The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley
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]. An about very good copy in a good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy, minor shelfwear and toning to boards with a small white stain to the top of the front board. Offsetting to endpapers, scattered foxing to pages. Jacket shows general shelfwear, rubbing and chipping with a few closed tears. Toning to spine and back panel. Protected in archival mylar.