Etidorhpa, Or The End Of The Earth Lloyd, John Uri Illustrated,Siegel Collection Of Books On Psychoactive Drugs,Weird Science

John Uri Lloyd. J. Augustus Knapp, illustrator. Etidorhpa, or the End of the Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1896. Fifth edition. Octavo. 386pp. Profusely illustrated by Knapp. Publisher's mottled brown pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in silver, endleaves in grey. Bleiler, 1028. Etidorhpa, an allegorical hollow-earth fantasy (Aphrodite in reverse), was written by a prominent Cincinnati Pharmacologist, who describes a journey led by a mysterious being known as I-Am-The-Man, in which the main character (Llewellyn Drury) is shown a world of wonders and horrors, fueled by sacred mushrooms and other ingestibles. Illustrated to unsettling effect by Augustus Knapp. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. . Slightly rubbed and edgeworn to boards; front hinge a bit overopened; light toning throughout; ink ownership signature to first blank. Very good. JBS-143