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Toronto: Coles, 1973. First This Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3, 405, illus, index, intro by Robert Solomon, reprint of the original Thomas Allen edition of this classic moral-panic text. [97]

Thomas Allen, Publisher, 1922-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Pages have minor pencil markings. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Book shelf-cocked. Heavily used but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Toronto: Thomas Allen. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1922. Hardcover. Orange cloth with lightly rubbed black lettering. Light soil and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Foxing to text block and interior. Binding a little shaken, text clean. A few b/w photos. Previous owner label to ffep. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 405 pages .

Toronto, Canada: Thomas Allen, 1973. Canada's first book on drug abuse. Introduction by Brian Anthony and Robert Solomon. 18 b/w illustrations. 405 pp. White endpapers. Purple cloth with gilt titles. Orange DJ with black titles. Light wear along the edges. FINE/Near Fine..

Toronto: Thomas Allen, Publisher, 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 405pp. Illustrated plates from black and white photographs. Binding trifle cocked and lightly worn, tiny faint stain at the topedge and gutter of the last third of the text, a near fine copy. The author and judge's strongly anti-narcotics work. "While the book is mostly about opium it also contains early 20th century claims about cannabis and cocaine" (University of Victoria, Canada). Sometimes published under the pseudonym, Janey Canuck, Emily F. Murphy was a Canadian writer and women's rights activist. Appointed in 1916, she was the first woman magistrate in Canada and in the British Empire. Among her well-known contributions to feminism was her work with The Famous Five, insisting that women be considered "qualified persons" under Canadian law, which would enable them to serve in the Senate, a case they eventually won. Alas, she also believed in eugenics and, partially because of her strong campaigning, the Sexual… Read More