Item #39539 A Comprehensive Guide to the English-Language Literature on Cannabis (Marihuana). BIBLIOGRAPHY.
A Comprehensive Guide to the English-Language Literature on Cannabis (Marihuana).

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A Comprehensive Guide to the English-Language Literature on Cannabis (Marihuana).

Beloit, Wisc.: Stash Press, 1969. First edition. 4to. Wrps., 265pp. Compiled by James R. Gamage and Edmund L. Zerkin.

The foreword describes the book as “the most extensive and detailed index to the professional writing of the subject available [dealing] with every significant discipline concerned with marihuana (including: medical, psychiatric, psychological, pharmacological, chemical and bio-chemical, botanical, sociological, anthropological, religious, legal, etc.)”. Features Author and Subject sections, with index.

Steve Abrams' copy, with front cover inscribed in pencil: “With love to SOMA - from LEMAR” (SOMA, the Society for Mental Awareness, was founded by Abrams in 1967 [see item #167], and LeMar [Legalise Marijuana] was founded by Allen Ginsberg and Ed Sanders in 1964).

Head of backstrip worn; wrappers marked and discoloured; Good plus.

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