Sale 530: Beats, Counterculture & The Avant Garde The Richard Synchef Collection, Part III - Literature & Illustrated (#530) 04/10/2014 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 79 of 725:
4 works by Ram Dass, 2 signed  

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$100 - $150

Title:
Four works by Ram Dass, two signed

Author:
Dass, Ram

Place:
Various places

Publisher:

Date:
Various dates

Description:

Includes 2 signed works:

  • Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying. Cloth-backed boards, dj. Riverhead Books, 2000. Signed on the title page.
  • Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service. Wrappers. Ball Tower, [1992]. Signed on the title page.

Plus 2 unsigned volumes:

  • The Only Dance There Is. Wrappers. Anchor Press, [1974].
  • Grist for the Mill. Wrappers. Unity Press, 1977. Previous owner's name on half title.

Ram Dass, previously known as Dr. Richard Alpert, collaborated with Timothy Leary as Doctors of psychology at Harvard in the 1960s, researching the effects of LSD and other psychedelic chemicals. In 1967, Dr. Richard Alpert went to India, where he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, who gave him the name, Ram Dass, which means "servant of God."


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Condition:
A bit of wear to paperback works from handling/reading; a few paperbacks very good, the others fine.


 
Item number:
245066
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