Counterculture and the 1960s

Lot #152:

[SPIRITUALITY]. 11 Books on Spirituality Including 7 Titles...

[SPIRITUALITY]. 11 Books on Spirituality Including 7 Titles by Alan Watts: Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying (2000, SIGNED by the author, Ram Dass, on the half title page. First edition, first printing. Books autographed by the author have become increasingly scarce.) And: Bhagava-gita As It Is: Complete Edition. (1972, First edition, first printing (stated). Scarce first impression of this important book for the Hare Krishna movement. A 1” stain to the foredge and light wear to the dust jacket.) And: Seed (1973, Third printing (stated) of the original edition. The book consists of 216 pages of text in the front and a large number of perforated and removable cards bound in at rear. This is a complete and intact copy. Slight cover wear but still a clean and tight copy.) And: Chemical Ecstasy: Psychedelic Drugs and Religion (1969, First edition, first printing. Some damp staining to the binding and verso of the unclipped dust jacket.) And the following titles by Alan Watts: Nonsense (1967, First edition, first printing with matching dates. Slight aging but appears unread.) And: Tao: The Watercourse Way (1975, First edition (stated), first printing. Remainder markings to the bottom edge otherwise fine. The unclipped jacket shows extremely slight shelf wear.) And: In My Own Way: An Autobiography (1972, First edition (stated), first printing with the correct number line. Owner’s address stamp on the front endpaper and tiny bump to one corner. The book and unclipped dust jacket remain close to fine.) And: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966, First edition, first printing (stated). Owner’s name and address sticker inside the front cover otherwise near fine. The unclipped dust jacket shows slight aging.) And: Beat Zen Square Zen and Zen (1959, First edition, first printing. Slight aging and owner’s name on front cover.) And: This Is It: Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience (1960, First edition, first printing. Light foxing to the endpapers and the unclipped jacket.) And: Beyond Theology: The Art of Godmanship (1964, First edition (stated), first printing. There is a small split to the cloth on the top edge of the front cover. The jacket is price clipped but otherwise remains fine.)