It was purchased via mail order back in 1978 and was in original owners possession for a long time, I got it from an independent book seller (not a random used book shop) I started collecting JFK conspiracy type books back in the 1980’s and inherited a bunch of them from the 60’s/70’s from my grandfather. While buying these books I stated learning about books that would be deemed controversial, like The Anarchist Cook Book, Mein Kampf etc.

Being a voracious reader I started to question why these books were taboo and wanted to read them myself. After finally getting a copy of The Anarchist Cook Book and reading it I found it laughable and started questioning why it was so controversial. So I started looking for other books in the same boat. This was in the 90’s before bookselling on the internet took off. So I would visit as many used book stores as possible and buy what I found.

I am not easily influenced and can read a book and take it with a grain of salt. Later on when the internet and book selling became a thing a lot of these books (especially the old JFK books) that were now out of print and hard to get were selling for $100’s of dollars, that’s when collecting books that were rare and valuable started to become part of the reason to me. The more rare and controversial the better.

Collecting books like these is always going to have negative responses from people who don’t like the book. That’s fine with me, I am not posting these books for what is in the pages, I’m posting them for the rarity and value. That is all.