The Human Encounter With Death
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977.
First edition, first printing. [xvi], 240pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper over blue-grey cloth spine stamped in black. Slight wear and a little biopredation to edges, else Fine in a lovely unclipped dust jacket, soft diagonal crease to rear flap, else Fine. The second book by the Czech-born psychiatrist, written with his ex-wife, Joan Halifax. Known for his research into LSD, altered states of consciousness, and the theory of birth trauma, he and his second wife developed Grof Breathwork.
The ubiquitous Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, developer of the concept of five stages of grief, provides the foreword.
Price: $400
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