The City of San Francisco Oracle. Vol. 1 No. 6
San Francisco: Oracle, Publisher, 1967. Tabloid. Good. Item #021514
Tabloid newsprint journal. 15 ½ by 11 inches. 32 pp. Color psychedelic illustrations throughout. Front cover by Rick Griffin, rear by Ida Griffin. With a full page artwork devoted to the Grateful Dead by Rick Griffin. Edited by Allen Cohen, The Oracle was known for is psychedelic designs and promotion of the counterculture/hippie lifestyle as experienced through the use of psychedelic drugs and Aquarian philosophy. It was designed at the Psychedelic Shop in Haight Ashbury, and published only 12 issues before ceasing publication, partially due to the belief that hippie culture was connected to mainstream consumer culture (see Heller, Merz to Émigré and Beyond pp. 190-191). This issue with many new age, spiritual and psychedelic musings and imagery. Also includes an article by John Sinclair, Fire Music; an interview with Paul Krassner; a two page photo collage spread of a Human Be In, with several pics of Timothy Leary, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate toning to the paper. Minor soiling. Light wear along the extremities.
Price: $200.00