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Published by Random House~trade, 1970
ISBN 10: 0877730164ISBN 13: 9780877730163
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Galeria Panajachel, Guatemala, 1977
Seller: Tangible Tales, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Text in German. Hardcover reprint, lacking dustjacket, in good condion. Acclaimed artist Nan Cuz has created a beautiful collection of works to go with this native folklore book. General wear at the board edges, with four claw marks (??) to the front spine edge (I know that's a flaw but it somehow feels sexier than that), and a shallow tear at the rear cover joint. Brilliant and colorful illustrated covers. The interior is clean and solidly bound. 37 pp., with full color artwork throughout.
Published by London : Macdonald, 1969
Seller: ANTIQUARIAT Franke BRUDDENBOOKS, Lübeck, Germany
Book
4°, OPpbd. Condition: Gut. 36 Seiten, Ins Englische übersetzt von Dinah Livinngstone. - Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. - Minimal berieben. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.
Published by Berkeley, CA: Shambala Publications, 1970., 1970
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. A retelling of an Indian legend from Guatemala about a boy who is given a magic drink by a medicine man which sends him on an incredible trip deep inside himself. Illustrated with gorgeous full-color, full-page paintings by his wife and co-researcher into mescaline, Nan Cuz, who was born in Guatemala of Mayan and German descent. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias. Translated from the German by Dinah Livingstone. Large format. 40 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated boards (upper corners slightly bumped, gift inscription on half title page).
Published by Shambala Publications, Berkeley, CA, 1970
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Berkeley, CA: Shambala Publications, 1970. Translated by Dinah Livingstone. Foreword by Nobel Prize-winner Miguel Ángel Asturias. First American edition (preceded by the 1969 UK edition, and the German-language edition of 1968). 4to. Glossy pictorial boards, as issued without jacket. 36pp.; illus. Sunning to front board, as usual; chipping and loss to material at spine ends and head of front board. Good or better; internally bright and clean. Dated (1972), inscribed, and signed by both authors to the title page. A colorful reimagining (by way of Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince) of a Central American Indian legend about a boy who "longs to get behind the appearance of things" and discover an unmediated version of reality. A statement at the rear of the volume places explicit emphasis on the story's relationship to psychedelic drugs, calling it the same "kind of journey described by Aldous Huxley in The Doors of Perception," and making clear that the artistic genesis of the book was rooted in Schäfer and Cuz's post-war experiments with synthetic mescaline. Schäfer (1926-1991) was a German painter, poet, and early enthusiast of the burgeoning psychedelics movement, having participated in experiments with LSD-discoverer Albert Hofmann in the 1940s and 50s. Nan Cuz (1927-2019) was the chosen name of Irmgard Cuz Heinemann, a painter born in Guatamala to a German father and a Mayan mother; Schafer's first wife. The success of In the Kingdom of Mescal within the hippie subculture lead to Schäfer increasingly embracing his newfound role as a counterculture figurehead, ultimately driving a rift between he and Cuz, according to an account of their relationship in Guatemalan magazine Revue. The authors' inscription here is to Dr. Margaret Ann Storkan (1919-2000), an American dermatologist, whose relation to Schäfer and Cuz we have been unable to determine. An uncommon title, particularly signed. Signed by Author(s).