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Rutgers University Press, 2006. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA.: CITY LIGHTS BOOKS. owner's name to inside cover. . VG. PAPERBACK. RE ISSUE. 1979.

Logosophia, 2018. Hardcover. New. 339 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches.

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New York: Harper & Bros., 1857.. Original gray cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Head and toe of spine slightly frayed, with minimal loss, several signatures starting at center of textblock, with signs of early 'tightening' and light discoloration from same at a couple of gutters, early bookplate and some modest staining to endsheets, typical light foxing, otherwise a good copy of a book seldom seen even approaching fine condition. First edition of the author's first book, and the pioneering work by an American treating the subject of hashish usage in a literary fashion. While plainly indebted to DeQuincey, Ludlow's narrative nonetheless offers its own singular merits, based on his personal experience while a student at Union College (this work was published the year after his graduation). In later years, Ludlow achieved further distinction as a journalist, and as the author of a very peculiar account of his overland journey to California. As would be expected for the times, this title turns up in a… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1857. First edition. 8vo. 371, [1] pp. Publisher's plum-brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind; spine faded, extremities rubbed, some foxing throughout First edition of the "first full-length work of American drug literature" (Horowitz), the first book on cannabis in English and the author's first book. Ludlow (1836-1870) began his experiments with drugs as a teenager in Poughkeepsie; the present work recounts his hallucinogenic experiences with large doses of cannabis extract while a student at Union College. PROVENANCE: James B. Weller (early ownership signature in pencil on title)REFERENCE: Horowitz, Phantastica, no. 153; Wright II, 1592