A COLLECTION of Books and Objects related to the Use and Abuse of Opium and other Drugs [41 Vols].

(Opium.)

A COLLECTION of Books and Objects related to the Use and Abuse of Opium and other Drugs [41 Vols].

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Publication Details: Various publishers, 1888- 2015

Notes: This collection consists of books and paraphernalia relating to the use of opium, morphine, haschich and cocaine – its primary focus being on the first decades of the twentieth-century, and particularly the recreational pursuits of the Jazz Age. It was formed by John Baxter during his research for translations of Claude Farrère's Fumée d'opium, Morphine by Dubut de la Forest, and his account of the life of 'Brilliant' Chang, a major figure on the London drug scene in the 1920s – texts which are all represented within the collection, in both published and typescript form. Including Baxte...more

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Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 2015

Stock Number: 69625

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