The Idol: Opium, Heroin, Morphine and Their Kingdoms

New York: Botwen Printing Co.,, 1924.
First Edition.

19cm x 13.5cm. [ii], 160 pages. Plain blue cloth, illustrated onlay.

Considered one of the scarcest books in all of psychoactive drug literature and one of the most important on opiate addiction, predicting the development of synthetic opioids by some 35 years. “Devoted to the medical and social uses of opiates, including sections on opium dens, needlemania, the psychology of the addict, the nature of opiate intoxication, love among addicts, etc. There are chapters on cocaine and hashish, and another on Dr. Cantala’s method of cure.” (William Dailey via Gertz: Dope Menace pp. 30). One of a small number bound in cloth with the original wrapper illustration mounted. 4 copies recorded in OCLC, all in the United States.

Light stain along spine edges of upper and lower board, to top and tail edges, and to part of the top and tail margins for most of the text. Good Condition.

AU$4,000.00

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