History of Coca “The Divine Plant” of the Incas.

$250.00

History of Coca “The Divine Plant” of the Incas. By W. Golden Mortimer, M.D. San Francisco: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library Edition, And/Or Press, 1974. Complete and Unabridged version of the First Edition of 1904. One of 5,000 copies. Maroon Cloth with coca leaves on front and titling on spine embossed in gold. without dw. 5¾" x 8¾". xxxi + 576pp. Incl. Editor’s Preface by Michael Horowitz, Director of Fitz Hugh Memorial Library. Author’s Preface, New York, April 1901. Appendix: A Collective Investigation Among Several Hundred Physicians on the Physiological Action and the Therapeutic Application of Coca. Bibliography. Index and Glossary. Profusely illustrated with b&w line drawings and photographs.. Ex Libris Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Research Foundation Library Toronto. WITHDRAWN.

Top and bottom of spine and edges of covers are worn. Front flyleaf is stamped with Library Seal and 'WITHDRAWN'. Back pastedown has glue marks where library pocket was removed. Otherwise a clean and tight binding.

Please inquire at VHS@vancouverhorrorshow.com about shipping estimates.

History of Coca “The Divine Plant” of the Incas. By W. Golden Mortimer, M.D. San Francisco: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library Edition, And/Or Press, 1974. Complete and Unabridged version of the First Edition of 1904. One of 5,000 copies. Maroon Cloth with coca leaves on front and titling on spine embossed in gold. without dw. 5¾" x 8¾". xxxi + 576pp. Incl. Editor’s Preface by Michael Horowitz, Director of Fitz Hugh Memorial Library. Author’s Preface, New York, April 1901. Appendix: A Collective Investigation Among Several Hundred Physicians on the Physiological Action and the Therapeutic Application of Coca. Bibliography. Index and Glossary. Profusely illustrated with b&w line drawings and photographs.. Ex Libris Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Research Foundation Library Toronto. WITHDRAWN.

Top and bottom of spine and edges of covers are worn. Front flyleaf is stamped with Library Seal and 'WITHDRAWN'. Back pastedown has glue marks where library pocket was removed. Otherwise a clean and tight binding.

Please inquire at VHS@vancouverhorrorshow.com about shipping estimates.

[A significant association copy. After many changes of name and mergers the Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Research Foundation Library Toronto was to become the CAMH Mental Health Sciences Library. The Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library in San Francisco created in 1970 housed the world’s largest collection of psychoactive drug related literature.

Table of Contents (XVI Chapters): I. An Introduction to the History of Coca. II. The Story of the Incans. III. The Rites and Acts of the Incans. IV. The Conquest of the Incans. V. The Physical Aspect of Peru. VI. The History of Coca. VII. The Present Indians of Peru.

VIII. The Botany of Coca. IX. In the Coca Region of Peru. X. The Products of the Coca Leaf. XI The Production of Alkaloids in Plants. XII. Influence of Coca Upon Muscular Energy. XIII. Action of Coca Upon the Nervous System. XIV. The Physiological Action of Coca. XV. Adaption of Coca to Voice Production. XVI. The Dietetic Influence of Coca. Appendix.]