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653. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. NY: Random House (1971). The epitome of the "Gonzo journalism" that the author invented and the practice of which he has elevated to an art -- if ingesting chemical stimulants and living out over the edge should be considered art. Illustrated with horrible and entirely appropriate drawings by Ralph Steadman. Very near fine in like jacket. A very nice copy of a landmark book.
654. (THOMPSON, Hunter S.). Where the Buffalo Roam. Universal City: Universal Studios. Two volumes: the John Kaye screenplay of "A Movie Based on the Twisted Legend of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson" (1979), and the post-production "combined continuity," which described each shot with dialogue (1980). Together with a signed check from Hunter Thompson to Ralph Steadman, the illustrator of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The check is dated August 3, 1979 and the memo notation reads "Buff/Gonzo buttons" suggesting Steadman did some work pertaining to the movie as well. Thompson autograph material is scarce. Check and script fine; continuity near fine. For the set:
655. TINY TIM. Beautiful Thoughts. Garden City: Doubleday (1969). Small volume with words by Tiny Tim and illustrations in the manner of pop psychedelia. Very good in good dust jacket with light overall soiling and edgewear. Inscribed by the author: "To ___ -/ Peace/ My finest/ wishes/ Tiny Tim" and dated in the year of publication.
656. ULTRA VIOLET. Famous for 15 Minutes. My Years with Andy Warhol. San Diego: HBJ (1988). Uncorrected proof copy. Crease to front cover and publisher's label removed there; near fine in wrappers.
657. (Underground Press). The San Francisco Oracle. (SF): (Oracle) (various dates).
a. Vol. 1, No. 1. September 20, 1966. The premiere issue of the most celebrated underground newspaper of the hippie era. Includes letters from Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Norman Mailer; an article on police activity in the Haight; more. Folded, as issued. A fine copy. The early issues of this newspaper had small print runs and are extremely scarce now, particularly in fine condition.
b. Vol. 1, No. 3 [November, 1966]. Most of the issue concerns Ken Kesey, who has just returned from Mexico. Interview with Kesey; article about him; explanation by Bill Graham for why he canceled Kesey's Winterland "graduation party," at which Kesey was to have urged attendees to "graduate" from using LSD; more. Once folded; near fine.
c. Vol. 1, No. 6. [February, 1967]. A theme issue, with the theme being The Aquarian Age. Alan Watts; Paul Krassner; Tom Weir photo; more. Folded. Near fine.
d. Vol. 1, No. 7. [April, 1967]. Features the "Houseboat Summit Meeting" between Allen Ginsberg, Alan Watts, Gary Snyder and Tim Leary. Rick Griffin art. Slight wear at spine crown; else fine.
e. Another copy of No. 7. Folded, and torn there; else near fine.
f. Vol. 1, No. 8. [June, 1967]. American Indian issue, with pieces by Gary Snyder, Richard Grossinger, Sunbear, others; Sioux songs; more. Folded; near fine.
g. Vol. 1, No. 9. August, 1967. The theme of this issue was psychedelics, flowers and war. Includes Leary and Ralph Metzner "On Programming the Psychedelic Experience." Folded. Near fine.
h. Vol. 1, No. 10. October, 1967. "The Politics of Ecstasy." With Leary; William Burroughs; Ferlinghetti; more. Folded. Very good.
i. Vol. 1, No. 11. [December, 1967]. "The City of God." Gary Snyder; Alan Watts; others. Folded, with slight darkening and short tears; still about near fine.
j. Vol. 1, No. 12. [February, 1968]. "Symposium 2000 AD." The last issue of this paper. Tom Weir cover photo; Herman Kahn; Alan Watts; Lew Welch; Alton Kelley art; more. Slight creasing near bottom; still fine.
k. Another copy of No. 12. Folded, with an open tear across fold; else very good.
