History Of Drugs from
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The Herbert Huncke Reader
by Herbert Huncke, Benjamin G. Schafer, William S. Burroughs
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Plus
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780688152666
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$68.00
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NY: William Morrow and Co., 1997. hardcover in dust jacket. mini-wrinkle of cloth overhang at foot of spine - negligible impact. no other flaws, clean, unmarked, no writing, price intact, tight binding.; xxv-374pp., 22 b/w photos., foreword by william burroughs. intro. by raymond foye. edited by benjamin scafer. contains journal writings, published and unpublished material. essential.. First Edition/First Printing. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
$68.00
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Fifteenth Printing
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$510.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1959. black cloth-backed paper-covered boards in dust jacket., top-edge dyed black. small paler spot to top-edge. verso of dj has a few faint spots which indicate a drop or two of water. no mustiness or signs of any ongoing issues. very minor wear to top edge of dj spine, six dollar price on dj flap… Read more about this item Item Price
$510.00
Honey: The Life and Loves of Lenny's Shady Lady
by Honey Bruce with Dana Benenson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780872234536
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$88.00
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Chicago: Playboy Press, 1976. hard cover in dust jacket., dj has some rubbing, a few spots of minor wear and some faint dust spots. book has some minor toning to bottom edge. no writing or markings. no bumps. dj price intact. strong binding., 309pp., . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$88.00
The Therapeutic State: Psychiatry in the Mirror of Current Events
by Thomas Szasz
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Soft Cover Edition
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780879752392
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$36.00
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Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984. soft cover., minor wear to bottom fore-corner, affecting little. bit of sunning to part of spine. clean. no markings. strong binding.; 360pp., 75 articles, essays, book reviews, etc. by dr. szasz. often thought provoking in the best sense.. First Soft Cover Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$36.00
A Doctor's Story
by Ann Dally
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780333497180
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$42.00
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London: Macmillan, 1990. hard cover in dust jacket. withdrawn library copy. front free endpaper missing. withdrawn stamp on half-title page. minimal markings to title and copyright pages. page edges, margins darkening. no text or exterior markings. no bumps. strong binding.; xv-302pp. autobiographical account of a doctor who treated heroin addicts as human beings and the price she paid as meted… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
Careers in Dope
by Dan Waldorf
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780131146600
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$36.00
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket. owner name to front free endpaper. very minor wear to top and bottom edges of dj spine. top edge of top board has one small dent with no effects to pages or dj. clean. no other markings. strong binding.; vi-186pp., sociologist's study on heroin addicts in 1960s usa. scarce… Read more about this item Item Price
$36.00
Addict: A Doctor's Odyssey
by Dr. James Dewitt with Al Hirshberg
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$65.00
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Chicago: Cowles Book Company, Henry Regnery Company, 1972. hard cover in dust jacket. minor wear to dj. clean. no markings. no bumps. flap price intact. strong binding.; x-227pp., memoir written by recovered doctor-addict who was known in 1960s and early 1970s New England - maine, boston, gloucester. scarce title.. No Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
Mr. Untouchable
by LeRoy "Nicky" Barnes and Tom Folsom
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781590710418
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$65.00
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New York: Rugged Land, 2007. hard cover, illustrated boards in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, clips or creases. tight binding. appears unused.; 308pp.. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$65.00
Heroin and Behaviour: Diversity Among Addicts Attending London Clinics
by G.V. Stimson (Gerry V. Stimson)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780470825303
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$24.00
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New York: A Halsted Press Book/John Wiley and Sons , 1973. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., dj has two small chips and some very slight wear. no other flaws. clean. no writing of markings. no bumps. strong binding.; v-246pp., numerous figures and tables.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$24.00
Modern China and Opium: A Reader
by Alan Baumler, Editor
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Softcover Printing
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780472067688
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$36.00
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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. soft cover., no flaws or wear. clean, no markings, no bumps, tears, creases. strong binding.; 190pp., contains 19 articles, writings from 19th and 20th century. writings from chinese and foreign publications.. First Softcover Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$36.00
Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground
by Marek Kohn
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780853157724
