Heaven and Hell
Price: $225.00
Hard Cover. London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. First Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, with spine stamped in gilt; in its original blue dust jacket designed by John Woodcock, with two overlapping circles to front panel, lettered in red and white. Near fine book, with a faint line of toning along upper edge of front board, and light offsetting to endpapers; very good or better unclipped dust jacket, with heavy toning to spine and along upper edge of rear panel, shallow chipping to head of spine, minimal edgewear to front panel, and lightly nicked corners. Overall, a sleek and lovely copy. "Heaven and Hell" is a companion volume to Huxley's landmark essay, "The Doors of Perception." In "Heaven and Hell," Huxley continues his discussion on psychedelic drugs, which he claims take the experimenter to "an unexplored New World of the mind" (jacket flap). The essay is followed by eight appendices that touch on vitamin starvation, fireworks, artwork, and other sources of visionary power. Item #AH031
