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True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise
by McKenna, Terence
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperSanFrancisco / HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Signed by Terence McKenna on the front free endpaper. xii, 237 pp. Bound in publisher's original green paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in copper. Very Good+ with light wear at extremities and tiny split to the cloth at the top of the front joint; small patch of staining to bottom edges of boards, textblock edge and intruding into several margins. Former owner's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper. Bumped corners and several corner creases. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with sticker residue at foot, light staining to blindside at bottom edge; small tear at front joint at crown and a crease at front flap.
An uncommon signed copy of one of the late radical ethnobotanist's memoir of his 1971 journey to the Amazon basin in search of the hallucinogen known locally as "oo-koo-he.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945970
- Title
- True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise
- Author
- McKenna, Terence
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco / HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- drugs, hallucinogens, hallucinogen, Amazon jungle, signed, acid, LSD, botany, ethnobotany
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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