658. (Underground Press). The Chicago Seed. (Chicago): (Seed Publishing) (various dates). Chicago's underground newspaper, part of the Underground Press Syndicate.
a. Vol. 1, No. 1. (n.d.) [c. April, 1967]. Article on the Neo-American Church; music column; psychedelic centerfold; more. Folded. Very light staining near edges but still near fine. A remarkably fresh copy.
b. Vol. 1, No. 2. (n.d.) [May, 1967]. Announcements of Detroit Love-In; poetry; drug column; psychedelic art; more. Folded. Near fine.
c. Vol. 1, No. 13. January [1968]. Tuli Kupferberg article on police, part 1; psychedelic centerfold; calendar; etc. Corner folds; else fine.
d. Vol. 2, No. 1. (n.d.) [January, 1968]. Mel Lyman essay on LSD; letters; Tuli Kupferberg article, part 2; centerfold; etc. Few markings last page; still about near fine.
e. Vol. 2, No. 7. (n.d.) [c. May, 1968]. Peace march; antiwar rallies; black students striking at Northwestern; Yippie scrapbook; more. Well-worn copy, split along spinefold, separating pages. Fair.
f. Vol. 2, No. 11. (n.d.) [c. July, 1968]. Pre-Democratic Convention information and advice for a Yippie party/gathering; a section on Presidential politics -- Dick Gregory, Lester Maddux, etc.; record reviews; guerrilla media; Black heritage; more. Folded; else fine.
g. Vol. 3, No. 6. (n.d.). [1969]. The Living Theater; White Panthers; interview with Ken Weaver (Fugs); centerfold graphics; more. Folded. Fine.
h. Vol. 3, No. 7. (n.d.). [1969]. Jerry Rubin; Black Panthers; local news; Diane DiPrima poetry centerfold with graphics; more. Folded. Fine.
659. (Underground Press). Canadian Free Press, No. 4. (Ottawa): (CFP) (Dec. 1967). Pages darkening; very good. Uncommon.
660. (Underground Press). International Times, No. 9. (London): (Lovebooks), Feb.-Mar. 1967. Kupferberg; Sartre; Clayton Eshleman; letters; photos; more. Ink price front cover; very good.
661. -. Same title, the April-May issue. Four-color cover; four-color Brion Gysin centerfold poem/graphic; more. Fold rubbed; else fine.
662. (Underground Press). News from Nowhere, Vol. 1, No. 2. (Dekalb): (NFN) (Oct. 1968). Includes local news; post-Convention Chicago; report from Prague; review of the Grateful Dead's Anthem of the Sun; more. Near fine.
663. (Underground Press). The East Village Other, Vol. 3, No. 44. (NY): (EVO), Oct. 1968. Color cover announcing the Be-In the Sheep Meadow in Central Park; HIPpocrates medical column; Kim Deitch, Spain Rodriguez comic strips; more. Fold torn; else near fine.
664. -. Same title, Vol. 4, No. 12. February, 1968. Counterculture news; comics; sex ads; more. Again, fold torn; else near fine.
665. (Underground Press). National Underground Review, Vol. 1, No. 4. (NY): (Underground), June 17, 1968. Reprints articles, comics, etc., from other underground papers. Fold split; fair.
666. (Underground Press). The Black Dwarf, Vol. 14, No. 18. (London): (Black Dwarf), June, 1969. British left-wing political paper. Very good.
667. -. Same title. Vol. 14, No. 19. June, 1969. Ho Chi Minh cover and long editorial after his death; interview with General Giap; reviews of Cuban films; etc. Near fine.
668. -. Same title. Vol. 14, No. 22. September, 1969. Argentinian events; Palestine; more. Very good.
669. (Underground Press). All You Can Eat, Vol. 1, No. 1. (New Brunswick): (AYCE), July, 1970. First issue of an underground paper associated with Rutgers. Heavily political but with record & concert reviews; poetry; R. Crumb comic strips; GI news; more. Very good.
670. -. Same title, No. 2. (August, 1970). Much local and New Jersey news and critiques; review of the Woodstock movie; A Gay Manifesto; poetry; comics ("Little Orphan Amphetamine," others); more. Darkened; else near fine.
671. (Underground Press). The New Patriot, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-3. (Chicago): (Johnny Appleseed Patriotic Publications) (July-Dec., 1970). First three issues, with issue number 1 presenting the editorial tone and political premises -- reprinting the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, recounting the Boston Tea Party, etc. Staughton Lynd; Pablo Neruda; Susan Sontag from Hanoi; more. Near fine.
672. -. Same title, No. 2 only (Sept.-Oct.). Near fine.
673. -. Same title, No. 3 only (Nov.-Dec.). Near fine.
674. (Underground Press). Sundaze, Vol. 1, No. 6. (Santa Cruz): (Sundaze) (Feb. 1971). Edgeworn; very good.
675. (Underground Press). Element, Vol. 2, No. 5. (NY): (Element), June-July, 1971. Bi-monthly New York paper of "art and politics." Walter Abish article, among others. Edge-darkened; else near fine.
