Description: Wolfe, Tom - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Farrar Straus & Giroux: New York, 1968 - First Edition / First Printing - “First Printing, 1968” stated on the copyright page as required in order to denote the first printing of the first edition. “[Aldous Huxley] compared the brain to a 'reducing valve'. In ordinary perception, the senses send an overwhelming flood of information to the brain, which the brain then filters down to a trickle it can manage for the purpose of survival in a highly competitive world. Man has become so rational, so utilitarian, that the trickle becomes most pale and thin. It is efficient, for mere survival, but it screens out the most wondrous part of man's potential experience without his even knowing it. We're shut off from our own world.” The book has rather heavy soiling, staining, rubbing and general grubbiness to the cloth. The boards remain reasonably straight with dulled tips, the lettering on the spine is still bright, the binding is square and firm and internally there is a name neatly penned on the front end page and some soiling but it is otherwise free of writing or markings. Wolfe’s chronicle of LSD, Ken Kesey, and the Merry Pranksters’ road trip across America in a painted bus. A seminal work of 1960s counter culture and one of the corner stones of New Journalism. All books are offered with a full 30 day postage paid return policy. All books which are in dust jackets will be mailed with a clear archival dust jacket protector fitted. Shipping costs can be combined if multiple purchases are made. Items will be packaged and shipped within one business day unless otherwise noted. Please always feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Shipping Cost: 7.13 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: FSG
Modified Item: No
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1968
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: N/A
Special Attributes: First Edition, First Printing, 1st Printing, 1st Edition, Collector's Edition
Author: Tom Wolfe
Region: North America
Topic: Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: Fiction / 1960s / Counter-Culture
