Item #68789 Opium : A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon. Opium, Barbara HODGSON.

Opium : A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon.

San Francisco CA: Chronicle Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 152pp. Plum cloth with b&w illustrated panel on upper cover, gilt titling, colour frontis, heavily illustrated in b&w and colour, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "With its connotations of mystery and sinister beauty, opium holds a near mythical place in the popular imagination. From swaying poppy fields to dimly lit, smoke-laden opium dens, author Barbara Hodgson traces the path of opium's creation and consumption, and describes how it has been alternately rhapsodized, demonized, and anointed. A seductive muse that fueled the visions of artists, writers, and poets including Baudelaire, Coleridge, Wilde, Poe, and Crowley opium was also used in hundreds of commonly consumed patent medicines. Illuminated by an amazing array of archival photographs, rare engravings, movie stills, and lurid dime store book covers, Opium is an engrossing look at this illicit indulgence." Appears unread - thus a tight clean near Fine copy with publishers advertising band on rear cover. (no dust jacket issued). Item #68789
ISBN: 081182411X

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