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$34.00
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London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1992. soft cover., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, creases. tight binding. appears unused., vii-198pp., b/w photos. drug use among women in the early decades of the 20th century in britain, particularly the 1920s.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$34.00
Flashbacks: An Autobiography
by Timothy Leary
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780874773170
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$55.00
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Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, Inc., 1983. soft cover., slight reading creases and minor wear to spine. no other flaws, wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears. strong sewn binding.; 395pp. plus two graphs at back. section of b/w photos. quite readable and filled with the history of those times.; this copy contains a 1983 postcard invitation to attend the dialogue… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
Opium Addiction (From the Narcotic Wards of the Philadelphia General Hospital)
by Arthur B. Light, Edward G. Torrance, Walter G. Karr, Edith G. Fry, and William A. Wolff
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$52.00
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Chicago: American Medical Association, 1930. cloth, maroon buckram with gilt lettering on spine, cover., wear to corners, spine ends. owner names to front pastedown and rear. binding a little weak, yet sound. clean. no text or exterior markings. no other ownership markings.; 116pp., tables, charts, several b/w photos. ten articles describing the results of in-patient experiments with volunteer addicts -… Read more about this item Item Price
$52.00
The Hasheesh Eater
by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Printing Thus
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$88.00
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San Francisco: Level Press, 1975. soft cover., slight wear to exterior - a little rubbing, some small, faint creases. clean. no writing, markings, labels. no bumps or tears. strong binding. 5000 printed in soft cover. a fitz hugh ludlow memorial library edition. edited by michael horowitz. 223pp. 12 b/w illustrations by satty. thoughtful reissue of 19th century classic. often scarce… Read more about this item Item Price
$88.00
Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China
by Frank Dikotter, Lars Laamann, Zhou Xun
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780226149059
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$42.00
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., dj flap has price-clip. only slightest evidence of use. no real flaws. clean. no writing, markings, labels. no chips, tears. tight binding.; english text.; xi-319pp., 20 b/w illustrations/photos. covers 1600-1950. detailed history. extensive notes and bibliography.. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
Dangerous Drugs: The World Fight Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotics
by Arthur Woods
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$42.00
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1931. cloth, hard cover. lacks dust jacket. only slight signs of use or age. no writing, names, or markings. strong binding.; vi-123pp., concise, reasoned assessment of the nation's situation vis-a-vis illegal drugs and efforts to gain control of the persistent black market. little has changed during the 80 years since it was published, though a… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
Dealing or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
by Michael Douglas
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394421681
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$128.00
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. hard cover in dust jacket. cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering, illustration., light foxing to verso of dj along upper margin. minute wear to dj at bottom edge of spine and rear flap fold. red mottling to yellow pastedowns. patch of light, faint foxing to front board. no other flaws or wear. price intact. no text… Read more about this item Item Price
$128.00
Addictive States. Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 70
by Charles P. O'Brien and Jerome H. Jaffe, Editors
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Plus
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780881678550
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$38.00
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NY: Raven Press, 1992. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean, no markings. tight binding. flawless dust jacket.; xii-291pp., 15 essays and articles by various contributors in the field.. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$38.00
Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780674051348
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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$20.00
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010. hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear, a pristine, unused copy in all regards.; xv-256pp., 9 illustrations, 10 maps. a history of opium and its derivatives in asia, with particular attention to the present day situation.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$20.00
The Magician's Garden and Other Stories
by Geza Csath
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Plus
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780231047326
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$65.00
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NY: Columbia University Press, 1980. hard cover in dust jacket, orange cloth with black lettering to spine., two very small and faint spots to top edge, minor impact. no other flaws or wear. clean, no writing or markings, no tears, chips or bumps. tight binding. a very well preserved copy.; selected and with an introduction by marianna d. birnbaum. translated… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00