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Lot 203
[PSYCHEDELICS] "The Book of Acid" 1975 First Edition
Estimate: $500 - $750
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Adam Gottlieb. Larry Todd, illustrator. The Book of Acid. [Hermosa Beach, California]: Kistone Press, 1975. 8vo, 15 pates. Illustrated. Original illustrated wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
A rare booklet from the psychedelic era providing a guide to the preparation of LSD, especially the large-scale cultivation of ergot and Aspergillus.
VERY RARE. No copies have ever sold at auction. OCLC locates only 4 copies held at the Drug Enforcement Administration Library; the Houghton Library, Harvard, Michigan State University Library Special Collections, and the Wellcome Collection.
[Drug, Drug History, LSD, Hallucinogenic Drugs, Psychedelics, Psychedelic Art] [Pamphlets, Ephemera]
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