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1493 3/4 Allison [Ave.], Los Angeles 26, 1955. 30pp. with minor pencil corrections, with pages 1-22, another set of pages 15-20 of a slightly different iteration (of these page 19 appears twice), and an unrelated page 23, seemingly from a different story. 4to. Fine. 30pp. with minor pencil corrections, with pages 1-22, another set of pages 15-20 of a slightly different iteration (of these page 19 appears twice), and an unrelated page 23, seemingly from a different story. 4to. One of Kesey's earliest short stories. Beginning after his sophomore year at the University of Oregon, Kesey spent his summers in Los Angeles, trying to break into Hollywood as an actor, and later as a screenwriter. Starting in July 1955 he stayed in the Angelino Heights neighborhood and unsuccessfully tried to get himself cast in a role. He "read, wrote a lot, tanned himself in the hot July sun, and tried various lotions and potions to stop his hair falling out." (Dodgson, p. 47) In three straight summers he failed to secure… Read more

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. Very good in very good plus jacket.. Inscribed first printing of the influential literary achievement by a towering feature of the counterculture. The basis for one of the defining films of 1970s cinema, Kesey's novel was first published more than a decade earlier, at the dawn of the '60s, and is all the more shocking for that original context. The novel is set in a men's psychiatric hospital among inmates who, afflicted variously by mental illness, minority status, criminal convictions, and aggressive nonconformity, are all subject to the indignities and cruelties of nurses and doctors alike. Kesey's sadistic Nurse Ratched lives on as a quasi-folk myth, like the real Lizzie Borden and the fictional Annie Wilkes; her name is perhaps better known even than Kesey's own. An enduring attack on the establishment's power to punish and enforce. 8'' x 5.5''. Original green cloth, spine lettered in yellow. Original unclipped color dust jacket designed by… Read more

Viking Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First Edition, first issue. Very good first edition in near fine first issue dust jacket, with one line blurb from Jack Kerouac on the front flap. Signed by Ken Kesey on a slip attached to front free endpaper. Also, First published in 1962 by Viking Press stated on copyright page and with the following points: "that fool Red Cross woman" on pp. 9, lines 12-13, and "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." pp. 85-86. Prior owner's stamp on page edges, top, bottom, and foreedge. Jacket has original price on it. Comes in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.

New York: Viking, 1962. 311pp.; HB green w/yellow; some rub w/lt.ring mks.&scuff; lt wear on edges&corners; pg.305-311 w/uncut tp.corners; clean,tight pgs. DJ green,red&yellow w/white-design cover w/b/w photo; some rub w/wear on edges&cornes; sun on spine. "...the struggle between a man and a woman for the spirits and hearts of a group of people who have been defeated by the world." First Edition. Signed card by Kesey (2/22/93) laid in.. Signed Card. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Novel.

New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1968. . First edition, signed by both Tom Wolfe and Ken Kesey; 8vo; slight bump to upper, outside corner of text block; publisher's white cloth, spotting and chipping with small loss to lower inside corner of upper board and corner of spine, damp stains to fore-edge and base of text block with slight residual weeping to a few preliminary pages; first issue pictorial dust-jacket by Milton Glaser, $5.95 price present, a little rubbed, mild creasing to edges, two puncture holes to ground of upper flap (?from a staple), otherwise very good. Signed by Tom Wolfe in black ink on the front pastedown and signed by Ken Kesey in glittery pen on the front free endpaper. Classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960s. Considered one of the best and most revealing books on the hippie lifestyle and philosophy.

New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some spine fading and minor wear and tear. Laid in is a publisher’s card presenting the book to an editor.

Berkeley, California: Regent Press , 1991. Rare Signed Deluxe Collector's Edition, number 10/200 copies. Large folio with burgundy cloth spine with red and green cloth covered boards, slipcase. Bright full-color endplates by Rick Griffin. 385 pages printed on archival paper. A magnificent and complete full-color recreation in book form of all 12 issues of the legendary psychedelic newspaper originally published in the Haight-Ashbury 1966-1968. The book contains each and every page of all 12 issues printed - in all their original brilliance. "Open any page and you are back on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury at a time when that tiny urban spot was the Olympus of the newborn world." Laid in with the book is a sheet advertising The San Francisco Oracle Facsimile Edition Publication and Book Signing Party, November 17th, 1991. The Oracle was one of the most unique and beautiful publications of the 1960's and is now a cherished legend. The Oracle is remembered for its extraordinary… Read more

VIKING. NY 1962. Near Fine. 1962. First Edition. 0670526045 . A near fine copy in a Vg. 'first' issue dj. (A few small chips at spine on dj. Typical discoloration to spine area on dj. A few faint moisture spots on cloth. Trace of light creasing to rear end paper) Author's FIRST book. Basis for the Academy Award winning film starring Jack Nicholson. .

New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition of the Author’s First Book in the first issue dust jacket. A few faint moisture spots to cloth, some slight rumpling and creasing to rear free endpaper, else a near fine clean copy in a very good dust jacket with some tiny chipping and sunning at spine. The basis of the Academy Award winning film starring Jack Nicholson.

New York: The Viking Press, 1992. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. A uniquely decorated copy, fully marbled in purple, blue, yellow, and red by Kesey on covers as well as edges. Painted signature of Kesey on front free endpaper. According his son Zane, Ken began experimenting with marbling techniques in 1964 while traveling on the bus FURTHUR and dropping acid for the first time. Oil paint floating in a puddle entranced the Merry Pranksters and they began dipping objects into the mixture, creating instant objet d'art. Later in his life Kesey returned to this technique, psychedelically marbling, finishing, and signing around 15-20 books total. This is one of those scarce copies. Near Fine with paint slightly rubbed off corners. No jacket. A psychedelic lollipop swirl of original art from the acclaimed writer and countercultural icon.

