{"title":"Psychology","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks on psychology, consciousness, perception, and the study of the mind, including early and unusual editions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-hasheesh-eater-fritz-ludlow-fourth-edition-1857","title":"The Hasheesh Eater, Fitz Ludlow. Fourth Edition ~ 1857.","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hasheesh Eater, Fitz Ludlow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Georgia\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRare fourth edition of the first full-length American example of drug literature, in which Ludlow describes his altered states of consciousness and philosophical flights of fancy while he was using a cannabis extract. In the United States, the book created popular interest in hashish, leading to hashish candy and private hashish clubs. This edition was published the same year as the first. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1857. Publisher's original decorated cloth boards, gilt-stamped titles to spine. Boards show some shelfwear with a couple spots of discoloration to back panel, slight fraying to extremities, and some chipping\/loss near spine tips. Binding remains sturdy with the hinges perhaps just starting. Internally, a few instances of scattered foxing, crease to the bottom corner of the first few pages, else generally clean. A presentable copy, very scarce. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40976434823343,"sku":"","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/products\/IMG_6995.jpg?v=1637165702"},{"product_id":"the-doors-of-perception-aldous-huxley-first-uk-edition","title":"The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley. First UK Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eThe Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley   \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFirst 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.    \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eLondon: Chatto \u0026amp; 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. \u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888002912431,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8007.png?v=1778197982"},{"product_id":"the-concept-of-mind-gilbert-ryle-first-american-edition","title":"The Concept of Mind, Gilbert Ryle. First American Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eThe Concept of Mind, Gilbert Ryle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eFirst American edition, first printing of Ryle's founding work in the philosophy of mind, cited as having \"put the final nail in the coffin of Cartesian dualism.\" Published the same year as the UK first edition.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eNew York: Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, 1949. Publisher's original cloth, lettered in white; pp. 334. An about near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy, minor wear to board extremities, internally clean. Jacket general light shelfwear with some loss near spine tips, spine and edges of panels toned. A nice copy, uncommon and protected in archival mylar. \u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068684222639,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8794.jpg?v=1781621170"},{"product_id":"man-into-woman-lili-elbe-edited-by-niels-hoyer-first-edition","title":"Man Into Woman, Lili Elbe. Edited by Niels Hoyer. 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A very good copy. Binding remains sturdy and square, spine toned and sunned with moderate uneven fading to boards, minimal shelfwear. Scattered light foxing, else internally clean. Very scarce. \u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47089473192111,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8889.jpg?v=1782138938"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/collections\/freud.jpg?v=1606338126","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksleuth.com\/collections\/psychology.oembed","provider":"The Rare Book Sleuth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}