Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise
by Siegel, Ronald K
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525247645
- ISBN 13
- 9780525247647
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1989. -----Quarter bound red cloth with gilt on spine, tight clean and square, former owners name on half-title page, dust jacket is price clipped. "Intoxication takes us on an amazing odyssey around the globe, in which the drug-using jungle beasts, savanna game, and household pets reveal the rules and reasons for this ancient habit. The pursuit of drugs - wether caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, opium, marijuana, or cocaine - is universal and inescapable. Answering the ageless question of why we seek drugs?...." Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Etheredge, Nancy . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000668
- Title
- Intoxication: Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise
- Author
- Siegel, Ronald K
- Illustrator
- Etheredge, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525247645
- ISBN 13
- 9780525247647
- Publisher
- E P Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- HEALTH FITNESS, DRUGS, COCAINE, MARIJUANA, OPIUM, Quarter bound red cloth with gilt on spine, tight clean and square, former owners name on half-title page, dust jacket is price clipped. "Intoxication takes us on an amazing odyssey around the globe,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Health; Reference;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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