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HIGH IN AMERICA: The True Story Behind NORML and the Politics of Marijuana
by Anderson, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0670119903
- ISBN 13
- 9780670119905
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Signed first printing of this story of the early days of the marijuana reform fight, inscribed to the late Larry King. Anderson's riveting narrative of the birth of NORML, its founder Keith Stroup, and the other era-defining personalities - Hugh Hefner, Willie Nelson, Hunter S. Thompson - seen variously as threats, menaces, and attempted saviors. Written at the dawn of the '80s, HIGH IN AMERICA looks both backwards and forwards at the changing public face of marijuana advocacy from countercultural utopian dream to broad and science-based mainstream coalition. Long before the victories of recent years, Anderson wrote with engaging reasonableness, "Legalization and regulation of marijuana will not be a perfect system, but our s is not a perfect world, and it will come because it is the least-bad system." This unique association copy warmly inscribed to legendary broadcaster Larry King. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter orange cloth with blue boards. In original unclipped ($13.95) dust jacket, designed by Richard Reitzes. 328 pages. Inscribed by Anderson on front free endpaper: "For Larry King / with thanks for / another great interview - / and with warm personal wishes - / Pat Anderson / Feb 25, 1981." Boards faintly sunned along edges; minor rubbing to jacket. Near fine in like jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40265
- Title
- HIGH IN AMERICA: The True Story Behind NORML and the Politics of Marijuana
- Author
- Anderson, Patrick
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670119903
- ISBN 13
- 9780670119905
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Drug Culture,Counterculture,20th century,American,American History,Association Copy,Law
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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