If you see "The Golden Book of Chemical Experiments @BANNED@" for sale, beware.  This is in a very difficult to download eText, that is available for free at digg.com.  Plus, I was  wary of the "banned" slogan--no book is banned in the United States.  We don't have "Kristallnachs". If the book was removed, it was voluntarily due to PTA pressure--or, it probably just wasn't selling--see my further write-up.  I see it on Amazon.com for $250--DON'T buy it at this price  unless you really like old books.  It has no intrinsic value; it is just "cute".  Sellers charge what they think the market will bear. Giving high bucks just adds to the world's inflation.  A first-edition, first-printing of "To Kill A Mockingbird" is available for only a few dollars, is the same 1960's  vintage, and is really worth reading.  The GBofCE is a very helpful book to an aspiring young chemist, with much analysis involved.  BUT, it is NOT full of explosive formulas, as the seller might lead you to believe There are plenty of books on that, NOT banned, at the library and gun shows, like the "Anarchist's Cookbook" (NOT recommended), etc.  No one will stop you from reading them. There are simply a few experiments in the GBofCE encouraging a child to sniff vapors, put one's thumb directly over a test tube, light magnesium ribbon (who hasn't in Junior High school science?), etc, which could be hazardous. There are even specific WARNINGS against using strong acids, and Sani-Flush and salpeter are used instead.  The eBay seller only wants about $2.00 for his eCopy, which is not really such a bad deal if it downloads right, which is hard.