ALDRICH, Michael R.

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High Times Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs. First edition, the copy of historian and counterculture collector Rick Synchef, inscribed to him on the half-title and title page by a pantheon of counterculture greats: authors Michael Horowitz and Michael Aldrich, as well as Ram Dass, Paul Krassner, Wavy Gravy (Hugh Romney), Ralph Metzner, Stanley Mouse, and Mountain Girl (Carolyn Garcia).The signatures inscriptions are as follows: "This book will always be interesting, Mountain Girl [drawing of a heart]"; "Wavy G"; "Ralph Metzner 8/19/92"; "To Rick - whose collecting interests so parallel my own - from a co-author of this volume, Michael Horowitz"; "Rick - What a gas to see this book's 1st ed. again - later editions didn't even mention that we're the authors! Good collecting! Michael R. Aldrich"; "To Rick, who belongs in this book under the category of superhero Mystery Man! Paul Krassner"; "Rick, Namasté, Ram Dass", and with Stanley Mouse's signature incorporating a drawing of a mouse.High Times began life as a magazine in 1973. The Encyclopedia is presented as "the first comprehensive, authoritative and unbiased sourcebook and guide to all the so-called 'recreational drugs'".

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