676. (Underground Press). Falling Apart. (Bronx): (FA) (July) [1971]. New York underground monthly. Frayed at folds; very good.
677. (Underground Press). Cabal, Vol. 1. (Toronto): (Cabal Collective) (Jan. 20, 1972). Toronto underground paper, first issue. Very good.
678. (Underground Press). New Morning. (Ann Arbor): (n.p.) (Jan.-Feb., 1973). Elaborate, large-format paper in three sections. With poetry by Diane Wakoski, Marge Piercy; review of SF Mime Troupe performance; much local, national and international news. Pages and folds darkening; very good.
679. (Underground Press). Common Sense, Vol. 2, No. 3. (Washington): (People's Bicentennial Commission) (June 1974). Newspaper of the alternative bicentennial coalition. Near fine.
680. VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade. (n.p.): Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte (1969). Vonnegut's masterwork, a powerful fictional memoir of his experiences during the Allied fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany. Vonnegut's philosophical reflections on the tragic absurdity of humankind are embedded in an impressionistic, comic science fiction tale that became one of the high spots of the literature of the 1960s. Fine in fine dust jacket.
681. (WARHOL, Andy). Aspen, Vol. 1, No. 3. (NY): (Roaring Fork) (1966). A magazine in a box; this being the "Fab" issue, designed by Warhol and resembling a Fab detergent box. Contents include reproductions of paintings by Warhol, de Kooning, Johns, and others; a flex-disc by The Velvet Underground; a copy of The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a flip book of the Jack Smith film Buzzards over Baghdad; a "Ten Trip Ticket Book" printing excerpts from the Berkeley Conference on LSD; and more. Contents fine, in near fine clamshell "Fab" box. Uncommon.
682. WATTS, Alan W. The Way of Zen. (NY): Pantheon (1957). Written in the Fifties but popularized in the Sixties: Alan Watts's books became standards of the counterculture and provided many with their first introduction to Oriental and mystical religions -- including their relationship to the psychedelic experience. Very good in dust jacket.
683. WATTS, Alan W. Nature Man and Woman. London: Thames & Hudson (1958). Again a book that became something of a cult classic in paperback in the Sixties. Near fine in a dust jacket that has the lamination separating from the back panel; else very good.
684. WATTS, Alan. Haiku Poems. (Sausalito): (MEA) (n.d.) [c. early 1960s]. A long-playing album, pressed on red vinyl. Fine in a home-made, plain sleeve, hand-lettered in red and black with Sanskrit (?) and English writing. Sleeve is partially split along one edge. A rare LP by the single most influential figure in importing and popularizing eastern thought to the West. The code number of the LP seems to indicate that it was the first one pressed by MEA, and we have heard of no other copies of this surfacing.
685. (Weather Underground). Prairie Fire. The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism. (SF): (Communications Co.) (1974). The Weather Underground's political statement, a radical overview of history and contemporary issues including Vietnam, racial strife, third world politics, etc. Very good in wrappers.
686. (Weather Underground). Osawatomie. (n.p.): WUO (Spring 1975 - July 1976). Five issues (Nos. 1, 2, 4 and Vol. 2, Nos. 1 and 2). The newsletter of the Weather Underground, the armed offshoot of the student protest movements of the Sixties, particularly SDS. Volume 2, No. 1 is printed on acidic paper that is darkening and has also darkened the facing covers of the two adjacent issues (rear cover of #4; front cover of Vol. 2, No. 2). Overall, near fine. For the five:
687. WEISS, Michael. Living Together. A Year in the Life of a City Commune. NY: McGraw-Hill (1974). Personal account of life in a commune by a some-time reporter. Some page corners turned down; else fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket.
688. (Whole Earth Catalog). (Menlo Park): (Portola Institute) (various dates).
a. The Difficult But Possible Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog. March, 1969. Very good.
b. Whole Earth Catalog. Access to Tools. Spring, 1969. Second printing, August, 1969. Near fine.
c. Whole Earth Catalog. Access to Tools. Fall, 1969. Second printing, January 1970. Spine-rubbed; else fine.
d. Whole Earth Catalog. January, 1970. A Supplement. Edge-sunned; ink spot on first several pages, else near fine.
e. Whole Earth Catalog. March, 1970. A Supplement. Edge-sunned; else near fine.
f. Whole Earth Catalog. Access to Tools. Spring, 1970. A full-length catalog. Pages browning; spine slightly rubbed; else fine.
g. Whole Earth Catalog. July, 1970. A Supplement. Pages tanning with age; edge-sunned; else near fine.
