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The Drug Beat: A Complete Survey of the History, Distribution, Uses and Abuses of Marijuana, LSD, and the Amphetamines
by Geller, Allen, and Maxwell Boas
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Cowles Book Company, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Clean copy of this conversational but surprisingly information-dense overview of the social histories and contemporary uses of marijuana, LSD, and amphetamines at the height of the hippie era. First edition. Octavo, 8.5 x 5.75 in.; xxii, 278pp., with glossary and index. Afterword by Stanley Krippner. Black cloth boards, yellow spine lettering; in dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to top of the lightly toned textblock. Else about fine in a very good, unclipped ("$6.50") jacket with moderate foxing to spine panel, wear and some short closed tears at head of spine.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001923
- Title
- The Drug Beat: A Complete Survey of the History, Distribution, Uses and Abuses of Marijuana, LSD, and the Amphetamines
- Author
- Geller, Allen, and Maxwell Boas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cowles Book Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
About Dividing Line Books
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