International Arts Online Auction

October 04, 2012

LOT 118

Lot 118

Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)

Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
Lot 118 Details
Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)

FROM BINDU TO OJAS (BE HERE NOW), FIRST EDITION (LIMITED EDITION BOXED-SET)

San Cristobal, New Mexico: Lama Foundation, 1970. Soft cover, printed on brown paper, bound with twine. Lacking “Cook Book” and record. Un-numbered, published in an edition of 300. Contained in a printed cardboard box
Overall 12.75" x 13" x 2" — 32.4 x 33 x 5.1 cm.

Estimate $300-$400

Realised: $96
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
  • Alpert, Richard. Baba Ram Dass (Author)
Provenance:

Ex-libris Janine Sade, N.Y. inscribed to the original exterior of the cardboard shipping box

Note:

Alpert’s guidebook to enlightenment, his first work as Ram Dass and a counterculture landmark. It’s subsequent success as a best seller under the title “Be Here Now” helped establish the Lama Foundation in Taos and brought oriental mystical philosophy to mass audiences in the West.

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