New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1974. Edward Gorey. Stated First Edition. Cloth. Responding to the controversy surrounding drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that the "therapeutic state" has overstepped its bounds in labeling certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating drug "addicts" in order to cure them..... More
Dallas, Texas: Sangreal Foundation, Inc., 1972. Hardcover. The Vision and the Voice chronicles the mystical journey of Aleister Crowley as he explored the 30 Enochian Æthyrs originally developed by Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th century. Hardcover book is flat, bright and clean with minimal signs of wear..... More
Los Angeles: Ouija Madness Press, 1982. First Edition. Soft cover. A collection of poetry where Meltzer addresses matters of the flesh in not uncertain terms. Not for the squeamish, Meltzer is a man with a dirty mind and a pure heart, and the two collide to wonderful effect in his..... More
Italy: Collani, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A collection of lyrics, discography, videography and original art and photos from T.O.P.Y. world network. Paperback book is clean with all pages present and un-marked. Cover has minor rubbing, corner bumps and fold to bakc cover. See photos for all conditon details. More
New York: Quill, 1982. Stated First Edition. Soft cover. Fist edition singed and inscribed by Anita Hoffman is the first collection of women's writing on their experiences with mind-altering drugs, from the Victorian to the present post-psychedelic eras. The "shamans" among the dozens of contributors communicate drugs' revelations, visions, and..... More
New York: Overlook Press, 1984. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Speed is an autobiographical novel about the ins and outs of the life of a methamphetamine addict. It starts out with Burroughs in his grandmother's house in Florida and moves to the streets of New York. Throughout the book the life..... More
Hollywood: Volcanic Eruptions, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover book first edition book is signed and numbered 290/1000 by Actor / Author Crispin Glover Book is flat, bright, square and clean with little to no signs of wear or handling. Signed and Numbered by Author 290/1000. More
San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1980. One of the great out-of-print Ginsberg titles is the selection published in 1980 by Winston Leyland‘s pioneering Gay Sunshine Press. Vintage paperback book has minor signs of wear and handling see photos for condition details. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. An entertaining account of Haynes's life, who, after setting up Britain's first paperback bookshop in Edinburgh, went on to establish the Arts Lab, edit IT, and launch Suck The First Eurpoean Sexpaper. Paperback is bright and clean with signs of handling and shelfwear commensurate with..... More
Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1970. Presumed Second Printing. Slipcased. "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" is Ed Ruscha's innovative 1966 photographic study that pictures sequentially each architectural facade in 25-foot-long, 51 accordion-folded panels on both the North and South sides of the fabled Sunset Strip from 8101 - the still..... More
Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1979. Soft cover. #5 "The Pyramid Issue" Ed. Richard and Elaine Loren and features; The Search For The Great Pyramid by Ken Kesey, Felucca Follies by Paul Krassner and Seven Prayers (Episode 5) by Grandma Whittier Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of..... More
Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1978. Soft cover. #4 "Straight From The Gut" Ed. Lee Marrs and features; Grace Harwood, Mugsy Peabody, Allie Light, Happy Hyder and More! Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of a literary magazine called Spit in the Ocean. Kesey assembled his Merry..... More
Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1977. Soft cover. #3 "Communication With Higher Intelligence" Ed. Tim Leary and features; Grandma Whittier, Dianke Ackerman, Neil Freer, Saul-Paul Sirag and More! Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of a literary magazine called Spit in the Ocean. Kesey assembled his Merry..... More
Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1976. Soft cover. #2 "Getting There From Here!" Ed. My and features; Stud Terkel, Kate Millett, Mary Moreau, Sito and More! Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of a literary magazine called Spit in the Ocean. Kesey assembled his Merry Pranksters and..... More
Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1973. Soft cover. #1 "Old In The Streets" Ed. By Ken Kesey and features; Margo St. James, Henry Crow Dog, Ken Babbs, Paul Krassner and More! Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of a literary magazine called Spit in the Ocean. Kesey..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1978. Soft cover. The second volume of Book Of Friends. Here Miller writes memorable protraits of eight abiding friends of his European, Big Sur, and Pacific Palisades years -- Harolde Ross, Bezalel Schatz, Emil White, Ephraim Doner, Jack Garfein, Joe Gray and lastly his bike, eternal..... More
New York: Documentext McPherson & Copany, 1992. Stated First Edition. Cloth. Based on lectures that Brakhage gave at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, this volume portrays eight artists who have electrified American independent cinema across four decades. Covering the work of Jerome Hill, Marie Menken, Sidney Peterson..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. Stated First Printing. Cloth. The Soft Machine introduced us to the conditions of a universe where endemic lusts of the mind and body pray upon men, hook them, and turn them into beasts. Nova Express takes William S. Burroughs’s nightmarish futuristic tale one step..... More
Zurich: Lars Muller, 1999. 1st Edition. Cloth. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was one of the most revolutionary technological visionaries of the 20th century. As an architect, engineer, entrepreneur, and poet, he was a quintessentially American self-made man. But he was also an outsider: a technologist with a poet’s imagination who already..... More
Nazraeli Press, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Black cloth covered boards, titles debossed on front and spine. Original dustjacket in archival brodart. 1/1000 copies of the first edition limited printing. Fine. More
Rojo, 2005. Smith, Stephen. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative hardcover with titles in white on front and spine. Compact, filled with full-color photographs, drawings, and collage by artist Steven Smith, aka Neasden Control Centre. Covers lightly bumped along corners, else fine. Signed by the artist "to Matt" with a drawing on..... More
San Francisco: Upper Playground, 2004. First Edition. Soft cover. Yellow paper covers with illustration by Reyes across front, titles in black. Richly illustrated with Reyes's drawings, collage, and photographs in black and white. Cover corners gently bumped; else fine. More
London: Modern Art / HOTEL, 2006. First Edition. Pamphlet. White paper covers with titles in black on front, stabled binding. Includes many full-color images of Michael's work, as well as an essay by Joanne Tathem. Covers are lightly rubbed and scuffed from shelfwear, interior clean and tight. More
San Francisco: Whippet Press, c. 1956. Soft cover. N.d., published c. 1956. White paper covers with illustration in red, titles in black, titles hand-written in red pen on spine. Title page shows "A Man of Experience". Illustrated. White titles show rubbing and scuffing, bending and softening along corners; interior clean..... More
San Francisco: Seems, 2009. First Edition. Soft cover. Oversized art catalogue, paper covers. Richly illustrated in full-color images of Wackers' paintings. Minute mark on back cover visible beneath titles; else fine. More