Woodstock Nation A Talk-Rock Album
New York: Random House [1969], 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. i-vi, 1-153, [1] pp. Black cloth with a fist in blind on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Concert Hall. With full-page black and white photographs and color illustrations, some leaves of text printed on colorful paper. Signed by Abbie Hoffman on the free front endpaper. Hoffman's memoir of his experiences at the Woodstock Music festival, arguably the most iconic American music festival to have taken place to date. With a passage on his disruption to the Who's set during the festival. This book also contains excerpts illuminating Hoffman's psyche and his motivations for protesting and advocating for some of the signature causes of the 1960's. Hoffman was a "Yippie", and garnered a great deal of attention during the 1960's and 1970's. He was one of the Chicago 8 defendants, and protested vigorously against the Vietnam War. Signed material from Hoffman is rather scarce in commerce. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000016489
A touch of foxing to the top textblock's edge; jacket with a bit of edge wear, especially to the bottom of its front flap, a small hole in the rear fold.
Price: $900.00