Claude Farrere — Fumee D'Opium
Libraire Olendorff Paris First Deluxe Edition Very Good Condition 25.5cm x 17cm. [iv], vi, 278, [2] pages, 6 plates (5 colour), black and white illustrations in the text. Lettered wrappers. Text is in French. The first deluxe edition of Farrere's Black Opium, semi-autobiographical tales of the history and use of opium. Preface by Pierre Louys. With 6 plates and numerous wood engravings by Georges Jauneau, engraved by G. Lemoine. One of 250 numbered copies on Arches Vellum (of a total edition of 322). Text is in French. Minor shelf and handling wear, minor creasing to spine and wrappers. Category: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia; 20th Century: 1920s; French Language; Inventory No: 0036084.