$1,386
Estimate: $600 - $900
Auction: February 2, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
1. Thompson, Hunter S.
Mistah Leary He Dead
San Francisco, CA: X-Ray Book Co., (1996). First and limited edition, #205/300 numbered copies (from a total edition of 326 copies). 12mo. 2 pp. Original stiff handmade light purple wrappers, stamped in dark purple; translucent handmade paper endleaves; simulated acid blotter sheet with Leary's portrait, tipped-in at rear wrapper, as issued.
Thompson's scarce eulogy for Leary.
2. Solomon, David (editor)
LSD: The Consciousness-Expanding Drug
(New York): Berkley Medallion, (1966). First edition thus. 12mo. Introduction by Timothy Leary. Original pictorial stiff paper wrappers; edges stained red. Horowitz, Walls & Smith B4b
3. Leary, Timothy
Psychedelic Prayers after the tao te ching
Kerhonkson, New York: Poets Press, (1966). First edition, first printing (one of 2,500 copies printed). 8vo. Unpaginated (96 pp.). Printed on textured paper. Original stiff pink illustrated wrappers, stamped in black, cover illustration by Michael Bowen, spine lightly faded; all edges trimmed. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A5a
4. Leary, Timothy
Start Your Own Religion
(Millbrook, New York: Kriya Press, 1967). First edition (one of approximately 500-1,000 copies printed). 8vo. 27 pp. Illustrated with photographic reproductions. Original stiff illustrated wrappers; all edges trimmed. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A6
5. Leary, Timothy
High Priest
New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1968). First edition (one of 10,000 copies printed). 8vo. Original dark blue cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; in original unclipped dust-jacket, lightly worn. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A7a
6. Fort, Joel, and Ralph Metzner
LSD, Chromosomes, and Sensationalism
No place, ca. 1968. Eight-page mimeographed typed document, signed by Metzner at top right corner of first page. Off-print from Psychedelic Review #10, 1968. Stapled at top left corner.
Fort and Metzner's rare report countering negative press about the effects of LSD.
7. Leary, Timothy
Jail Notes
(New York): A Douglas Book, (1970). First edition. 8vo. 154 pp. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Original silver paper-covered boards, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original unclipped photographic dust-jacket. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A12a
8. Leary, Timothy
Neurologic
No place: Joanna Leary, 1973. First edition, first issue, #179/1,000 numbered copies signed by Joanna Leary. Inscribed by Timothy Leary on front blank, "To Asher/from Michael H & me../Tim Leary/3-20-96." Original stiff printed glossy paper wrappers, scattered light soiling; all edges trimmed. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A13c
9. Leary, Timothy, and Lynn Wayne Benner, Joanna Leary, Guanine
Terra II: The Starseed Transmission
(San Francisco: Grace Company, January 13, 1974). First edition (one of approximately 800-900 copies printed). 12mo. 177 pp. Original stiff printed glossy white paper wrappers, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A16
10. Leary, Timothy
Changing My Mind, Among Others
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1982). First edition. 8vo. 274 pp. Original yellow paper-covered boards, stamped in red; all edges trimmed; in original unclipped dust-jacket, unevenly faded. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A24
11. Leary, Timothy
Flashbacks: An Autobiography
Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, Inc., (1983). First edition. 8vo. 395, (2) pp. Inscribed by Leary on front free endpaper, "To Herb.../Why couldn't Jonah/be in a whale/instead of a Biblical/Pickle.../Timothy Leary." Original black cloth over black paper-covered boards, stamped in pink; all edges trimmed; in original silver dust-jacket. Horowitz, Walls & Smith A25a
12. Leary, Timothy
What Does WoMan Want?
Phoenix, Arizona: Falcon Press, 1988. First revised Falcon Press edition. 8vo. 278 pp. Original blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; in original unclipped illustrated dust-jacket.
13. (Leary, Timothy)
Timothy Leary's Greatest Hits: Volume 1, 1980-1990
Studio City, California: Knoware, 1990. First edition. 4to. 99 pp. Signed by Leary on verso of front wrapper. Original plastic spiral-bound stiff wrappers; all edges trimmed.
Provenance
From the private collection of Asher D. Atchick, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania