A scarce find for collectors of vintage natural history, ethnobotany, or counterculture literature.This is a genuine first edition of one of the rarest and most sought-after titles in the Golden Guide series. Written by Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, a pioneer in the field of ethnobotany, this was the first nontechnical illustrated guide to psychoactive plants and their cultural and medicinal use around the world. Condition: Fair — This copy is original and has not been rebound or restored. It is readable with light wear and two minor tears on the cover. All pages intact, no missing content. First printing is identified by the number 24362 on the spine and the letters ABCDE on page 160.