Doors Perception: Signed (11 results)
Published by Otter Bay Books
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on front endpage. (poems, poetry, prose).
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Seller: Black Gull Books (P.B.F.A.), St Leonard's on Sea, United KingdomBlack Gull Books (P.B.F.A.)
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 34.11
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprinted from the first edition of 2000, in Very Good condition with minor sunning to the spines and bumping and minor creasing to extremities. Warmly inscribed by the author 'For Peter, who also believes in theophanies, from Huston'. Inscribed by Author.
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Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United KingdomS.Carter
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
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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).
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Seller: Ivan's Book Stall, Reading, United KingdomIvan's Book Stall
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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.
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Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.Bad Animal
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US$ 100.00
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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).
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Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.Bad Animal
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 380.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. San Francisco: Council on Spiritual Practices, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover with a glassine dust jacket in a slipcase. Limited edition; this is copy number 131/500 printed on Magnani mould made paper and signed by the author. Also includes a TLS by Sm…ith. Leather backed spine with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Book and glassine jacket are both near fine. Slipcase has very minor rubbing and a small moisture stain and is in very good condition. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Harper & Brothers, New York 1954
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- First Edition
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Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaBookwood
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US$ 1,801.06
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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 tipp…ed-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 $1.50 intact). Mild bump to top edge of front board, very slight shelfwear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. 79pp. Scarce SIGNED copy of the uncommon first edition of this cult classic. RARE. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. 1983
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Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.Ted Kottler, Bookseller
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US$ 125.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1 of 325 copies signed by Duncan. 1 leaf, 99 pp, 1 leaf. Original 1/4-leather and marbled boards. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).
Published by W. Thomas Taylor, Austin 1983
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Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.The Old Mill Bookshop
Contact seller2-star seller1 vols. 8vo. 1st Edition. First edition, one of 325 copies, signed. 1 vols. 8vo. Five essays from the influential founder of the Cummington Press, including an acount of the early years of the press. Quarter grey morocco and marbled boards First edition, one of 325 copies, signed. Signed.
Published by Council on Spiritual Practices, printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona and San Francisco 2000
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- First Edition
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Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Blue Sky Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 500.00
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Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Beautiful deluxe edition, 1/4 leather spine in glassine DJ and slipcase. Signed in the colophon per the limitation (1 of 500) and warmly inscribed by Smith to Ralph Metzner. Metzner's bookplate on the front inside blank, otherwise a flawless copy. A great ps…ychedelic association copy! This edition printed by Martin Mardersteig at his Stamperia Valdonega. This edition is very much in the lineage (and appearance) of the great Officina Bodoni books that Mardersteig's father produced for Gordon Wasson. Printed on Magnani mould made paper, Top edge gilt, others deckled. A beautiful production, a psychedelic classic in a fine press edition.
Published by Monaco, Editions du Rocher, 1954 1954
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- First Edition
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Seller: Librairie Faustroll, Paris, FranceLibrairie Faustroll
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Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 1,765.41
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Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. 1ère édition. In-12 (18,8 x 12,2 cm), broché, couverture blanche imprimée en bleu et noir, 262 pp., 1 f. n. ch. Edition originale française de ce recueil d'essais de philosophie spirituelle. Exemplaire du service de presse (pas de grand papier). Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur : "A Robe…rt Kanters / hommage / de l'auteur / Aldous Huxley / 1954". Traduit de l'anglais par Jules Castier. Bel exemplaire broché, infime piqûres au dos. Livre culte, dont la premier texte, le plus connu et qui donne son titre au recueil constitue une véritable introduction à la vie mystique. Huxley y relate son expérience de la mescaline, alcaloïde actif du peyotl, ce cactus indien qui procure des "visions colorées", ingérée sous la supervision du psychiatre anglais, Humphrey Osmond, et analyse l'intérêt de l'utilisation de ce type de substance dans le cadre du besoin de transcendance de l'être humain. Critique littéraire et écrivain belge, Robert Kanters (1910-1985) consacra un article à l'auteur de Brave new world intitulé "Aldous Huxley, jugé par Blaise Pascal" paru dans les Cahiers du Sud en novembre 1938 (p. 797-807). Robert Kanters évoque Aldous Huxley dans La littérature contemporaine et le pouvoir des clefs, paru en 1950 à La Table Ronde, texte en partie consacré à l'occultisme et la vie mystique : "Ce qu'il faut surtout retenir de la tentative d'Huxley [.] c'est qu'il se dessine dans la culture contemporaine, et en particulier dans les lettres, un mouvement très important pour récupérer toutes les richesses spirituelles de l'humanité et pour les remettre à la disposition de tout homme". Signé par l'auteur. Livre d'occasion.
