[DRUG ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. A group of 6 titles, including:
DAY, Lal Behari. Folk-Tales of Bengal. London: Macmillan and Co., 1912. Royal 8vo. 32 color illustrations by Warwick Goble. Full modern red levant gilt, edges gilt. Includes a chapter dedicated to opium. -- VERLAINE, Paul. Hashish and Incense. N.p.: The Paul Verlaine Society, 1929. Tall 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. Original cloth-back decorative boards; slipcase (edgeworn with some loses). LIMITED EDITION, number 103 of 500 copies. -- MAGRE, Maurice. La Nuit de Haschich et d’Opium. Paris: Ernst Flammarion, 1929. Tall 8vo. Several woodcuts in color by Ahü. Original pictorial wrappers in color; cloth chemise and slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 265 of 750 copies printed on Papeteries de Rives. -- Le Courier graphique…La Publicité Pharmaceutique. Paris, 1938. Numerous color illustrations tipped-in of various pharmaceutical advertisements. Original printed wrappers; slipcase. -- FARGUE, Leon-Paul. Poisons. Paris: E.M. Burgin, 1946. Folio. Numerous engraved etchings in-text. Original printed wrappers, contents loose as issued; folding chemise and slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 91 of 220 copies. -- DEVELLY, Jean-Charles. Histoire pittoresque du café. Paris: Mourlot, 1960. Folio. Numerous illustrations in color by Develly. Original printed wrappers; original folding card chemise and slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 800 copies on Velin d’Arches.
Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally very good to fine.