Dr. Timothy Leary's passion affected an entire culture and influenced modern world history. Flashbacks, Leary's own account of his career as "an accomplished clinical psychologist at Harvard University, a dabbler in Eastern mysticism, a fugitive and convict, a stand-up comedian and actor, a writer and software designer and exponent of cybernetics" - (The New York Times), is the only book written by him that directly addresses the issues, people, and history of his personal awakening and crusade.
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Seller: Occultique, Northampton, NORTH, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. An Autobiography. Detailed account of his life and experimentation with mind-expanding drugs. First UK Edition. William Heinemann Ltd, London 1983. illus 398pp hb dw slightly worn, pict black dw, gilt black cloth, near fine. Seller Inventory # 32990
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Seller: Sad Paradise Books, Rippleside, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, A very neat, bright copy of the first impression of the UK edition. Octavo on publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black & white photographic plates, maps / plans /tables, notes. 396 pages. Some offsetting to endpapers, light soiling to front edge, top right corner bumped, all else clean and white. Signed and inscribed by Leary on free front endpaper. A flashback of Who's Who in the 70's & 80's :John and Yoko, JFK, Burroughs, Charles Manson, Aldous Huxley all feature in this enthralling tale of Leary on the run from drug charges, all the while convinced of his cause for freedom. Seller Inventory # 1709372
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