[CENSORSHIP AND OBSCENITY LAWS]. [LOWELL, Jim, subject]. A Tribute to Jim Lowell. Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967. 4to. Illustrated with 5 silkscreen plates by T. L. Kryss. Unpaginated. Publisher's staple-bound wrappers, front wrapper silkscreen (by Kryss) over yellow strip, publisher's price sticker of $2.00 on lower front cover, as issued. THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THIS FUND-RAISING BOOK, ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES PRINTED. Lowell, owner of the legendary Asphodel Bookshop in Cleveland, OH, had been arrested for violating local obscenity laws for selling Charles Bukowski's The Genius of the Crowd. This book was published in an effort to raise funds for Lowell's legal defense. Contributors include: Bukowski, D. A. Levy, Mitchell Goodman and Denise Levertov, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, T. L. Kryss, Hubert Selby, Jr., and more. 

Toned, rear cover foxed, upper front cover near corner with ownership inscription covered in black marker. Very good.