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A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.

A busy stacking room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy drying room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A satisfied customer stands by a drug store on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

A street scene in Cairo with a street seller at work. Coloured lithograph by J. C. Bourne, c. 1840, after O. B. Carter.

<p>"This book is strictly an attempt to present needed information for the prevention of further misinformation and drug abuse concerning cocaine."--From preface.</p>

96 pages : black and white illustrations ; 14 cm x 22 cm

The gourmet cokebook : a complete guide to cocaine.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 36.8 x 36.5 cm

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 41.3 x 28.5 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 20.2 x 27.5 cm

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The gourmet cokebook : a complete guide to cocaine.

A street scene in Cairo with a street seller at work. Coloured lithograph by J. C. Bourne, c. 1840, after O. B. Carter.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

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The gourmet cokebook : a complete guide to cocaine.

A street scene in Cairo with a street seller at work. Coloured lithograph by J. C. Bourne, c. 1840, after O. B. Carter.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

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