The Doors of Perception.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

A first edition, second impression of Huxley's classic title (taken from William Blake) that inspired the name for a certain rock band and explores Huxley's experiments with mescaline. First edition, second impression; 8vo (19.5 x 13 cm); light offsetting to endpapers; publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt with slight fading to extremities, in the original unclipped blue dust jacket printed in yellow, red, white, and green, toning to spine, edgewear with a handful of short closed tears, spine head chipped, a very good copy; 62, [2] pp.

  • Binding: Hardcover

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