Doors Perception, First Edition (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Scarce copy of this work on "a definite program of spiritual exercise to clarify the relationship between body, mind, and spirit". Book has minor exterior marks and light age-toning of pages; dust jacket fading, edge wear, and sticker residue on front cover. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by SVS Press, 1988. Octavo. Book is very good with light toning to the page ends and light creasing to the spine. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have very light wear. edges of pages have very light wear. dust jacket has very light wear.

Condition: New. In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; JMTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108. 2004. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Name stamp to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to slightly sunned covers, crease to spine. Very clean very tight pages with unmaked rear board, slight marking to front and no bumping to corners. 95pp. A study of the Psalms to assist the reader to enter more fully into the rich heritage of religious langage and thought. A scarce book. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7.25 x 4.75 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($5.25 price intact). Published by Pilgrim Press, 1974. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with very light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, printed wrappers, 102pp. A Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Philadelphia: United Church Press, (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. 127pp, 8vo. A very good copy in a very good jacket. Pages tanned with age, minor wear to edges. Jacket covers are lightly scuffed and rubbed, with creasing, a small chip, and a closed tear along upper edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals by Huston Smith. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Stated with full number line. Hardcover in fine condition; clean boards, tight binding, clean pages, sharp corners. Dust jacket in fine minus condition; fine, bright and clean with extremely low wear - very light creases on front cover and tiny bump on jacket spine (see photos). In this collection of essays, world religious scholar Huston Smith examines the spiritual and religious significance of entheogenic plants and psychedelic substances. A respected voice bridging academia and faith, Smith situates entheogens within broader traditions of mystical practice and religious experience. A cornerstone work in legitimizing the study of psychedelics in relation to spirituality.

Condition: New. . 2014. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Trade Edition. Octavo, 99 pages, grey wrappers Signed by Duncan in 1990 on the title-page. Here are essays on the hand-printing of books and what it means to print books, written by a master printer. One essay relates to his Cummington Press, and another to his mentor, Victor Hammer. Duncan was described at least once as "the father of the post-World War II private-press movement.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Kachangal, Manoj (illustrator). 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Rare book on the art and artist, published on the occasion of the 2008 solo exhibit curated by Vinod Bhardwaj at The Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre. This beautiful book includes many full-color photos and plates, 10 essays, notable moments, reviews, and some biography of this Raza Award winning painter. Paper-wrapped full-color boards are unmarked, with very gentle bumping at lower corners and shoulders at head of spine. Binding is tight and feels unread. Inside pages are clean and bright. 195 pp. 9.75 x 13 inches. * Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer. * NOAMZ.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/fine card covers original.this copy is inscribed by the author on the fep "to abby,best wishes-tony peake". Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 160 pages, colour images. Author signed title page. Loosely laid in : publisher's flyer on orange paper, letter from author and clipping of review from Church Times. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 160 pages, 18 colour plates. * Covers historical background, biblical language imagery and interpretation, icon painters, the visual language of icons and their environment - showing the great tradition of iconography in the Orthodox Church.

First edition. 8vo.564 pp.Illustrations. Sotcover binding, pictorial cover, very good condition. (125059).

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice copy small octavo ii + 91pp., In 1952 Aldous Huxley became involved in the now legendary experiment to clinically detail the physiological and psychological effects of the little known drug used by Mexican and Native American elders in religious practices. The drug was Peyote-now commonly know as mescalin.

