Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, (Ethno-Mycological Studies) by R. Gordon Wasson - 1972-01-01

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Paperback--spine tight--cover slight wear--pages unmarked--mild foxing on outer page edge

-: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Trade Paperback. Good. used trade paperback edition. some sunning to spine edges and corners a bit bumped, some creasing/scuffing/wear to covers. heavy creasing to spine but binding is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. 1. Softcover. Good. Good; Softcover; Front cover is clean and glossy with a few small handling-marks to the back cover and light reading-creases along the spine; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Binding shows wear from use, but is straight and is intact with no splits; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; White covers with illustration of two red mushrooms, and title in red and white lettering; 1972, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 381 pages; "Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality," by R. Gordon Wasson.

-: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Trade Paperback. VG-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1973. Softcover. 0156838001 . Very Good in wraps. Creasing on panel corners and spine. Foxing on text block edges. ; 381 pages .

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good+. 1973. Softcover. Spine is straight, binding is tight, name sticker inside the book, reading pages are unmarked, some wear.; Ethno-Mycological Studies; 9.5 X 6.6 X 1.3 inches; 381 pages .

E-328: Harcourt, Brace Jovanonvich. Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanonvich, New York. 1971. Xvi, 380 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf wear present. No ownership marks present. The text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. One of the key enigmas of cultural history has been the identiy of a sacred plant called Soma in the ancient Rig Veda of India. Mr. Wasson has aroused considerable attention in learned circles and beyond by advancing and documenting the thesis that Soma was a hallucinogenic mushroom - noen other than the Amanita muscaria, the fly-agaric that until recent times was the center of shamanic rites among the Siberian and Uralic tribesmen. In his presentation he throws fascinating light on the role of mushrooms in religious ritual. A section on the post-Vedic history of Soma is contributed by the Sanskrit scholar Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty EB;… Read More