[NARCOTICS] HARNEY, Malachi L. and John C. CROSS
The Narcotic Officer's Notebook
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 251pp; photographic text illustrations (halftones). A tight, Fine copy in the original dustwrapper, bright, clean and unmarked. Near-new, and uncommon thus. Foreword by H.J. Anslinger.
Written as a scholarly text-book for drug enforcement agents, but filled with picturesque period drug lore, including a brief glossary of Beat-era drug slang. Includes a brief history of drug addiction and enforcement in America, together with methods for surveillance, interdiction, and seizure of evidence. Illustrated with halftone plates and text illustrations depicting drug paraphernalia and evidence seized in drug raids. The principal author was a former Treasury Agent and Superintendent of Narcotic Control for the State of Illinois. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
