Addictions/Eating Disorders/Recreational Drugs from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1881. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Temperance tome aimed at the parent, teacher, & school administrator, provided with the warning that "if the children under your care get no special teaching [on the nature & effects of alcohol], there is a "moral certainty" that they… Read more about this item

New York, New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1881. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Early work by a doctor active in the 19th-century Temperance Movement, in the form of 10 lectures in which he extols the evils of alcohol & calls on American citizens as a "free and moral people" to raise their… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Paperback . Soft cover. Very Good. Recounts the author's parapsychological experiments with a young sculptor gifted with ESP who appeared to channel the long-lost spirit of an Egyptian from 4600 years ago & began to write & speak in ancient Egyptian, all while under the influence of the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Wenner-Green Founddation for Anthropological Research, Inc., 1966. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Detailed analysis of the peyote cult in Navaho country (primarily Window Rock, Arizona), & its cultural & religious significance , based on anthropological largely conducted 1949-1953, but continuing into the 1960s, including interviews, participant observation, & historical & documentary data.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Fawcett Premier, 1963. Paperback Original (PBO) 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good-. Before Richard Nixon's "War on Drugs,'' there was an honest attempt during the Kennedy Administration to understand the problem of drug addiction in the US. This is a collection of 16 articles or accounts from doctors, lawyers, social critics, journalists, &… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Signet/New American Library, 1972. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A "landmark report" of the "most comprehensive study of marihuana [sic] ever made" in the US. Conducted by the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, launched under the Nixon Administration's "War on Drugs,'' it assembled information from over 50… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alcoholics Anonymous World Serv inc, 1986. 3rd Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Bright & clean hardcover copy of the THIRD EDITION of the beloved Big Book, the "bible" of AA. Orig. published in 1976; this is the 25th printing from 1986. Blue cloth-covered boards with embossed title to front & copper-colored… Read more about this item

Hitchcock & Walden, 1878. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Comprehensive survey of the zealous men & women who were at the forefront of the late 19th-century temperance movement. An Introduction by Theodore L. Cuyer notes the movement's origins in the 1830s in Saratoga Springs, New York, & the "remarkable" growth of the "women's… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. American doctors/professors of medicine report on the actual & mythical aspects of the American drug scene in the early 1970s as it had been transferred to "London's drug clinics & Amsterdam's streets." In 205 pages with References, contains many first-person accounts of drug use & addiction. Orig.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Collection of 10 essays that offer an anthropological perspective on the ritual use of hallucinogenic substances in various cultures around the world, including European witches, South American Indians, urban slum dwellers, Native Americans on reservations, & more. In 200 pages with Bibliography… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: : U.S. Treasury Department Bureau of Prohibition, , 1930. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Includes 1) "State Cooperation in the Enforcement of National Prohibition Laws: A Factual Outline of Federal and State Responsibility," & 2) "Public Cooperation in Prohibition Law Enforcement: Business, Civic, and Industrial Groups Aid in Promoting Better Observance and… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2010. Fourth Edition 5th or later Printing. Leather Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket. Handsome & discreet, this is the "bible" of the longest-lived of the "anonymous" recovery movements, first published in 1939 by a pair of chronic alcoholics-Dr. Bob & Bill W.-and never out of print since, undergoing periodic… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Julian Press, Inc., 1972. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Draws on his own experience as a medical doctor & self-experimenter with "inner space" journeys through the use of LSD, isolation, mystical experience, hypnosis, & more. Techniques in preparing for & programming oneself for such journeys are outlined, along with… Read more about this item

HarperOne, 2007. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Suggesting how Buddha can be viewed as a "revolutionary,'' the basic tenets of Buddhism are outlined, showing how they can help "liberate the heart" & allow one to live a life of freedom from all things & peoples that seek to oppress. In 169 pages with lists… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Bernard Geis Associates/Random House, 1966. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The quintessential novel that exposed the dark secrets behind the glittering lights of Hollywood, New York, Paris, "the horrible nightworld of booze & pills" that so many of the rich & famous came to rely on for their… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1959. First Edition Later Printing 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Published in 1959 to much outrage, but deemed "a masterpiece. A cry from hell, a brutal, terrifying, & savagely funny book that swings between uncontrolled hallucination & fierce, exact satire." This is the Fourth Printing of that First Edition from… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Hurst & Company, 1880. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The celebrated author & essayist's best-known work, which some say "inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West" as he illuminates both the pleasures & pains of the substance he began using to ease his trigeminal neuralgia. This edition also includes 4… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Bay View Publishing Co.. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The celebrated author & essayist's best-known work, which some say "inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West" as he illuminates both the pleasures & pains of the substance he began using to ease his trigeminal neuralgia. Reprinted from the First Edition (1821),… Read more about this item

HarperOne, 2014. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Offers a sensible, nontheistic, nonjudgmental approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds through taking "refuge" in the tenets of Buddhism & actively walking a more mindful path. No experience or knowledge of Buddhism required. Includes many meditations. In 273 pages. Trade paperback is in Fine condition: looks… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Random House, 1956. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Author's first play, which ran on Broadway for 389 performances, 1955/56, starring Ben Gazzara & Shelley Winters in the leading roles. Their photos appear on the cover of the book here, as well as on the title page & in still photos… Read more about this item