Landy Eugene (16 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, but pages show some age, edges show some wear. The covers are also near fine: intact in all ways, including color and design, but sunning on spine, some wear along edges and corners, bottom front corners slightly turned, We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. Book is in Very Good condition. Clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. The Underground Dictionary is a lexicon of slang, symbols, and phrases used within the American counterculture of the 1960s. The book serves as a historical document, capturing the language of a specific era and a wide range of subcultures, including hippies, "dopers," bikers, and musicians. Rather than being a formal academic text, the book is a collection of terms and their definitions, offering a fascinating glimpse into the vernacular of the time. It covers a variety of topics, from drug-related slang to terms for sex, music, and general counterculture attitudes. The work aims to be an exhaustive record of this language, which was often considered outside of the mainstream. Landy, who is perhaps better known for his controversial work as a psychologist for musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, compiled the dictionary to document this evolving language. The book has been noted for its accuracy in capturing the slang and for its historical value in preserving the linguistic landscape of the 1960s counterculture movement. 206 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Acceptable condition DJ with wear to edges, chipping and tears, now protected in archival mylar. Boards and spine intact. No apparent markings to pages. Tracking available on most domestic orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No notes, inscriptions or underlining to text. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

12mo bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red. Warmly inscribed to a colleague by Landt at ffep. Very Good in jacket with spine sunned to point of illegibility. Some foxing to endpapers and fore-edge. 206 pp. [OJ].

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, in year pf publication, at title page -"9-20-71 For Amy, I hope you enjoy this scholarly work - it took much time in the streets. Sincerely, Gene". Very Good, boards a bit faded with damp spots to rear board only, in Near Fine dust jacket, spine a shade sunned, small clode tear top edge rear panel. A great dictionary with a near-complete record of 60's counterculture slang - sex, drugs and rock and roll. Size: Narrow 8vo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book.

First edition. A trove of 60s and 70s lingo, of course mainly about sex and drugs. From Jefferson Airplane: (d) Sniff or snort a burning marijuana cigarette, tofreak trick n. (pr) Man who buys a prostitute and engages in unusual or deviant sexual activities, eg, masturbating while holding an ice cube. 8vo, 206pp. Illustrated section of symbols at the rear. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red in illustrated jacket. Former owner's name to ffep, jacket price-clipped and with a few edge tears. Very good.

206pp. 12mo. Condition: Wrappers. Fine. Third Paperback printing. Third Paperback printing. 206pp. 12mo. Inscribed to Ashley Montragu on the front pastedownOct. 1992. Inscribed to Ashley Montagu. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small 8vo. [9], 10-206, [2] pp. Black cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine; orange topstain. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Inscribed with personalization in the year of publication by the author. A list of terms and slang words that the youth of the sixties used. Landy characterizes these terms as ones used by hippes, Yippies, "dopers", bikers, musicians, teenyboppers, and others. With a symbol and a number glossary. A fascinating history of the language of the Counterculture Movement. A tiny blemish on the topstain; jacket with a crease on its front flap and light edge wear.