DRUGS from Skyline Books

Paris: Silvestre, 1892.. 4to. Softbound (no cloth issued). First edition. Photographs of a theatrical production, a pantomime, presented one time only by Mariani at Le Theatre Angelo Mariani in 1892. The photos depict scenes of a male and female mime enjoying the pleasures of Mariani's coca wine. Angelo Mariani formulated his cocaine-based beverage in… Read more about this item

Kalimpong, India: Privately published by the author, 1970.. 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Published as No. 52 in the Chen Booklet Series. The author describes the hippie dropout lifestyle in great depth and the trouble it leads to, including lots of references to LSD. This booklet in which Chen suggests that Buddhism offers a superior… Read more about this item

[NY]: Bell House, 1969.. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Her blood was pounding at her temples...She knew it was not only due to the prospect of the LSD party, she was going to make love to Nico." Cover illustration of promiscuous trippers. One of the scarcest LSD exploitation titles, we haven't seen a copy in… Read more about this item

NY: Psychedelicatessen, ca. 1967.. 4to. Folder featuring a silk-screened, psychedelic, Day-Glo cover design. Inside the folder are 7 sheets of paper printed on both sides in various colors featuring psychedelic art advertising their products, along with an order form with an elaborate ornamental border. The Psychedelicatessen was the first headshop in NYC, and one of the… Read more about this item

[NY: Belmont Tower Books, 1971].. First paperback edition and first edition under this title, originally published as "Cookie." "Drug addict, prostitute, mugger, thief---the true story of a young woman's life in hell." Cover photograph of a naked woman, tied-off to take a shot, with a huge syringe descending from above. Crisp, unread, very near fine.

NY: Psychedelicatessen, ca. 1967.. Seven advertisements neatly excised from various underground newspapers in NYC in the late '60s. The Psychedelicatessen was one of the very first head shops in the United States, following closely on the heels of The Psychedelic Shop in the Haight-Ashbury. Located in the East Village not far from Ed Sander's Peace Eye Bookstore,… Read more about this item

No place: Nightstand, [1967].. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Reckless Desire Ruled Their Shame Cult!" Cover illustration of an artist painting a naked woman as another man lurks in the background. Fine. Rare. No copies on OCLC.

NY: Pocket Books, [1972].. First paperback edition. A story of revenge utilizing "bizarre" scenes of "drugs" and "psychosexual encounters." Very good.

North Hollywood: Brandon House, [1967].. First edition of this Paperback Original. Owner's name, covers rubbed, slight dampmark to top of spine and back cover, very good.

NY: Avon, [1979].. First edition of this Paperback Original about a master pot smuggler. Presentation copy inscribed in the year of publication to famous counterculture lawyer, Michael Stepanian: "To Mike Stepanian, thanks for Save the Planet, Legalize It, No Nukes! Cosmic Christian Communalism Cannabis Consciousness Stephen Diamond 10/28/79." Stepanian was a lawyer for NORMAL, and others, and… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam, [1947].. First paperback edition thus. "An alcoholic takes the cure." Soft corner crease to front cover, small ink stain to corner of back cover, ink mark on first page, cover and first page just staring to pull away from spine, despite the flaws outwardly presents very good and nicer than it sounds.

LA: William & Victoria Dailey, ca. 1988.. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of the earliest catalogs on psychoactive drugs by these scholars on the subject. They previously did the landmark Phantastica catalog in conjunction with Michael Horowitz before he started Flashback Books. Some overall wear and one inch split to spine extremities, very good… Read more about this item

No place: no publisher, no date [1960's].. We've never encountered one of these before during the 35 years we've been specializing in this kind of material. Some creasing and small tears to fragile paper, but iron-on lettering fine (10" x 11").

Germany: Bilwis-Verlag, 1993.. 4to. Signed by Lyttle. A publication relating to psychedelic drugs printing Lyttle's essay "Psychedelica Mysticae: White Light Drugs and the Search for the Pineal." Fine.

Chicago: The National Insider, 1967.. Tabloid, folded as issued. Features the bold headline: "Tragic LSD Sex Orgy Raped by 18 Men!" Detailed outrageous story inside features another huge headline: "LSD Doped Girl Raped By 18 Boys!" Paper toned but still supple, very good. Sensational exploitation styled after The National Inquirer--- published at the end of… Read more about this item

LA: Ultima Books, 1969.. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. A "case study of a girl's climax-to-climax search in a freaked-out nightmare of drugs and perversion!" Unlike most titles in the genre, this erotic hippie exploitation "study" has the distinction of having 5 full-page, b&w psychedelic photos of naked hippies frolicking and engaging in sexual activities.… Read more about this item

NY: Award Books, [1967].. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The astonishing benefits available through the proper use of LSD..." Preface by Humphry Osmond. Introduction by Duncan Blewett. Afterword by Stanley Krippner. Spine lettering somewhat faded, else very good or better.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, [1978].. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second printing. A selection of papers on the "results of controlled laboratory experiments into the effects of marihuana on humans and animals." Includes Baudelaire's "Les Paradis Artificiels." Fine in slightly used dust jacket.

NY: Lancer, [1967].. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A comprehensive look at the plant and its use. Fine in price-clipped, slightly used dust jacket with a couple of short tears.

NY: Paul S. Eriksson, [1968].. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Introduction by Peter Laqueur. An "exciting and clear-cut portrait of marijuana." Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.