2002. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers. Rare publication of this interview in the Exit 18 Pamphlet Series, edited by Peter Lamborn Wilson. Unmarked copy, a little soil to front cover, publisher's bar code label to back cover.

San Francisco: Lysergic World, 1993. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Tabloid format, 16pp (self-cover on white paper). An uncommon and typically extravagant production released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the legendary Dr. Hofmann's important discovery. Hofmann provides a brief text, and Genesis P-Orridge (credited as "Art Historian" on the masthead) contributes… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Review, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 28pp, stapled wrappers. Unusual underground book review magazine from 1970 San Francisco; the cover feature is on Psychedelic Books (Huxley, Leary, Metzner, Masters & Houston, etc.). Also a survey of small press titles by poet Doug Blazek. Unmarked copy, light toning/spots… Read more about this item