The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley (First Perennial Library Edition, 1970, Mass-Market Paperback)

First Perennial Library edition of Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, published by Harper & Row in 1970. The copyright page explicitly states “First PERENNIAL LIBRARY edition published 1970.” This is Perennial Library P171, with the original 95¢ price printed on the front cover and the distinctive Pat Steir cover design. Huxley’s influential essay recounts his 1953 mescaline experience and became one of the defining twentieth-century works on altered perception, consciousness, and psychedelics. This copy shows moderate shelf and edge wear, light rubbing and creasing, and some toning, with a previous owner name written inside the front cover. Overall a solid, attractive vintage copy of a collectible early paperback issue. Bibliographic records confirm this 1970 Harper & Row issue as the first Perennial Library edition, 79 pages, series P171.