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Book Description: New York , Raven Press , 1979., 1979. Illustrated. 468 pages. tHE REPRINTED PAPERBACK EDITION. Bookseller Inventory # 2033

Book Description: 1967 1st., 1967. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Proceedings of a Symposium held in San Francisco, California, January 28-30, 1967. Workshop Series of Pharmacology Section, N.I.M.H. No. 2. Numerous textual photos, illustrations, figures, and graphs. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1967. First edition. Multidisciplinary discussion of the use of plants and plant extracts for a variety of medicinal or religious ceremonial purposes, examining the production of psychotropic agents among ancient cultures, the role of plants in the development of drug chemistry, present-day uses of plants in medical, ceremonial, and sacred contexts, and the future potential of plant-derived compounds for therapeutic applications. Bookplate. Some occasional highlighting, marginal ink notes, and other marks within the contents, with an ink stamp and small stain to the fore-edge. Boards a bit sunned along the extremities and slightly edgeworn, with some minor spotting to the front board; otherwise a very good copy. Bookseller Inventory # 008704

Book Description: NiMH, Washington, D.C., 1967. First Edition. Near Fine+, hardback, 468 pp. Bookseller Inventory # 15153

Book Description: U.S. Department of Health. Washington., 1967. pp. xxii, (ii), 468. Many illustrations. A very good copy in the original cloth. US$200. Bookseller Inventory # 57065

Book Description: Washington, Gov. Printing Ofc. HC, blue cloth. Very interesting compilation of ethneobotanical subjects: kava, nutmeg, snuffs of South America, ayahuasca, and amanita muscaria. Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bookseller Inventory # 000635

Book Description: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C., 1967. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed technical papers presented by leading scientists and field experts (including R. Gordon Wasson, Richard Evans Schultes, Claudio Naranjo, Andrew Weil, Siri von Reis Altschul) on a variety of multidisciplinary topics dealing with the use of plants as psychotropic agents in pharmacology, including empiricism and magic in Aztec pharmacology; piper methysticum; chemistry and pharmacology of kava; myristica fragrans; vilca and its use; chemistry and psychopharmacology of nutmeg and related phenylisopropylamines; psychoactive action of various tryptamine derivatives; pharmacology, chemical constituents, and botanical origins of South American snuffs; ayahuasca, caapi, and yage; psychotropic properties of the Harmala alkaloids; fly agaric and man; pharmacology of amanita muscaria; ethnopharmacological investigation of some psychotropic drugs used by Siberian and Far-Eastern minor nationalities of the U.S.S.R., chemical compounds isolated from Banisteriopsis and related species; etc. 468 pgs. Illustrated. Gilt spine and front cover. Small stamp to half-title and title pages. Prior owner's numerical code on front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. Scarce. Ex-Professional Library. Bookseller Inventory # PA-4