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Lot 72
[Counterculture] (Hoffman, Abbie). Fuck the System. First and Only Edition
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024
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Live / New York
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[Counterculture] (Hoffman, Abbie) Fuck the System
New York, (1967). First and only edition. 16mo. 30, (2) pp. Original pictorial staple-bound stiff self-wrappers.
A fine copy of this rare and wildly entertaining piece of Yippie ephemera: Abbie Hoffman's first book, and a precursor to his more famous Steal This Book (1971). Written under the pseudonym George Metesky--the infamous "Mad Bomber" who terrorized New York in the 1940s--Hoffman provides the reader with a mischievous guide to the city, imploring them to "take what you want, take what you need, there is plenty to go around, everything is free". Subjects include where to find free food, free lawyers, free money, free buffalo, free drugs, free rent, free pets, free movies, etc., while also providing information on venereal diseases, notes on demonstrations, an individual's civil rights when dealing with the police, and how to cope with a bad drug trip.
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