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Wigal (Donald)
La mystique de l’Opium - Dans l’histoire et dans l’art
Parkstone International 2004 In-8 relié 27,5 cm. Bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 18870 ISBN : 1859959164
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WIGAL, Donald.
La Mystique de l'Opium dans l"histoire et dans l"art.
Hardcover in-8, 95 pp., entierement illustre en couleurs, cartonnage illustre sous jaquette illustree.- 9781859959169 Etat proche du NEUF. [HI-9]
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WIGAL, Donald.
La Mystique de l'Opium dans l'histoire et dans l'art.
Paris, Parkstone, 2004. Hardcover in-8, 95 pp., entierement illustre en couleurs, cartonnage illustre sous jaquette illustree.- 9781859959169
Bookseller reference : 32398
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Wilkie Collins Was in Ill Health & WAS ON OPIUM Which Drained His Powers with Original Price of $3 on Back Cvr
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice DOVER EDITION SOFTCOVER Appears to be Loosely Based on Case from Annals of French Crime the Scence Scenery Players & Conflicts & Especially the Horror Come Straight from Collins Overstimulated
DOVER Publ. NY 1982. SOFTCOVER 1982 reprint NF/VG PAPERBACK brown paperback with Woman in Dress & Veil besdie a seated woman in House. Cover light rub wear Interior nice tight clean light wear. 127 pgs Catalogue of bks by publ. 5 1/4 X 8 1/2 in. Cvr light wear creases .no doubt overwrought most certainly haunted imagination. Soft Cover. DOVER Publ. NY paperback
Bookseller reference : 25834 ISBN : 0486243338 9780486243337
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WORLD WAR II / OPIUM / CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILROAD Neff Wesley cover illus.
Ken. The Insider's World. May 5 1938.
Chicago.: Ken Inc. Volume 1. Number 3. 05-05- 1938. May 5 1938 complete issue of magazine color and black and white illustrations and ads 106 pages 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches in color pictorial wrappers as issued. Multiple fine abraded lines and creases to covers multiple splits to spine longest 4 inches centrefold detached; interior in very good condition overall. The third issue of an extraordinary magazine embracing the challenges of the pre World War II era in both articles and graphics. There is an extensive section of black and white photo illustrations of events of the times. The Japanese encouragement of opium smoking in China is featured in an illustration by David Low "Eastern Opium Den": "One of Japan's first acts in 'restoring civilization" to China was to reopen the opium dens closed by the so-called 'bandit reds.'" A smiling Japanese supplies opium to Britain France and the United States in a room with a scroll featuring Hitler and Mussolini. In addition there are five pages of photo illustrations of Chinese opium addicts. There are three large photographs of Trotsky including a rare one in which he is seen with Stalin to accompany an interview conducted in Mexico City. An article by Henry C. Wolfe covers "The Nazi Propaganda Industry." Also: an unusual Chesapeake and Ohio railroad ad featuring a pictorial map of their route from Philadelphia and Newport News to Chicago; color ad by Petty for Old Gold cigarettes. Color cartoons by Sam Berman of Chamberlain and Stalin. The cover illustration of a young refugee from Franco's Spain by Wesley Neff is titled "A Cargo of Innocence." Publication of the magazine lasted for just over two years ceasing in 1939; it was described by the editor Arnold Gingrich as "A magazine of unfamiliar fact and informed opinion filling in the shadows cast by coming events all over the world; equally opposed to the development of dictatorship from either Left or Right whose one fixed editorial aim is to give unhampered and unbiased demonstration of whatever dangers threaten this our democracy from without and within in accord with the Lincolnian dictum of 'Let the people know the truth and this country is safe.'" . Ken, Inc. unknown
Bookseller reference : 52040
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Yee, Albert H.
A People Misruled - The Chinese Stepping-Stone Syndrome
440 pages including references and index. A unique and thorough study of China and its people and culture. The Chinese Stepping-Stone Syndrome is presented as a social-psychological complex which characterizes the Chinese and helps to explain their behaviour and the socio-political problems of China. Regards Hong Kong as the original geopolitical and psychological stepping-stone. "It awes me how Professor Albert Yee has given me within one book such graphic and gripping insight and immensely greater perception of both the historical roots and the evolved enormous complexities of the ancient and indelible Chinese culture." - Alex Haley, author or Roots. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
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Yves PELICIER et Guy THUILLIER
LA DROGUE
Un ouvrage de 128 pages, format 115 x 175 mm, broché, publié en 1976, P.U.F., collection "Que Sais-je ?", bon état
Bookseller reference : LFA-126747255
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Zinberg, Norman E.; Johnson, Sheila K.; Mullin, Chris; Gussow, Mel; Samuels, G.; Galton, L.; Lukacs, J.; Natchez, G.; Et al
The New York Times Magazine, December (Dec..) 5, 1971 - Harold Pinter
164 pages. Features: Funky color-photo ad for Jade East products for men; Many wonderful fashion ads; Lovely one-page color-photo ad for Piaget watches and many other Christmas giftable products; Yashica camera ad features photos of Ira Phillips, John P. Vaughn, Sandra Adams, Shirley Miller, Howard Molofsky and Jolynn Bellavia; Lovel two-page color-photo Chanel ad features Catherine Deneuve; G.I.'s and O.J.'s (Opium Joints) in Vietnam - article on the heroin problem of US troops in Vietnam; The Christmas Card Syndrome; The 8:00 P.M. Train From Moscow to Peking is Dead on Time - photo-illustrated travel article; A Conversation with (pause) Harold Pinter; When Children Collide with the Law; Prostaglandin Research and Dr. Sultan H.M. Karim; ; America May Be in its Last Phase of Adolescence; Grandma Visits Her Hippies - "We Saved the Placenta for You"; Color-photo centerfold ad for Gold Label Cigars; Photos of fashion designs by Hubert de Givenchy; Parents don't take their children to Ophthalmologists as often as they should; Awesome one-page color ad for Abraham & Strauss features the wide and garish tie styles of the day; Lovely color one-page ad for F. Chauvenet Red Cap sparkling wine features wonderful painting "The Wedding" by Breugel; Sad one-page black and white photo ad for Save the Children Federation features large portrait of Apache Indian child Erlinda Cosay; Uncommon one-page ad for the "World-Of-Cheese Club"; Color ad for GAC Properties features traffic scene painting by Paul Davis; Vintage DYMO label maker color-photo ad features Santa's workshop; Fantastic back cover color-photo ad for the Chrysler Imperial; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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