Charleston, WV: West Virginia Anti-Saloon League, [19332]. First Edition. Brief introduction, then reprints remarks by Hon. James F. Fullbright of Missouri, first published in the St. Louis Star for March 3, 1932. Fullbright lays blame for the Lindbergh kidnaping at the feet of a dysfunctional legal system, led by "lawyers..... More
New York: Fund for Open Information and Accountability, [1987]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's red pictorial staplebound wrappers; 16pp.; text in double columns. Small soil spot to upper cover, light wear, else Very Good or better. "An analysis of the FOIA Amendments attached to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986"..... More
La Cañada, CA: Chaco Press, [1988]. First Edition. Quarto (26.25cm.); original cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaged; photographic frontispiece and 98 illus. Top textblock edge a hint foxed, else Fine. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label to front pastedown. Photo-essay on violence and..... More
N.d., n.p. [Roanoke, VA: ca 1955]: By the author. First-person narrative of drug-addict, habitual gambler and small-time chiseler Fred Garland, concluding with his salvation by grace in the Tombs of New York City. A wholesome tale of redemption, but filled of course with salacious tidbits to boost sales; illustrated with..... More
New York: Macaulay Company, [1933]. First Edition. Octavo (19.75cm.); original cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 283pp. Light rubbing to extremities; a few short closed tears to jacket extremities, spine rather faded, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. A tale of spies, drug trafficking, and prostitution set in Manchuria..... More
New York: Human Sciences Press, 1987. First Edition. Octavo. Printed cloth boards; 183pp. Tight, Near Fine unmarked copy, no dustjacket probably as issued. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1909. First Edition. Lengthy treatise in favor of prohibition laid out in nativist terms: "Besodden Europe, worse bescourged than war, famine, and pestilence, sends here her drink-makers, her drunkard-makers, and her drunkards" (p. 234). Indeed, "For Hopkins, the coalition of all that is 'un-American'..... More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, [1990]. First Trade Edition. Large oblong quarto (26x28.5cm.); original cloth in black pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 16pp. & 58 leaves of color photographs. Fine. Forms part of the Author and Artist Series. Promotional bookmark cum prospectus laid in. More
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Paris? Établissement Nicolas, 1930-1932. First Edition. 1. Blanc et Rouge... Plaquette No. 1: La Belle au Bois Dormant. Text by Georges Montorgueil consisting of a "Dialogue au cabaret élégant entre deux fervents de monseigneur le vin." Ten full-page illus. 2. Rose et Noir...Précédé d'un dialogue moderne en trois temps et trois..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); publisher's cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; [8],184pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled, top extremities foxed, else Very Good and sound. Self-help for female alcoholics and drug addicts. More
Plymouth: Benj. Drew, Jr., 1834. First Edition. Exceedingly scarce constitution of the local Massachusetts temperance society, auxiliary to the Plymouth County Temperance Society, first founded in 1830 with just twenty-six members. The Society's six articles are followed by the list of member names divided by Men (208), Women (281), and..... More
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original two-toned (green and black) cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [4],236pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled, a few closed tears along extremities, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Crime novel set in..... More
New York: Beechhurst Press, [1950]. First American Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; 334pp. Chipping and general wear to jacket extremities, including long, shallow loss along top edge of upper panel not approaching text or image, cloth a bit toned, else Very Good in About Very..... More
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, [1971]. First Edition. Slim octavo (23.5cm); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; xiii,[1],81pp. Chip to jacket crown touching the "M" in "Madow," minor dust soiling to extremities, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Includes chapters on LSD and marijuana. More
New-York: American Temperance Union, 1841. First Edition. Hymn book by the temperance reformer John Marsh (1788-1868), whose own first experiences of intoxication took place as a young child while drinking "flip" to keep warm during the frigid days in the Connecticut meeting house ("Well do I remember...crying in meeting from..... More
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, [1932]. First Edition. The Chicago author's first novel, set among the high society-types in Denver, Colorado, whose energies "are devoted to the more serious pursuits of intensive drinking and love-making" (from the front flap). "Told through the experiences of one man in various amorous situations, a...... More
New York: Boss Books, 1968. First Edition. Early of poems and one-liners by this legendary poet, actor and performance artist who was a frequent collaborator with Andy Warhol, appearing in many of his films. An interesting inscription to Richard Dillon, a Pittsburgh UFO expert and poet, who studied under William..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1954]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket by John O'Hara Cosgrave II; [10],299pp. Some light wear to jacket extremities, including a few short closed tears; rear panel dust-soiled, as is top textblock edge. Still, a Very Good, attractive copy. Novel..... More
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2000. First Edition. First printing. Oblong octavo (21 x 26.5cm.); tan and red pictorial paper wrappers; 130pp. Some handling wear, scratching and rubbing; visible creasing to spine hinges; Very Good or better. A compilation of select Maakies comics from 1994 to 2000; a darkly humorous self-syndicated comic..... More
Calcutta and Simla: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1922. First Edition. Quite scarce little treatise on the opium evil in India, illustrated with graphic photographs of victims of the vice. Includes several chapters on the smuggling trade, apparently written from first-hand observation (or experience?), though we have succeeded in turning up..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1938. First edition. Octavo. Cloth boards (hardcover); 143p; bibliog. Discrete date stamp to upper corner of title page; call number to spine, no other institutional markings and light wear else. Issued as Supplement No. 138 to the U.S. Public Health Service Annual Report. More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. First Edition. Temperance and anti-smoking work by English-born American biographer, best known for his works on Horace Greeley, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Voltaire. 12mo (17cm.); original green blind and gilt-ruled cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, brown glazed endpapers; viii,[9]-151pp..... More
Boston: Chapman & Grimes, 1939. First Edition. Fictionalized (but highly detailed & accurate) account of "Uncle Sam's secret agents in tracking down dealers in marijuana, cocaine, and other debasing drugs." Not in Hanna, presumably because it is a "crime novel," though the content reads more like an occupational novel than..... More
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Detroit and Windsor: Johnson Smith & Company, N.d. (ca 1930s). Edition not stated; publisher's serial number "1263" appears common to all printings. 12mo; pictorial green card wrappers; 32pp. Expected age-toning to pulp-paper text; mild external rubbing and wear; ownership signature to upper front wrapper; Very Good. Prohibition-era bartender's guide, with..... More
New York: E.p. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932. First Edition. A stunning copy of Hirschfield's first book, an iconic volume dedicated to capturing the the personalities behind the counter at Manhattan's various speakeasies. Published the year prior to the repeal of Prohibition, the book features 36 full-page illustrations by Hirschfeld..... More
