LSD LUDICROUS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: A Psychedelic Happening Construction Kit
by [American Publishing Corporation]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good overall.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Waltham, MA: American Publishing Corporation, 1966. First edition. Very good overall.. Original and complete set of this cult '60s "game" kit: a psychedelic puzzle with no rules and no solution. A happening disguised as a board game: twenty game pieces printed with bright swirling illustrations and cut with interlocking grooves, housed in a box illustrated with a representative three-dimensional construction a player might build. Issued in 1966, when both LSD and party games were in the height of fashion (Tim Leary was arguably at the height of his fame at this time) and the casual mind-expanding drug user was in great need of aimless but absorbing activity kits to purchase. Cards included were not identical set to set, with several patterns, themes, and motifs (some figurative, some entirely abstract) printed and inserted into games in various configurations; the present example is particularly psychedelic. Quickly discontinued (LSD was officially outlawed in the US in late 1968); now rare. OCLC does not locate. 11.5'' x 6.25''. Original black and white cardboard box, with illustrated label mounted to lid as issued. Contains 21 6'' x 4'' playing pieces, each printed with colorful designs on rectos (versos with various black-and-white line drawings). Scuffing and soil to box; creases to a couple cards, one with tape repair. Otherwise playing pieces show only minor wear.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44670
- Title
- LSD LUDICROUS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: A Psychedelic Happening Construction Kit
- Author
- [American Publishing Corporation]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good overall.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- American Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- Waltham, MA
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- 20th century,1960s,Counterculture,Art,Drug Culture
Terms of Sale
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Payment by check or money order (made out to "Type Punch Matrix"), VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Paypal. All books subject to prior sale. New customers are asked to prepay. Libraries, institutions, and established customers and dealers may be invoiced. Reciprocal trade courtesies.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...