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus. Text paper and spine browned else Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Smith on the first end paper. Also includes three notes written and signed by Smith to the author and scholar Paul Lee. Book and unclipped jacket are both in very good condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. 1954. Third impression, published in the same year as the first. 63pp. Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) was an English writer and philosopher, probably best known as the author of Brave New World. In this book he writes of his psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision", and reflects on their philosophical and psychological implications. The book is bound in the original light blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The book is in excellent condition with a touch of fading at the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with a name written on the top edge of the front free endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper (design by John Woodcock) has shelf wear with some soiling and sunning to the spine. The corners are bumped and nicked with a small pieces missing from the top front corner and the front spine edge if rubbed with a small hole near the middle. The spine ends are bumped with small pieces missing and up to about 1/4" is missing from most of the top front edge and about 1" of the top rear edge near the spine. A small stain is visible on the reverse of the wrapper near the bottom front corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, third impression of one of the most influential psychedelic texts, detailing Huxley's experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision", and reflects on their philosophical and psychological implications. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Publisher's original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. [1-4], 5-63, [1]. A very good copy in a good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding firm, typical light lean to spine, minor shelfwear to boards. Contemporary ownership signature to flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows general wear with a few closed tears, chipping and toning to back panel, protected in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HUXLEY, Aldous. The Doors of Perception. London: Chatto and Winds. 1954. Thin 8vo. First edition, first impression. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by John Woodcock. The cloth slightly marked at corners, slight discolouration to backstrip foot. The binding tight and square, offsetting to endpapers with various newspaper clippings loosely inserted, the text fine. The dust jacket unclipped (6s net), several small chips and nicks around the corners and spine tips, the spine foot creased with a little grubbiness all-round, the rear flap with quite substantial loss to lower portion, but an about very good copy overall. The author's famous essay retelling his guinea pig experience with mescaline, which he described 'a sacramental vision of reality'. Huxley believed and indeed hoped to see Blakean visions when taking the psychedelics, whose work provides the title, but instead experienced the Dharma-body, told diligently and thoughtfully. Perhaps the first major study of its kind by such a well-respected literary figure, highly readable and indeed cultish today.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Chatto & Windus 1954 first edition, first impression. Aldous Huxley experiments with mescaline! Rebound in half navy blue leather spine and corners, with marbled paper covered boards, gilt title to the spine, plain endpapers. Some spotting to the page edges, plus some tan marks to the inner margin in a couple of pages, pages a little toned, the half title has a tear to each end at the inner margin, no inscriptions. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1954 Chatto & Windus London 1st edition 2nd impression (March 1954) Very good clean tight binding in very good original clipped dustjacket. Dust jacket has had some repairs over time, spine is faded and back cover has some browning. Internally a clean bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition, second impression. Tight and square binding in blue cloth; bright gilt; darkened a little at the edges. Flyleaf has a gift inscription to an unnamed previous owner, else bright, crisp and clean. The unclipped, first-state dustwrapper (6s net stated) is Very Good: slightly yellowed but bright colours, with toning to the spine, minor chipping to bottom spine. 63 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression of one of the most influential psychedelic texts, detailing Huxley's experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision", and reflects on their philosophical and psychological implications. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Publisher's original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. [1-4], 5-63, [1]. A very good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding firm, typical light lean to spine, minor shelfwear to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown and a contemporary ownership signature to flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows light shelfwear, a trace of a dampstain to front panel, a handful of closed tears and a sunned spine. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1954 Chatto & Windus Hardback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good unclipped dustjacket. DJ has had some repairs over its lifetime . No inscriptions, not ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Doors of Perception, plus the follow up Heaven & Hell. First UK editions, first impressions, published Chatto & Windus in 1954 and 1956. Two thought provoking essays by Huxley focusing on states of consciousness, The Doors of Perception explores the use of psychedelics, discussing his own experiments with mescaline and its effects on sensory perception, ego dissolution and greater appreciation of beauty and art. Heaven and Hell expands on these themes to include meditation, spirituality, and other methods of expanding human perception. The titles for both books were inspired by William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, the book containing the quote "If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing will appear to man as it is, infinite." Condition The Doors of Perception - Smart blue cloth covers with bright gilt lettering to the spine, very slight spine slant, securely bound, edge of page block with some very tiny spots, some offsetting to the endpapers, as is usually the case with this title, previous owners name in pen to the free endpaper, tidy pages. Unclipped dust jacket, three very neatly repaired short tears at the top of the spine, the back panel a touch toned, otherwise lovely condition. Very good. Heaven & Hell - Pink cloth covers with bright gilt lettering to the spine, top edge lightly spotted, slight spine slant, secure binding. Faint previous pencil price impression to the free endpaper, half title with offsetting, a couple of pages with a small spot, pages otherwise tidy. Unclipped dust jacket, some fading to the red area on the spine and some rubbed wear to the top of the spine, a couple of tiny closed tears, good plus.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Special Edition. 1954 Chatto & Windus Hardback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Near fine clean tight copy. This is a unique binding, hand painted in acrylic on canvas, with decorative endpapers. A modern artistic binding specially designed for this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION with SIGNED page laid in. The single sheet is SIGNED in full in black ink by author Aldous Huxley. The otherwise-blank sheet measures 18.5 x 12cm, almost the same size as the pages of the book, & appears to be very similar paper to the endpapers - possibly either tipped-in at some point or removed from another volume. FIRST EDITION, stated on copyright page. Additionally, the printed letters "M-C" appear below the First Edition statement, indicating the month & year of printing (December 1953). The first US edition (Harper & Brothers) was published simultaneously with the first UK edition (Chatto & Windus), both 1954. Huxley's well-known classic work, an account of his use of mescaline, which has been described as "the most influential single work on the use of psychedelic drugs". This mid-1950s work sparked a generation of drug experimentation. The Doors famously took their band name from the title. From inner flaps of dustjacket (in full): "'One bright May morning', writes Mr Huxley, 'I swallowed four-tenths of a gram of mescalin dissolved in half a glass of water and sat down to wait for the results'. One of the results was this most unusual and compelling book. Mescalin is the active principle of peyote - the desert cactus long used by the Indians of Mexico and the Southwest in their religious rites. Though harmless, at any rate for persons in good health, the drug produces profound alterations of consciousness. In Blake's phrase, it 'cleanses the doors of perception', so that the world is transfigured and takes on a beauty, a significance, a quality of infiniteness, undreamed of at ordinary times. Mr. Huxley describes these cleansed perceptions and discusses, as he goes along, a number of the problems in philosophy, in art, in religious experience, on which they throw a new and revealing light. Whether the reader agrees with Mr. Huxley's conclusions or not, The Doors of Perception remains a unique glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest living writers, and a challenging discussion of the human personality". Set in Linotype Times Roman. Format by Robert Cheney. Manufactured by The Haddon Craftsmen. Printed in the USA. Bound in publisher's original light blue cloth backed by black cloth spine with bright silver lettering. NO DUSTJACKET (Lacking both front & rear panels). The only remnants of the original dustjacket are the two INNER FLAPS, both of which are laid in (with original first edition published price of $1.50 intact). Mild bump to top edge of front board, very slight shelfwear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. 79pp. Scarce SIGNED copy of the uncommon first edition of this cult classic. RARE. Signed by Author(s).