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Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hofmann and His Discovery of LSD
by Hagenbach, Dieter, and Lucius Werthmüller
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Santa Fe: Synergetic Press, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A profusely illustrated book about the Swiss chemist responsible for accidentally discovering LSD. Half a biography of Hofmann, half a social history of LSD (and other psychedelics) and its impact as one of the watershed discoveries of the 20th century.Translated by William Geuss and Linda Sperling.With a foreword by pioneering LSD researcher Stanislav Grof. Quarto (8.25 x 10.5 in.);xxiii,383pp.,with bibliography and index of names; pictorial papered boards, in dust jacket. Near fine, with light bumping to spine ends and board corners. In a near fine jacket, lightly crumpled at extremities. Out of print in hardcover; paperback still available from publisher.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001761
- Title
- Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hofmann and His Discovery of LSD
- Author
- Hagenbach, Dieter, and Lucius Werthmüller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Synergetic Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Fe
- Date Published
- 2013
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
About Dividing Line Books
Dividing Line Books offers interesting and rare books in the fields of modern literature and counterculture, with developing specialties in artists' books, the psychedelic movement, and other avant-garde streams of the 20th century and beyond. Member IOBA.
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