Description: Henri MichauxMiserable Miracle (La Mescaline)First Edition Hardcover Editions du Rocher, 1956 Near Fine Condition For more pictures of this item scroll down to bottom ....Book Publishing Details Author: Henri Michaux Full title:Miserable Miracle (La Mescaline)Publisher:Editions du Rocher, 1956Edition:First EditionBinding:HardcoverISBN:No ISBNBook ID:0031001 Comments & Item FeaturesFirst Edition. Category: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia, Fine Bindings. Language: French. ISBN: No ISBN. 26cm x 20cm. [vi], 122, [1] pages, [23] leaves of black and white illustrations. Full red decorative leather, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers. Text is in French. The accounts, observations, and literary manifestations of Henri Michaux (1899-1984), Belgian born French poet and artist, while on mescaline. Associated with the Tachiste movement in the 1940s and 1950s, Michaux was one of the original 20th century artists to take drugs and make art. This copy has been finely bound in full leather by Queensland bookbinder Karen McGuire, with a design based on one of Michaux's drawings. One of the standard edition of 1,500 numbered copies, of which this is 1,256. Book Condition ReportBook Condition: Near Fine Condition. Binding is in Fine Condition. Minor foxing to edges. Minor bump to crown fore-edge corner of text block. Size of Item & Shipped WeightShipped Weight: .83 kilos. Shipping & ReturnsWe pack all of our books with the protection they need to arrive in the exact condition they are sent out in, guaranteed. Standard delivery is 3 to 10 business days. International parcels can take up to 45 days. International EMS and FedEx available by quote. 30 day return for any reason. Items guaranteed as described. Change of mind returns at buyer's expense. Missing parcels replaced or refunded. Replacements or refunds for missing parcels not issued until postal carrier has concluded investigation.Local PickupPickup is welcome from our retail store, The Book Merchant Jenkins, located in Woolloongabba, Brisbane.About The Book Merchant JenkinsYarran L. Jenkins has been an independent book merchant since 2006. He is a member in good standing of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB), and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and an ILAB affiliate.Keywords and Associated TermsBZDB407 Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia; Foreign Language::French; French Language; Fine Bindings. Unbranded Henri Michaux Miserable Miracle (La Mescaline)
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Grade: Near Fine Condition
Language: French
Format: Hardcover
Subject: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia
Binding: Hardcover
Sub-Subject: Fine Bindings
Special Attributes: First Edition
Publication Year: 1956
Publisher: Editions du Rocher
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Book
Author: Henri Michaux
Book Title: Miserable Miracle (La Mescaline)
Item Weight: 500 grams-1 kilogram
Colour: Multicoloured
