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The Magic Decade: A Street Level Glimpse of Seattle During the Mutinous Sixties
by JOHNSTONE, Milo, with illustrations by John Mochring
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: Johnstone & Durham, (1994). First edition, number 190 of 450 copies (of 1100 in total), this a "Release Party Copy" rubber-stamped on the copyright page, Inscribed & Signed by Milo Johnstone in red marker on the title page & in ink by John Mochring 8 times (at each of his posters). 4to, 248 pages, printed on various colors & weights of paper & profusely illustrated throughout, in original pictorial card covers.
Edges & joints moderately rubbed, otherwise Very Good or better.
Milo Johnstone spent years researching & compiling this unique history of Seattle's 1960's subculture. The result befits the spirit of the time: a gathering of politics, party, The Helix, The Daily Flash, Tom Robbins, Timothy Leary, music, The Grateful Dead & more. Quite uncommon, OCLC locates 4 copies only as of 10/9/2019.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000609
- Title
- The Magic Decade: A Street Level Glimpse of Seattle During the Mutinous Sixties
- Author
- JOHNSTONE, Milo, with illustrations by John Mochring
- Illustrator
- John Mochring
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Card Covers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Johnstone & Durham
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- (1994)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Seattle, Washington, subculture, counterculture, Hippies, Hippie, Protest, The Helix, The Daily Flash, Tom Robbins, Timothy Leary, music, The Grateful Dead
- Bookseller catalogs
- Counterculture; Social Movements, Protest, Labor; Art, Prints, Posters; Signed; Pacific Northwest;
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