Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second Printing, 1968 . Solid straight binding. Unfortunately, a few lines are highlighted on 9 pages in the first two chapters. Dustjacket has rubbing and chips and tears.
Seller: Trip Taylor Bookseller, Boise, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Clean text, solid binding. Ex-library with usual flaws.
Seller: Browsers' Bookstore, CBA, Albany, OR, U.S.A.
Castaneda, Carlos. Teaching's of Don Juan. University of California Press, 1968.
Price: US$43.98 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Description: First Simon & Schuster Printing (originally published by University of California Press, the same year). Octavo (22cm); brown leatherette boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 288pp. Tight, straight and unmarked, Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95 on front flap), lightly worn but with a substantial (1" x 1") scuff to front panel, on which a previous owner has jotted some numerals in ink; just Good. Castaneda's first book, a first-person narrative documenting his interactions with Mexican shaman don Juan Matus between 1960-65. The text was submitted as Castaneda's doctoral thesis in Anthropology at UCLA.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 196 pp. Author's first book. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine;heavy bump adjacent to head of spine. Price clipped dust jacket shows sunning along spine and back panel along with some chipping and rubbing along edges, else good. Includes Introduction and Appendixes. Lime green end papers.
Seller: Great Books&Cafe @ The Williamsford Mill, Williamsford, ON, Canada
Price: US$100.15 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original hardcover in jacket, third printing, somewhat rare, this is author's first book. Book is in excellent condition with bright cloth binding, gilt on spine; there is light age-toning to pages; attractive small bookstore label inside front cover. Jacket is solid and bright with some rubbing and fading, small closed tear top edge and then some light scratching. Very attractive in protective mylar sleeve.
Seller: Snowden's Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$119.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$138.15 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.25 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Castaneda, Carlos.. THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN. A YAQ. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA., 1968.
Price: US$139.69 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.75
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.15 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan. University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition, 2nd Printing of Castaneda's first book in the Don Juan series. The book and dust jacket are Very Good +. The dust jacket is price clipped. Pages are clear and unmarked.
Seller: Squarebridge, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Castaneda, Carlos. THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN. A Yaqui Way of Knowledge. Berkeley: University of California Press, [1968, Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is gilt-stamped at the very dark green leather spine, & is covered with tbcl hand-made marbled "nonordinary" green papers & finished inside in soft Black Velour. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstone generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, unmarked first edition of this ground breaking book by Castaneda. There is no jacket with this copy. True first published by the University of California Press at Berkeley. Book is clean and unmarked throughout. Boards are clean and show the slightest wear to the top points and the bottom of the spine. A nice collectible copy missing the jacket. Hard to find book as this was a very small print run.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$261.70 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of first edition. Very Good in a Poor to Fair dust jacket. Black cloth boards with a bit of wear at corner tips and spine-ends. Binding is square and sound. No marks. Jacket has numerous chips, tears and creases - substantially more so the rear panel. Original $5.95 price intact on front flap. 196 pages.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Dust jacket has several small tears, lightly scuffed.
Seller: tim hildebrand books, Janesville, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A second printing of the true first edition, published as an academic work by the University of California Press in 1968. ***Near fine in dark grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Top edge and fore-edge of page block slightly foxed. Internally very clean, with no creases or tears. No ownership details and no annotations. Dark green textured endpapers. Very slight lean to the binding but spine tight. ***In a very good typographically printed dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of $5.95. The thin dustwrapper is complete with no chips, creases or tears. Extremities of dustwrapper just slightly rubbed and creased, mainly at the head and tail of the spine, with very slight loss at the head of the spine. Small nicks and slight creasing to the extremities. No fading even to the light green colour on the spine. Dustwrapper bright and clean. ***235mm x 160mm. 196 pages. ***'Mr. Castaneda, a young anthropologist, records here his experiences during five years as a pupil of don Juan, a Yaqui Indian shaman. In a series of remarkable dialogues he sets forth his partial initiation into don Juan's perception and mastery of "non-ordinary reality." He describes how peyote and other plants sacred to the Mexican Indians are used as gateways to the mysteries of "dread," "clarity," and "power." Although he must deal with alien phenomena, often with matters of terrifying and fantastic order, Mr. Castaneda writes pragmatically and simply, allowing the events to carry their own drama. His account will leave the reader with the strongest impression of the nobility, depth, and authority of don Juan and of his teachings. This unprecedented and strangely beautiful book, which is assured a place in the literature of ethnology, will even more remain a living document of the spirit. Taoism, Yoga, Vedanta, and Zen--the ancient "ways of liberation"--belong root and branch to Asia. It has been assumed that the West has produced no way of spiritual knowledge comparable to the great system of the East. The present book is accordingly nothing less than a revelation.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***The second printing (published in the same year as the first) of the true first edition of the first book by Carlos Arana Castaneda (1925 - 1998), the Peruvian-American author and student of anthropology. Castenada's now famous work was first published as an academic / anthropological work by the University of California Press, and as such, the first and second printings were almost certainly produced in very small print runs, and consequently, the work is very scarce in either printing. It soon gained something of a cult following, with a third printing being produced by the University of California Press in 1971. Castaneda's later works were then picked up by mainstream non-academic publishing houses, and his books have remained immensely popular, introducing ideas of shamanism and native spirituality to a broad western readership. A book that became a cult classic, and very hard to find in the original format - especially in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$373.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. Very good in very good jacket. Slight foxing to fore-edges. DJ unclipped, foxed along edges.
