Counterculture and the 1960s: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Highlights from Potter & Potter's September 19 Counterculture and the 1960s auction of books, posters, and ephemera include:

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The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell

* The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell, Lyle Stuart, 1971

First paperback edition with no mention of printing. This book, with instructions on how to build weapons, interfere with telecommunications, and manufacture illegal drugs, is one of the most notorious books of the counterculture movement. Ithas been banned several times and first editions are scarce.

* Group of six important monographs on psychedelic mushrooms by Gordon Wasson, Roger Heim, Rolf Singer, and Jonathan Ott

This includes The “Mushroom Madness” of the Kuma, Soma and the Fly-Agaric, and The Death of Claudius Or Mushrooms For Murderers. A scarce group.

* The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Viking, 1967

First edition, first printing. A novel depicting white gang violence in the 1960s, later made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983.

* A group of 12 hippie exploitation titles

Including A Tiger in Haight-Ashbury (1967, scarce soft porn hippie exploitation novel), The Hippy’s Handbook: How to Live on Love (1967, first edition, first printing), and Ye Olde Hiptionary (1970, likely first edition, first printing, adictionary of underground slang).

* The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner. Citadel Press, 1964

Signed by Timothy Leary (full name) and Richard Alpert (“and Richard”). Second printing of the paperback edition.

Group of six important monographs on psychedelic mushrooms by Gordon Wasson, Roger Heim, Rolf Singer, and Jonathan Ott
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Group of six important monographs on psychedelic mushrooms by Gordon Wasson, Roger Heim, Rolf Singer, and Jonathan Ott

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Viking, 1967
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Viking, 1967

A group of 12 hippie exploitation titles
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A group of 12 hippie exploitation titles

The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner
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The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner