Item #63987 Ether, God and Devil [ and ] Cosmic Superimposition (Two titles in one volume). Wilhelm REICH.

Ether, God and Devil [ and ] Cosmic Superimposition (Two titles in one volume).

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 308pp. Turquoise cloth gilt-lettered on spine, b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. "Ether, God and Devil" was first published as Volume 2 of the 'Annals of the Orgone Institute' in 1949 and the first edition of "Cosmic Superimposition" was published in 1951. This volume combines the two titles "so that the reader may better grasp their essential unity" (publisher). Both are by Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) Austrian-born psychoanalyst and author, who was known for his unorthodox sex and energy theories; and who died in a Federal Penitentiary, where he was serving a two-year prison term for distributing his invention, the "orgone energy accumulator". Very slight darkening to edges of cloth, spine ends bruised, foxing to page edges, internally bright, unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (Dust jacket slightly darkened and rubbed overall, price clipped. Dust jacket now protected by removable mylar cover.). Item #63987
ISBN: 0374149070

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