Seller: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Castaneda, Carlos. The Teachings of Don Juan. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. [xii], 196 pp. Dark grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hint of foxing to edges, light shelf wear. Jacket has some rubbing, some small tears and small creases at extremities, price intact ($5.95). The author's first account of his encounters with Yaqui shaman Don Juan Matus, published while he was still a grad student by an academic press.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine in very good dust jacket, in fresh mylar sleeve; light staining to bottom of jacket front, tiny chips at top of jacket spine, some erosion to jacket at flap folds else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket bearing a $5.95 price; the true first printing of the landmark book on mysticism and shamanism as evidenced by no later statements of printing on the copyright page; photos on request
Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$505.94 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first printing of the true first edition, published as an academic work by the University of California Press in 1968. ***Near fine in dark grey woven cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Edges of page block clean, without any foxing. Internally also near fine, very clean, with no creases or tears. With neat contemporary ownership details at the top of the front free endpaper, but no further annotations. Dark green textured endpapers. Binding straight with no reading lean. Spine tight. ***In a very good typographically printed dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of $5.95. The thin dustwrapper is complete with no chips, or tears. Extremities of dustwrapper just slightly rubbed and creased, mainly at the head and tail of the spine, with very slight loss at the head of the spine. No fading even to the light green colour on the spine - just some very light browning to the white areas of the dustwrapper. There is some light staining to the top of the inside of the dustwrapper, but this is not visible on the outer dustwrapper. Dustwrapper bright and clean. ***235mm x 160mm. 196 pages. ***'Mr. Castaneda, a young anthropologist, records here his experiences during five years as a pupil of don Juan, a Yaqui Indian shaman. In a series of remarkable dialogues he sets forth his partial initiation into don Juan's perception and mastery of "non-ordinary reality." He describes how peyote and other plants sacred to the Mexican Indians are used as gateways to the mysteries of "dread," "clarity," and "power." Although he must deal with alien phenomena, often with matters of terrifying and fantastic order, Mr. Castaneda writes pragmatically and simply, allowing the events to carry their own drama. His account will leave the reader with the strongest impression of the nobility, depth, and authority of don Juan and of his teachings. This unprecedented and strangely beautiful book, which is assured a place in the literature of ethnology, will even more remain a living document of the spirit. Taoism, Yoga, Vedanta, and Zen--the ancient "ways of liberation"--belong root and branch to Asia. It has been assumed that the West has produced no way of spiritual knowledge comparable to the great system of the East. The present book is accordingly nothing less than a revelation.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***The first printing (published in the same year as the first) of the true first edition of the first book by Carlos Arana Castaneda (1925 - 1998), the Peruvian-American author and student of anthropology. Castenada's now famous work was first published as an academic / anthropological work by the University of California Press, and as such, the first and second printings were almost certainly produced in very small print runs, and consequently, the work is very scarce in either printing. It soon gained something of a cult following, with a third printing being produced by the University of California Press in 1971. Castaneda's later works were then picked up by mainstream non-academic publishing houses, and his books have remained immensely popular, introducing ideas of shamanism and native spirituality to a broad western readership. A book that became a cult classic, and very hard to find in the original format - especially in the UK. The dustwrapper is very thin and prone to chips and tears - this copy is probably as good as you will find. A lovely copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$562.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used - Very Good: Berkeley: University of California. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth/gilt. First edition. Dust jacket has some rubbing and small crease on back, Owner inscription on front endpaper and some underlining throughout. Else tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is lightly rubbed/edgeworn with some edge creasing. Flap price $5.95.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . First edition. Berkley 94720
Seller: PulpFiction, Glebe, NSW, Australia
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition (4th printing) of author's first book. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with gold titles. 196 pp. Previous owner's name inside. Dustjacket has repaired tear in front, wear at folds and corners, off-color along inside flap edges. One of the seminal books of the youth movement of the 60's and 70's, introducing alternative spirituality, medicine, states of consciousness. ISBN: 0520002172. Very good in a good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover. [u]
