The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
Are you on the bus? Tom Wolfe took a tour with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as they departed California and made their way across the country in a day-glo painted bus full of LSD and enthusiasm in the summer of 1964.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First Printing, 1968 stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser. Wolfe's epic New Journalism tale of Ken Kesey and his Merry Praksters. Near Fine, topstain evenly lightened as is common, prior owner name in ink front end page, in a lovely Near Fine dust jacket, Fine but for… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST
by Wolfe, Tom
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- First Edition, Third Printing
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- 1968
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 416 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white and multi-color with red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$5.95." Minor shelf wear. Some soiling and scuffing to dust jacket. Small stain to… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Tom Wolfe
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Scotia, New York, USA
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$139.00
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1968 Farrar, Straus and Giroux first edition, first printing.
Condition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. Condition issues are:
1) Light wear to the boards, and
2) Moderate soil to the fore edge of the text block (see the last listing photo). It appears that a dark liquid may have spattered on… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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- Very Good
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- 1969
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Orange Park, Florida, USA
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$120.00
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. First UK edition, first printing, with "First published in Great Britain 1969" stated on copyright page with no additional printings stated. First-issue dust jacket with publisher's "42s" price on front flap. Pink cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine. Blue dust jacket with multi-colored lettering on front cover… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
by Wolfe, Tom.
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Concord, California, USA
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NY, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1968, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This is Wolfe at his best following Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in the wild, wacky, wonderful, and turbulent 1960s, with the wonderfully psychedelic front jacket illustration by Milton Glaser. Near fine. Item Price
$525.00
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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- Near Fine
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- 1968
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Tomball, Texas, USA
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$540.00
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First Edition/Stated First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine or better dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this novel, Wolfe's 3rd published work; uncommon in this condition. This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright multi-colored lettering over white boards, and clean, white pages throughout; the book does show the common mild… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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$180.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket, clipped, rubbed and bumped at the edges, some fraying and chips, stain from old tape at the head of the spine. White cloth, toned at the edges, some stains on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a mottled blue topstain, clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST
by WOLFE, Tom:
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York, North Yorkshire, GBR
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$315.38
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1969. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the Sarah Whitcombe designed dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents bright and clean throughout. Minor bump to the lower edge of the spine. Complete with the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA
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$325.00
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Near Fine book in Good- DJ. First Printing stated. DJ is NOT price clipped (5.95). DJ has small chips at extremities including a quarter inch chip at top of spine and closed tear at bottom of front fold (please see photos). Boards are tight, bright and square with very thin yellowing at top and bottom of spine (⅛ inch). The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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- Used - Fine
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- 2008
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- 9780312427597
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Surrey, British Columbia, CAN
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$13.20
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Picador, New York, 2008, Fine Trade Paperback, 416 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- 31st printing
- Published
- 1989
- ISBN
- 9780553264913
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Brossard, Quebec, CAN
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$4.36
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Bantam, New York, 1989. 31st paperback printing. Condition: Very good minus, light edge wear and corner bumps, faint crease at bottom edge and top corner, slight spine nicks.
Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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- New
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- Collector's Edition No. 1,018 of 1,768
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- 2016
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- Hardcover in a slipcase
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- 9783836552103
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Wilson, Wyoming, USA
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$700.00
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Collector's Edition (No. 201–1,968) No. 1,018; numbered and signed by Tom Wolfe.
This book is Tom Wolfe's generation-defining text published alongside ephemera from the period and pictures from American photojournalists Lawrence Schiller and Ted Streshinsky.
Hardcover in a cardboard slipcase, letterpress-printed text, two different paper stocks, and tip-ins.
Book is NEW and in NEW FINE Condition. Slipcase is NEW and in VERY GOOD… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
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- 2nd impression
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- 1968
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- Boards in d.j.
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Perth, Western Australia, AUS
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$227.71
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1968. Second printing, in year of publication. Original cloth boards (titled in psychedelic colours to the spine), dustjacket, pp viii, 413, ii. Top edge of boards damaged/heavily rubbed, small mark upper edge lower board, some fading as usual to blue top edge with a few marks otherwise very good condition, small water mark to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
by Wolfe, Tom [Ken Kesey; Phil Lesh]
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- 1968
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$8,800.00
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New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968. First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe with his characteristic signature on the title page. Additionally signed on the front free endpaper by Merry Prankster Ken Kesey and… Read more about this item Item Price
$8,800.00
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used - Good
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- 1976-01-01
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- Paperback
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- 9780553102697
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Boonsboro, Maryland, USA
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$17.15
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Bantam Books, 1976-01-01. Paperback. Good. 81x16x124. [Tom Wolfe's Crazy Work of LSD and Merry Pranksters] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Edges creased. Item Price
$17.15
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$3,500.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tom Wolfe on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's white cloth with titles stamped in metallic multi-colors on the spine. Near Fine with light toning to boards at edges, fading and a few small droplets to the topstain. In a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Electric Kool-aid Acid Test
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- 1968
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- Hard Cover
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$96.26
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. Book shows considerable wear with stained and mottled covers, bumped and worn corners, sun faded spine, super just barely showing at pre-title page, occasional stain to pages, otherwise text/interior is clean and free of marking. Contents include: Black shiny FBI shoes, Rusky-dusky neon dust, The bus, Unauthorized… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used
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- 1968
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$2,800.00
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New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968. First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test was published by Farrar… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
by Wolfe, Tom
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- Used
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- 1968
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$3,200.00
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New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968. First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry on the title page. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test was… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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- Used - Good
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- 1999-10-05
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- Paperback
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- 9780553380644
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$9.97
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Bantam, 1999-10-05. Paperback. Good. Item Price
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