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198755615Port Louis: The Commission Government Printer 1987. Paperback. Very Good. photos 82p. Original wrapper. 30cm. <br/><br/> The Commission, Government Printer paperback books
196829963Beverly Hills: Glencoe Press 1968. First edition. Paperback. Good. Trade paperbound original book. 216 pp. Correct first printing of this early work on marijuana and discusses among other topics why it should be de-criminalized. A well-thumbed copy but still well bound. Paper darkened from age. A good copy overall. Glencoe Press paperback books
196529356New York: Pantheon Books 1965. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 208 pp. Stated first printing. An informative story of narcotic addiction. A very good clean copy in navy cloth covers in a handsome very good price-intact dustwrapper. Pantheon Books unknown books
197542990Seattle: Sun Magic Publishing 1975. Third Edition Revised. Octavo 21.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers; 80pp; illus. Light wear to extremities with a faint stain to lower edge of textblock; Very Good. Detailed instructional manual for growing marijuana indoors from germination to harvest. Includes appendices on hanging and mounting fixtures propagation techniques and supplies. Sun Magic Publishing unknown books
197215248New York: Frederick Fell Inc 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 173 pp. With a foreword by Jerry Finkelstein. Presumed first printing with no additional printings noted. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. Drug addiction. <br/><br/> Frederick Fell, Inc hardcover books
197627254Glasgow: Brown Son and Ferguson 1976. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/very good. Oversized octavo in dustwrapper. 392 pp. With maps and illustrations. This is the 1976 reprint edition of Lubbock's detailed examination and dewcriptions of the ships used in the opium trade. Originally published in 1933. A handsome near fine copy in navy cloth binding in very good clipped dustwrapper with small v-shaped chip at the base of the front panel. Brown Son and Ferguson unknown books
193226861New York: Three Sirens Press 1932. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/fair. 8vo. Brown buckram binding. 228 pp. With illustrations by Lawrence Chaves. Reprint edition of the 1823 edition. With bookplate of Clara Louise Maute afixed to the front endpaper. Some darkening to gutters. A solid very good copy . The unclipped dustwrapper is still present but is only in fair condition with paper loss to areas of the spine and significant small chips to the edges. Three Sirens Press unknown books
198219405Station NY: Smoke-In Central 1982. First Edition. Good. Full-color offset poster measuring 23" x 17" approx. Centerfold removed and preserved from an issue of OVERTHROW formerly Yipster Times. Mild wear soil. Bright and sound overall. Very good. <br/><br/>Striking poster from the 1982 DC "White House Smoke In" executed in a underground comix style by artist Dana Franzen and featuring a large central image of Ron and Nancy Reagan smoking a big fat j. A bold work of pro-legalization propoganda. "Pot Is An Herb / Reagan Is a Dope." Smoke-In Central unknown books
1900000153Paris: H. E. Martin 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Job; Jacques Drogue ornament. Folio - over 12. Book. Undated circa 1900. With 18 color illustrated plates by Job each 14 by 11 inches. Countries covered include of course France Germany USA England Austria-Hungary Belgium China Denmark Spain Greece the Netherlands Italy Russia Persia Sweden Norway Mexico Montenegro Japan Siam Abyssinia Canada Switzerland Transvaal Orange South Africa Turkey Egypt Tunisia Siam Brazil Finland Portugal Bulgaria. Pages are quite toned as inevitable with the type of paper; otherwise clean. Binding tight. <br/><br/> H. E. Martin hardcover books
190219524Chicago: G. P. Engelhard & Company 1902. First edition. Cloth. Good. Small clothbound 8vo. 94 pp plus index at rear. Prior owner stamp to inside front pastedown. Stamped price to front endppaper. Red cloth covers are worn and the spine is somewhat faded. Despite the noted flaws this is still a clean well-bound copy of an uncommon text on the subject of drug addiction and its treatment. <br/><br/> G. P. Engelhard & Company hardcover books
198519399Station NY: Smoke-In Central 1985. First Edition. Good. Full-color offset poster measuring 23" x 17" approx. Good condition only. Staining to verso and tape reinforcements to to center fold. Creasing tack holes. Worn but still bold and striking. <br/><br/>Now-iconic cult poster from this 1985 DC "Rally Against Reefer Madness" a protest against Reagan-era "Just Say No" drug enforcement. Executed in a underground comix style by Dana Franzen the poster features Reagan looming over vingettes of police brutality DEA agents menacing hippie children and Nancy Reagan riding a pig while chasing a diverse cast of partakers. A powerful work of pro-legalization propoganda. "Stop the Witchhunt!" Smoke-In Central unknown books
1966145666N.p.: N.p. 1966. Notebook belonging to an unknown pharmacist detailing the pharmacy's on hand stock of amphetamines barbiturates tranquilizers and other drugs which contained one or more of those in combination and noted "effective Feb. 1 - 1966." <br/><br/>Also noted is that the inventory was compiled in accordance with recently passed Drug Abuse Control Amendment Act of 1965 which in an effort to control what Congress saw as an increasing epidemic of prescription drug abuse created harsh penalties for possession or sale without a prescription stricter controls for distribution and inventory and broadly expanded powers for the Food and Drug Administration eventually leading to the formation of the Drug Enforcement Agency as an entirely separate federal agency in 1973. <br/><br/>Generic spiral bound stenographers notebook with 10 pages of handwritten text on rectos only. Boards Very Good plus pages Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
185347350Lowell MA: James P. Walker 1853. Second edition "enlarged and improved." Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 80pp. Inscribed by author "Respects of." on front cover. Pronounced dampstain to front wrapper at upper margin extending more faintly onto title page and with decreasing severity onto first eight leaves of text. Front wrapper nearly detached but holding; scattered foxing; Good. Second edition of a work originally published in 1850 as An Essay on the Opium Trade. Allen's foreword states his reasons for issuing a new edition including renewed interest in the opium question spurred by "the recent discoveries of immense quantities of gold in California and Australia which must have a very powerful effect upon the Chinese nation and clothe with new interest everything affecting the welfare of that great people." Allen 1813-1889 was trained at the Pennsylvania Medical College and practiced most of his life in Lowell where he had a reputation as a reformer and guardian of public health a crusader for the promotion of preventive medicine especially among the working class for background see American Journal of Public Health vol 93 no. 5 May 2003 p.720ff. James P. Walker unknown books
1978005107New York: Harcourt Brace 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. True first edition of this scholarly work a study of ancient religious rituals in Greece. Former owner stamp to front endpaper else a fine clothbound copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. A truly nice copy. <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace hardcover books
