Jun 07, 2017 - Sale 2450

Sale 2450 - Lot 428

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
THOMPSON, HUNTER S. Mistah Leary He Dead. Two-page letterpress chapbook with tipped-in simulation perforated acid blotter sheet. 12mo format, 6x4 inches, hand-made, hand-sewn printed wrappers, front cover a bit faded. Number 272 of a limited edition of 300 copies hand-printed at the New Orleans School of Glass Works and Printmaking Studio. San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., [1996]

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caution: do not drop. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's eulogy for his friend and famous LSD advocate Timothy Leary. The content first appeared in Rolling Stone magazine as a letter to publisher Jann Wenner. "Now there is one more name on the honor roll of pure warriors, who saw the great light and leaped for it."