New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. A uniquely decorated copy, fully marbled in white, red, yellow, and green by Kesey on covers as well as edges. Painted inscription "For Keith / Ken Kesey" on front free endpaper. According his son Zane, Ken began experimenting with marbling techniques in 1964 while traveling on the bus FURTHUR and dropping acid for the first time. Oil paint floating in a puddle entranced the Merry Pranksters and they began dipping objects into the mixture, creating instant objet d'art. Later in his life Kesey returned to this technique, psychedelically marbling, finishing, and signing around 15-20 books total. This is one of those scarce copies. xviii, 238 pp. Near Fine with paint rubbed off extremities and a small spot on bottom of front board. No jacket. A psychedelic lollipop swirl of original art from the acclaimed writer and countercultural icon.

New York: The Viking Press, 1990. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. A uniquely decorated copy, fully marbled in purple, blue, yellow, and green by Kesey on covers as well as edges. Painted signature of Kesey on front free endpaper. According his son Zane, Ken began experimenting with marbling techniques in 1964 while traveling on the bus FURTHUR and dropping acid for the first time. Oil paint floating in a puddle entranced the Merry Pranksters and they began dipping objects into the mixture, creating instant objet d'art. Later in his life Kesey returned to this technique, psychedelically marbling, finishing, and signing around 15-20 books total. This is one of those scarce copies. Near Fine with paint slightly rubbed off extremities. No jacket. A psychedelic lollipop swirl of original art from the acclaimed writer and countercultural icon.

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1968. First edition of Leary's lyrical autobiography; a cornerstone work of 1960s counterculture signed and inscribed by him, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Caroline Garcia. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with original artwork by Allen Atwell and Michael Green. Association copy, inscribed by Timothy Leary on the title page, "To Karl Timothy Leary", signed by Ken Kesey on the front free endpaper, signed by and Caroline Garcia on the dedication page, "Mountain Girl", and inscribed by Allen Ginsberg on the first page of Trip 6, "Allen Ginsberg 11/26/96 for Karl Heck AH." In the early 1960s Leary and his Harvard associates (notably Richard Alpert, later known as Ram Dass) began a research program known as the Harvard Psilocybin Project. The goal was to analyze the effects of psilocybin on human subjects from a synthesized version of the drug (which was legal at the time). Beat poet Allen Ginsberg soon joined the project, sharing an optimism with Leary that… Read more

New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition of the author's first book. About fine in a dust jacket with only slight spine fading and minor restoration at the extremities; in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box.

First UK Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author with a silver pen, then enhanced with dots, on the front free paper. A stunning copy of this novel, the author's first and considered a classic of 20th century literature and basis for the award winning film starring Jack Nicholson; scarce in the first UK, particularly signed. This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright silver lettering and blue design over clean maroon boards, and bright, white pages throughout; the book does have very minor shelf wear to the lower edges, a couple of very tiny nicks to the page edges at p. 27-29, and a blacked out line on the copyright page (author's name blacked out, I'm guessing Kesey did it when he signed the book), else fine. Housed in a crisp and bright near fine dust jacket that shows only light rubbing to the spine ends and a mild age-toning to the spine and flaps, else fine. Overall, an outstanding copy, unique with the enhanced signature; not… Read more

Viking Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, first issue. Very good first edition in very good first issue dust jacket, with one line blurb from Jack Kerouac on the front flap. Also, First published in 1962 by Viking Press stated on copyright page and with the following points: "that fool Red Cross woman" on pp. 9, lines 12-13, and "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." pp. 85-86. Prior owner's stamp on page edges, top, bottom, and foreedge. Jacket has original price on it. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing, first state with "fool Red Cross woman" on page 9. Near Fine with light fading to topstain, faint bit of staining to edge of page block, previous owner details to front free endpaper. In a Very Good+ price-clipped first state dust jacket with five-word Jack Kerouac blurb on the front flap, spine heavily faded, and with light edge wear. A rather presentable copy.

New York: Viking, 1962. First. hardcover. very good(+)/near fine. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, (1962). First Edition.<br/><br/> First state, with "fool Red Cross woman" on p. 9. The dust wrapper, also first state and un-clipped, has the price crossed out & $3.29 written in. There is a paper-clip impression on the flyleaf & following 3 pages. Kesey's important first book, and the basis for a film.<br/><br/>

New York: The Viking Press. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Jacket and book are both first state -- first state dust jacket with the Kerouac blurb and the unrevised text and in the book on page 9 the uncorrected reference to the "fool Red Cross woman and and with "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." on pp. 85-86.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York, NY: The Viking Press, Inc., 1962. Book. Collectible - Like New. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. 311 pages, 8vo. Jacket unclipped: $4.95. First Edition, First Issue, with the earliest state of the text featuring "fool Red Cross woman" on page 9, lines 12-13; and "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." on pages 85-86. Bright green cloth boards with bright yellow-stamped lettering along spine. Light peach stain along top page edge, a bit faded. Printed on copyright page: "Published in 1962 by The Viking Press, Inc." First Issue dust-jacket designed by Paul Bacon with unclipped price at $4.95, and five word Jack Kerouac blurb on front panel. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears and light creasing at edges of spine, 1/4-inch missing piece at upper right corner near spine of back cover, moderate spine fade, some light scrathes and creases at… Read more