by Albert Hofmann
(1980, 209 pgs, hardback)
This copy is a firt edition signed by both the author Albert Hofmann and the translator, Jonathon Ott.
Here at last is the inside story of the birth of th psychedelic age. Albert hofmann, famed chemist, recounts the intriguing history of his problem child, LSD.
We follow Dr Hofmann on a tortuous journey of discovery: the systematic research and incredible accidents, the frightening personal experiment that was, nearly forty years ago, the first LSD trip. As the story of Hofmann's career unfolds, we meet Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, Gordon Wasson, Ernst Junger and other fascinating personalities who come to life in these pages.