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Drugs
Anonymous. “Reefer Heaven.” In Foto vol. 1 no. 4. Edited by John M. Richmond. Dunellen, NJ: Dell Publishing, October 1937. 4to, 68pp counting covers. Slick paper, many illos. Fine. $100 | Four-page photo expose of marijuana milieu, probably in New York City. Most participants are African-Americans. Thirteen captioned photos and a glossary. | |
Anonymous. “Reefer Party.” In True Story vol. 69 no. 7. NYC: Macfadden Publications, February 1954. 4to, 132pp + covers. Illustrated. Slick wraps. Near fine. $50 | “The smoke hung over the room, sickly sweet and choking. I felt oddly giddy; I wanted Cam to hold me, kiss me. I reached for him...” Spiffy double-page splash plus two-page jump text. True Story is an exemplary “good-girl” confessional magazine. | |
Blum, Richard, and others. Utopiates. The Use & Users of LSD-25. Foreword by Nevitt Sanford. NYC: Atherton, 1964. 8vo, xvi + 303pp. Hardbound in dust jacket. Fine. $35 | First edition. Provocative anthology of articles on psychedelic drugs. “Just what are the effects of LSD? What issues and problems does it pose? What is its significance to society?... We have is LSD what amounts to a social movement... one that accents the values of the inner life, of personal freedom, and of love.” | |
Cohen, Harvey. The Amphetamine Manifesto. NYC: Olympia Press, 1972. 174pp. Paperback. Covers a bit rubbed. $30 | Paperback original. Evocative, claustrophobic chronicle of life on speed. | |
Dunlap, Jane, pseud. of Adele Davis. Exploring Inner Space. Personal Experiences Under LSD-25. First printing. NYC: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1961]. 8vo, 216pp. Hardbound in dust jacket. Fine. $50 | First printing of the first edition. First book about the psychedelic experience written by a woman, famed nutritionist Adele Davis. | |
Grof, Stanislav. LSD Pschotherapy. First edition. Pomona: Hunter House Inc., 1980. 8vo, 352pp. Illustrated. Dj taped. $50
Harris, Bob. Growing Wild Mushrooms. Illustrated by Susan Neri. Berkeley: Wingbow Press, 1976. 8vo, 88pp + 8-page photo insert. Illustrated. Softbound. Fine. $25 | Second edition. “A complete guide to cultivating edible and hallucinogenic mushrooms.” | |
Kleps, Art. Boo Hoo Bible. San Cristobal, New Mexico: Toad Books, [1971]. 216pp, illustrated. Wrappers. Very fine. $35 | First edition. The only bible to believe in. | |
Masters, Robert E. L. and Houston, Jean. The Varieties of the Psychedelic Experience. NYC: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1966]. 8vo, 326pp. Hardbound in dust jacket. Top edge of dust jacket worn, dj faded. $35 | First edition. “The first comprehensive guide to the effects of LSD on human personality.” | |
Pope, Harrison Jr. Voices from the Drug Culture. Boston: Beacon Press, [1971]. 8vo, 147pp. Hardbound in dust jacket. Spine moderately faded. $25 | First edition. Like Goldstein’s 1 in 7 or Carey’s College Drug Scene, another report on college drug use by a sympathetic grad student. Includes nineteen-page bibliography. | |
Sabbah, Hassan I. Pseud. Leaves of Grass. Brighton: Unicorn Bookshop, [1971]. 4to, 32pp. Illustrated with old steel engravings. Wrappers, saddle-stitched. Fine but spine very slightly sunned. $35 | First edition. Compendium examining aspects of cannabis: the buzz, the botany, cultivation, consumption, recipes, legal aspects, medical aspects. | |
Whitelock, Otto v. St. Editor-in-chief. The Pharmacology of Psychotomimetic and Psychotherapeutic Drugs. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 66, art. 3, pp. 417-840. NYC: New York Academy of Sciences, 1957. 8vo, pp 417-840. Wrappers. Spine somewhat worn. $70 | Thirty-four papers on psychedelics and serotonin; about half concern clinical, biological, and neurological aspects of LSD. | |
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