Just got done watching Antiques Roadshow from Baton Rouge and they had this old geezer on who had received a book on the history of magic from his old college room mate. Guess who it was?
Give up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW9okbgXcZw"]Appraisal: 1963 Jim Morrison Inscribed Book, "The History of Magic" - YouTube
Actually it was Jim Morrison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMbx1f43Y9A"]William S. Burroughs - Is Everybody In? - YouTube
My friend Nick has a copy of Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" with a personal dedication from the folk/ambient pioneer musician John Martyn.Nick was making a film about John which unfortunately never got finished and they became very good friends.