h. Whole Earth Catalog. Access to Tools. Fall, 1970. A full-length catalog. Near fine.
i. Whole Earth Catalog. January, 1971. One of the last Supplements. Edge-sunned; near fine.
j. The Last Whole Earth Catalog. Access to Tools. June, 1971. Thick catalogue, the one most people remember, which had a relatively huge (200,000 copies) first printing and even so was reprinted many times with total copies in print reaching a million before the end of 1972. Very good.
k. The Updated Last Whole Earth Catalog. Access to Tools. Fourteenth printing. June, 1974. Long tear to back cover; tape repairs to front cover; acidic paper browning; good only. Updated prices/info as of May, 1974.
l. Whole Earth Epilog. Access to Tools. September, 1974. Successor to the successful catalogue. First printing was 350,000 copies in softcover, 20,000 in hardcover. This is the softcover, with dampstained edges otherwise about very good.
689. WIEGMAN, Lies and STROMSTEDT, Margareta. A Legend of Paradise. NY: St. Martin's (1971). First American edition. A retelling of the Garden of Eden tale, illustrated with photographs of two young children enacting the story. Fine in fine dust jacket.
690. (Wobblies). The Rebel Worker, Nos. 3 and 7. (Chicago): (Industrial Workers of the World) (1965, 1966). Radical political newspaper published by a Sixties incarnation of the anarchist organization of the early 1900s. An early example in the Sixties of a radical critique of contemporary society, along with associated issues and movements, including an American Indian plea to other minority groups to form a coalition for political power. Stapled pages. No. 7 missing back cover; overall each about very good. Each issue:
691. WOLFE, Tom. The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. NY: FSG (1965). The first book by the most outspoken practitioner of the "New Journalism" in the Sixties. Some dust to top edge, else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
692. -. Another copy. Very near fine in like jacket with two extremely shallow chips at the top edge.
693. WOLFE, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. NY: FSG (1968). Wolfe's landmark account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and their bus trip across the country. The epitome of the "New Journalism" that Wolfe helped to bring about in the Sixties, it was called at the time "the most penetrating piece of writing yet done on the ethos and dynamics of the hippie" and it remains a classic of the time. Owner name front flyleaf; else very good in very good dust jacket.
694. WOLFE, Tom. Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. NY: FSG (1970). Wolfe's hilarious send-up of wealthy New York liberals attempting to salve their social consciences. Fine in fine dust jacket.
695. -. Same title, the first British edition (London: Michael Joseph, 1971). Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon edition.
696. (Woodstock). SPITZ, Robert Stephen. Barefoot in Babylon. The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969. NY: Viking (1979). A blow-by-blow account of the machinations that went into the production of the landmark music festival -- the apotheosis of the counterculture and, as it has been called, the birth of a nation. This is the issue in wrappers. Owner gift inscription inside front cover; very good.
697. (Woodstock). MAKOWER, Joel. Woodstock. The Oral History. NY: Doubleday (1989). Uncorrected proof copy. Quarto. Abrasion to half-title; else fine in wrappers. Uncommon format.
698. WURLITZER, Rudolph. Nog. NY: Pocket Books (1970). Paperback reprint. Thomas Pynchon and Donald Barthelme blurbs as well as Jack Newfield: "Nog is to literature what Dylan is to lyrics." Very near fine in wrappers.
Early Yippie Handbills
699. (Yippies). Literature and Poster. (NY): (Youth International Party) (Undated) [1967, 1968]. Six early releases: [1967] "New York Provo" announces the formation of its own Food and Drug Administration -- New York Provo being a Yippie predecessor; [February, 27, 1968] "People Get Ready" announcement of "an enormous International Youth Festival" in Chicago in at the Democratic Convention in August -- a very early announcement, with the original spelling "Yippee"; a single sheet, two-page handbill offering instructions on local organizing; two announcements of a March 22 Yip-In Grand Central Station, mimeographed on different color papers; a three-page, announcement of the Yippie "festival of life" to be held in Chicago -- i.e., a press release; a handbill for the Chicago Yippie festival. All are about near fine. Together with a 34" x 23" poster delineating the Yippie Manifesto, green (marijuana leaf) on red on black. Folded in eighths with wear at the seams and small holes at the corners. Fragile, but holding out at near fine. Rare documents from a loosely organized group that did not leave much in the way of a paper trail. For all:
700. YOUNG, Al. Snakes. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1970). The black author's first novel. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket which is moderately faded on the spine.