{"product_id":"spit-in-the-ocean-numbers-1-5-signed-by-ken-kesey","title":"Spit in the Ocean, Numbers 1-5 (Signed by Ken Kesey).","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eSpit in the Ocean, Numbers 1-5\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eFirst editions, first printings of the first five numbers of Ken Kesey’s freewheeling countercultural literary journal, with issue 1 being signed by Kesey to the first page. Published intermittently, each number featured a new theme and guest editor while continuing Kesey’s Grandma Whittier narrative. The sequence comprises “Old in the Streets,” “Getting 2 There From Here!,” “Communication with Higher Intelligence,” “Straight from the Gut,” and “The Pyramid Issue.” \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003ePleasant Hill, Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service\/SITO, 1974–1979. Five octavo volumes, perfect-bound in original illustrated wrappers and illustrated throughout in black and white; Number 5 with its folding plate of the Great Pyramid. Very good overall, with tight bindings. Number 1 has creasing to the front wrapper and a closed marginal tear to the signed opening page, which is also creased; Number 2 retains postal sealing tape from its original mailing and has small losses at the spine ends; Number 4 shows light fading or scuffing to the rear wrapper; and Number 5 has a light front-wrapper crease. The first two numbers retain their addressed mailing wrappers. A consecutive group of the first five numbers, scarce signed.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47501973618863,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_0737.jpg?v=1789409301","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksleuth.com\/products\/spit-in-the-ocean-numbers-1-5-signed-by-ken-kesey","provider":"The Rare Book Sleuth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}