SANKAR, D.V. Viva. LSD: A Total Study.

(Westbury, NY): PJD Publications, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 23.8cm by 16cm. 960 pages. A massive and ambitious compendium of scientific, medical, and psychological research on Lysergic acid diethylamide, edited by D. V. Siva Sankar and incorporating contributions from a wide range of leading researchers in the field, including Albert Hofmann, Harold A. Abramson, and others. Extending to nearly one thousand pages, the work synthesizes decades of research on ergot alkaloids, neurochemistry, endocrinology, psychiatry, and experimental psychology, with particularly detailed attention to the biochemical mechanisms and clinical applications of LSD. It functions less as a popular overview than as a reference encyclopedia of the pre-prohibition scientific literature, drawing together thousands of studies published from the 1930s through the early 1970s. A cornerstone work in psychedelic studies, representing one of the last large-scale attempts to consolidate LSD research before the field’s decline in the late 20th century. A very good copy in dust jacket.