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$669.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gray cloth/gilt. First edition. Corners slightly bumped, including slight bump to block corner at top corner; tiny scrape/hole to page 47 and pinhead sized indentation to the few following pages. Else tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is lightly rubbed/edgeworn with some edge creasing and small edge tear. Flap price $5.95.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's first book. Octavo. 196 pp. Full gray cloth, gilt-stamped on spine, dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed along extremities, some minor chipping to top and bottom of spine. Overall, a very good copy of this influential work dealing with "nonordinary reality." HBS 67668. $850.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 196pp. Top and fore-edge foxed, boards gently dust-soiled, and some foxing to the verso of the jacket, but a nicely presenting copy, overall very good. First edition of Castaneda's seminal first book, published when the author was a graduate student at UCLA.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Slight marginal tear to the jacket, but generally a fine copy. Slight marginal tear to the jacket, but generally a fine copy First edition of Castaneda's seminal first book, published when the author was a graduate student at UCLA.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated second printing, signed and inscribed by Castaneda to Mary Lou Wilcox, former president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco, and her husband George, on the ffep. 8vo, [6], viii, [4], 196pp. Publisher's gray cloth with sliver lettering to spine in green printed jacket. Very good with some rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Jacket good with wear and rubbing to edges and along folds, with some loss along flaps and at spine ends. Toning and rubbing to front and rear panels with some moisture staining to underside. Wonderful association copy of this controversial work, originally published as an anthropology thesis by Castaneda, but later dubbed by critics to be mainly a work of fiction. The book describes Castaneda's lessons with a Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan, and their use of various hallucinogens such as Jimson weed and peyote. This copy from the library of ethnobotanist Mary Lou Wilcox, who served as the president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco from 1970-71, shortly after the book was published. Signed copies of this seminal work from Castaneda are uncommon.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition of the author's first book. About a fine copy in a good, somewhat worn and stained dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, 'To Bill Howe, with my best wishes for Ômagical time' in Mexico. Carlos Castaneda.' The recipient, a California academic contemporary of Castaneda, stamped his Mexican address on the front jacket flap. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6250.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. signed by author. 1st Edition. Castaneda, Carlos. THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN. A Yaqui Way of Knowledge. Inscribed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. True First Edition of the Author's first book. 8vo, (xii), 196pp. Publisher's medium gray cloth covered boards lettered in gold, green endpapers. Elegantly inscribed in blue fountain pen on the dedication page: "With all the best, Carlos Castaneda". True First edition of Castaneda's very scarce first book & the first book in the Don Juan series. Issued in a small edition [likely 750 - 1250 copies] by a university press, the book was well-read on campus & copies of this, the true 1st [not to be confused with the later Simon & Schuster, 1973 printing] are difficult to find in collectible condition. A seminal 60's book of some great counter-cultural significance through which Don Juan's perception & mastery of "nonordinary reality" opened up the mind of an era to the possibilities of a more mystical & magical existence, linking various themes of spirituality, drugs & metaphysics. A fine fresh exceptional example of this profoundly influential work, in an excellent dustwrapper - the nicest we have seen in years. A spectacular signed copy of this much sought after book in a fine custom fitted slipcase.metaphysics. A fine fresh example of this profoundly influential work, in an excellent dustwrapper - the nicest we have seen in years. A spectacular copy of this much sought after book in a fine custom fitted slipcase.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Castaneda, Carlos. The Teachings of Don Juan. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1968.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner, "To Jaqueline, on the day we climbed from the cellar to the attic and back to the cellar again [signed] Carlos Castaneda / Los Angeles, May 25th 1969." Bound in publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Near Fine with faint rubbing to cloth at corners, in Very Good dust jacket with price intact, sunning at and near the spine panel, edge wear with a 1.5-inch closed tear at the head of the front spine fold and light chipping. The author's first account of his encounters with Yaqui shaman Don Juan Matus, published while he was still a grad student by an academic press.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.