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Showing posts with label Drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drugs. Show all posts
Monday, March 31, 2014

Super Copy Of William Burroughs' Scarce Digit Junkie $15,000 At New York Antiquarian Book Fair

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by Stephen J. Gertz A copy of the incredibly scarce first U.K. edition of William S. Burroughs' Junkie , published in London by Di...
Monday, February 10, 2014

This 1898 Lost Gem Of Oriental Romanticism Is Intoxicating

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by Stephen J. Gertz The following is my Historical Note to a new translation of Haschisch by Fritz Lemmermayer, originally issued in 1898...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

William Burroughs' Intro To Naked Lunch At $175,000

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by Stephen J. Gertz Calling Dr. Benway: The first and final draft corrected typescripts of William S. Burroughs' Introduction t...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Thomas De Quincey Writes While High As A Kite

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by Stephen J. Gertz "I was necessarily ignorant of the whole art and mystery of opium-taking: and, what I took, I took under ever...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

A Lurid Story of Book Dope And Lives Twisted By Mad Desire! A Booktryst Golden Oldie

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by Stephen J. Gertz Hard-boiled dames caught in the grip of a habit beyond their control; corrupt dolls seeking cheap thrills between...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

It's Tuesday, We Pause To Smoke Opium

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by Stephen J. Gertz Oh Stevie boy, the pipe, the pipe is calling...  Melancholia, catarrh, the weakies, dropsy, hectic fever, hydrocepha...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Incredibly Scarce Cocaine Magazine (1925) and Marihuana Matches (1937)

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by Stephen J. Gertz Kokain. Eine Moderne Revue. Heft (Installment) 2. Wein: 1925. It is amongst the rarest of all items of drug litera...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Elizabethan Poem in Praise of Cannabis

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by Stephen J. Gertz Frontispiece portrait of John Taylor, engraved by Thomas Cockson, from The Workes of John Taylor (1630). “Sweet ...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

Matching the Right Wine to the Right Rare Book

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Let Vincent Vinmerde, the Rare Book Sommelier, former winemaker at Chateau Saint Livre and consultant to the International League of Antiqu...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Sex, Drugs, and Vintage Ink Blotters?

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by Stephen J. Gertz Abbott's ABD Malt, c. 1925. 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. They are quaint reminders of a bygone era, a time when pens...