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London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson Limited. 304pp hardback, red cloth gilt, with map and bw plates, frontispiece portrait, remains of label to rear paste-down . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1936.
The Last Plague of Egypt by Baron Harry d'Erlanger - 1936
by Baron Harry d'Erlanger
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The Last Plague of Egypt
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London: Lovat Dickson and Thompson Limited, 1936. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 680 8vo. An account of drug smuggling and law enforcement against it in Egypt in the early twentieth century. Illustrated: "Camel's hair clipped and glued back over slab of hashish", "Back of water-closet seat showing how heroin was hidden" and so on. Maps. Original red cloth-covered boards. Condition Notes: Boards rubbed and worn, with damage to top of spine. One leaf detached.
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- Publisher Lovat Dickson and Thompson Limited
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1936
- Keywords drug trafficking, law enforcement
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The Last Plague of Egypt
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The Last Plague of Egypt
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L. Dickson and Thompson, 1936. First Edition. Hardback. Fair. Ex library copy in red cloth An account of drug smuggling and law enforcement against it in Egypt in the early twentieth century. Illustrated
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The Last Plague of Egypt
by D'Erlanger, Harry, Baron
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Rubbed. Corners bumped. Small stain to cover. Good. Frontis.,19pp photoplates. Modern Egypt Dickson & Thompson London (1936) orig.cloth 22x14cm, 304,(19) pp., Spine faded. An account of the Egyptian hashish and heroin trade & the work of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau under Thomas Wentworth Russell Pasha.Includes photos of various smuggler's devices. Contents: The Last Plague of Egypt; Possibilities of the Egyptian Market: A Note for Thoughtful Drug Traffickers; Hashish or the Gifts of Nature; Heroin or the Fruits of Progress; Beautiful Blue Danube; League of Nations, Pre-Russell; League of Nations Post-Russell; Unfinished Symphony: The Cavaliere Secchi & the Capo Camerieri Renato del Negro; Stambouli Episode; The Drug Barons' Waterloo; Advocatus Diaboli & Pæan.
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