The Teachings of Don Juan a Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Castaneda, Carlos
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good
- Seller
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OCEANSIDE, California, United States
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About This Item
University of California. Collectible - Very Good. 1968. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. (K316) a very good hard cover with a dust jacket now in protective mylar; The True First Edition CASTANEDA, Carlos. The Teachings of Don Juan. A Yaqui Way of Knowledge. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo. 196 pp. Full gray cloth, gilt-stamped on spine, Overall, a very good copy of this influential work dealing with "nonordinary reality. Dust jacket has small missing pieces but is overall very attractive in the protective mylar. .
Synopsis
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Casteneda is about a UCLA grad student in botany who goes down to southern Arizona to learn about their native plants in the 1960s. He ends up studying with a Yaqui shaman and explores the realm of human perception, induced through a variety of 'power plants' as well as peyote.
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- Bookseller
- J. E. MILES, A BOOKSELLER (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1812369
- Title
- The Teachings of Don Juan a Yaqui Way of Knowledge
- Author
- Castaneda, Carlos
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of California
- Date Published
- 1968
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