LSD, My Problem Child by Hofmann, Albert - 1980

Great copy.

Sarasota: MAPS, 2005. Paperback in very good condition.. Foreword by Stanislav Grof; Translated by Jonathon Ott; 219 pages.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980. Hardcover. Good+ (ex-library with library labels on spine (half torn off with sticker residue and inside rear cover, library stamp on block, front end page and title page verso. Soiling to ffep. Chipping to top of spine. All other pages are clean and clear with tight binding.). Black cloth boards with orange spine lettering; xiii, 209 pp; bw chemical formula diagram on rear page. "Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned. Driven by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and serendipitously noticed its profound effects on himself. Although his work produced other important drugs, including methergine, hydergine and dihydroergotamine, it was LSD that shaped his career. After his discovery of LSD's properties, Hofmann spent years researching sacred plants. He succeeded in isolating and synthesizing the active compounds in… Read More

New York: McGraw Hill Book Co.,, 1980. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VG in a VG- DJ.

McGraw-Hill, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8x5x0. Tattered jacket and ink and highlighting to text. Tight binding. Please email for photos.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Albert Hofman and translator Jonathan Ott. Bound in publisher's original black cloth lettered in orange. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear, scratched indent to front panel affecting cloth below. The memoirs of the discoverer of LSD, uncommon signed.