In The Kingdom of Mescal, an Indian Fairy Tale for Adults by Georg Schafer (Schaefer). illustrations by Nan Cuz. Macdonald (publisher). (1969) ISBN-10: 0356028593. Signed by both Schafer and Cuz on the title page. I assume this is a first printing in English. First published in Germany 1968 under the title "Im Reiche des Mascal". 8 3/4" x 12" 40 pages Hardcover with no dust jacket. Glossy pictorial covers. The top inch or so of the spine was torn. I have repaired it but not very successfully. At least it doesn't flop. Otherwise, there is some covere edge wear. The spine is sun faded. There is an erasure mark on the first blank page.  No other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978.  JI01a

"This “fairy-tale for adults” is a wondrous concoction. Formatted like a traditional kids’ story book, complete with imposing full-page illustrations, it’s a traditional mythology-based tale in many respects. In true Joseph Campbell approved fashion it features a young hero undergoing various tribulations in an enchanted land, where he meets several individuals who guide and/or hinder his quest, and emerges from the experience with a far greater understanding of himself and the world around him. What differentiates this tale from most others is that the journey in question is an inner one accomplished with psychedelic drugs.

According to a brief afterward this book was inspired by “ancient Indian symbolic forms,” and informed by actual mescaline experimentation undertaken by its author Georg Schafer and illustrator Nan Cruz (the subject of a scientific paper the two wrote that attracted the attention of Albert Einstein). Published back in 1970, it’s obviously very much a product of its time, and includes a warning that “Uncontrolled “trips” may be physically or psychologically harmful.”" - thebedlamfiles.com