Man and Dolphin - Adventures of a New Scientific Frontier

Lilly, John C.

Published by Doubleday, Page & Company - Garden City, NY, 1961

About this Item

"Black cloth on boards with bright gilt and blue lettering to spine and outline of a dolphin in blue to front. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than some general but minor soiling to boards and the gift inscription from author to prior owner - ""To Noel Fleming, with best wishes, John C. Lilly, 3 October, 1964"" to FFEP. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows original price of $4.95 and has only minor scuffing or shelfwear. Uncommon book even more so Inscribed by Lilly. John Cunningham Lilly (1915 2001) was an American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer and inventor. He was a member of a generation of counterculture scientists and thinkers that included Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Werner Erhard, all frequent visitors to the Lilly home. He often stirred controversy, especially among mainstream scientists. Lilly conducted high-altitude research during World War II and later trained as a psychoanalyst. He gained renown in the 1950s after developing the isolation tank. He saw the tanks, in which users are isolated from almost all external stimuli, as a means to explore the nature of human consciousness. He later combined that work with his efforts to communicate with dolphins. He began studying how bottlenose dolphins vocalize, establishing centers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and later San Francisco, to study dolphins. A decade later, he began experimenting with psychedelics, including LSD, often while floating in isolation. His work inspired two Hollywood movies, The Day of the Dolphin (1973) and Altered States (1980), as well as the videogame series Ecco the Dolphin. First Edition, later printing (No statement of first edition on copyright page but date of inscription suggests 2nd printing of the First Edition. Uncommon book, even more so inscribed. Protected in archival mylar.

Seller Inventory # blb07209-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man and Dolphin - Adventures of a New Scientific Frontier
• Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company - Garden City, NY
• Publication Date: 1961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science
  • Natural History
  • Animals