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A small archive of six scarce author's offprints by German psychologist and philosopher Heinrich Kluver (1897-1979), best-known for his work on mescal, with three small black and white photos of him from the collection of authority on drugs and hallucinations Ronald K. Siegel. The offprints document the two psychologists' friendship and overlap in areas of interest. Photos are housed in an envelope of Siegel's with his letterhead. LIST OF OFFPRINTS: 1.The Edidetic Type. Reprinted from The Proceedings of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume XIV, December, 1933. [i], [150]-168 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. First offprinted edition. Tiny underline in red ink to front wrap, probably by Kluver. Very Good. 2.Foreword [to The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens by Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hofmann]. [np]: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1973. vi-xv. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Inscribed by Kluver on the front wrap in ink, "To Ron Siegel with the very best wishes for Siegel-West's 'Hallucination: Behavior, Experience, Theory.' June 1, 1974 [signed] Heinrich Kluver." Near Fine. Author's offprint of his foreword to a very influential study of hallucinogens. 3.Foreword [to The Vertebrate Visual System by Stephen Polyak]. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, 1957. v-viii. Publisher's folded sheet. Red underlining to final page, presumably by Kluver. Very Good with horizontal fold. Author's offprint of his foreword. 4.Mechanisms of Hallucinations. 175-207 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled self-wraps.Holograph notation, likely by Kluver, on the front wrap, "This chapter was reprinted in 'Mescal and Mechanisms of Hallucinations' in 1966 (Univ. of Chicago Press)." Fine. First offprinted edition, reprinted from the 1942 book Studies in Personality. 5.Neurobiology of Normal and Abnormal Perception. Reprinted from Psychopathology of Perception [np]: Grune & Stratton, Inc. 1965. 40 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled self-wraps. Inscribed by Kluver on front wrap in pencil, "In re hallucinations cf. especially page 18 and the following pages - H.K." Near Fine. 6.Reprinted from Mescal and Mechanisms of Hallucinations. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. xvi. Bound in publisher's blue stapled wraps. Second impression. Fine. Seller Inventory # 140945224
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Title: Small archive of six author's offprints by ...
Publisher: [Various Publishers], [Various Places]
Publication Date: 1973
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