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First edition, first printing, of the screenplay of this cult classic "acid Western", written, scored, directed by, and starring Jodorowsky. Its popularity was burgeoned by midnight screenings and its pantheon of celebrity fans, including John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Dylan, and David Lynch. "I wanted to do an image that a person will never forget in his life," Jodorowsky later explained. "To create mental change. To reach a state of enlightenment. This is LSD without LSD" (quoted by Ivan-Zadeh). The subsequent psychedelic spaghetti Western is "a heady, arguably at times unwatchable, brew of Chinese philosophy, Zen Buddhism, astrology, Sufism, European surrealism, the Kabbalah and, above all, the tarot. as with the intuitive meanings of tarot, you have to tune in or drop out" (ibid.). Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, "El Topo: The Weirdest Western Ever Made", BBC Culture, 23 July 2020. Quarto. Original black and white photographic wrappers lettered in black, red, and white. With black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Text in Spanish. Head of spine gently bumped, edges a little rubbed, a few creases to wrappers: a near-fine copy.