Fumee D’Opium
Claude FarrereParis: Libraire Olendorff, 1921.
First Deluxe Edition.
25.5cm x 17cm. [iv], vi, 278, [2] pages, 6 plates (5 colour), black and white illustrations in the text. Lettered wrappers. Text is in French.
The first deluxe edition of Farrere’s Black Opium, semi-autobiographical tales of the history and use of opium. Preface by Pierre Louys. With 6 plates and numerous wood engravings by Georges Jauneau, engraved by G. Lemoine. One of 250 numbered copies on Arches Vellum (of a total edition of 322).
Minor shelf and handling wear, minor creasing to spine and wrappers. Very Good Condition.
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AU$400