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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 170 pages. Published in 1978. Rare High Times Magazine, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, and Peter Beard collectible item. A near-fine copy of the legendary and enduring magazine's December 1978 Double Holiday Issue. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run as a softcover magazine only. There is no ISBN. The Magazine Issue is now very rare. Presents High Times Magazine's Holiday Double Issue. Features Truman Capote (as older stand-in for kids) and Andy Warhol (as Santa Claus) on the Cover and a lovely Special Feature within. The latter is "A Christmas Carol", with lyrics by Truman Capote and original design by Andy Warhol. Capote insists he does not want anything for himself for Christmas. But he has a very long Wish List for personalities, celebrities, and nemeses for Santa, notably a sex-change operation of Jacqueline Kennedy and an ambassadorship for Gore Vidal to Paraguay, where Capote hopes he stays forever. This marks not only their very first - and only - appearance in High Times Magazine, but their very first - and only - Magazine Cover Appearance together anywhere. The Issue also has a rare, fascinating, and illuminating Interview with Peter Beard, the late great photographer/artist/writer/bohemian/pioneering environmentalist, then largely unknown to the American public, but one of the living heroes of High Times Magazine, the enduring advocacy magazine by "High Society". High, that is, on marijuana, whose acceptance has finally come in our time. An absolute "must-have" title for High Times Magazine, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, and Peter Beard collectors. This title is a great Issue. It is very prominently and beautifully facsimile-signed (pre-printed) on their Contribution by Truman Capote and Andy Warhol, something they have never done before. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the High Times Magazine Holiday Double Issue available online and despite its imperfection (very slight wear on the cover, but it's there) is still in fine condition overall: Well-preserved, clean, crisp, and bright. It is the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. Now protected in its own plastic sheet for posterity. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. A fine copy.