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Group of 13 First or Early Edition Titles on Heroin and Opioid Use, including: A Taste of H (1966, First edition, first printing of this scarce mass market paperback original. A stain and scuff to the rear cover but the book appears unread.) And: H is for Heroin (1953, First printing of the first mass market paperback edition. Some wear to the covers and aging to the contents.) And: Heroin and Heroin Paraphernalia; Second Report by the Select Committee on Crime (1971, Staple bound in self wraps. Extremely slight aging to the staple bound wraps and light stain to cover otherwise fine.) And: Opium Poppy Cultivation (1979, Likely first edition with no additional printings noted. Staple bound in card stock binding. Illustrated. Very light stain to the title page otherwise fine.) And: Fred Carrasco, the Heroin Merchant (1975, First edition with “Advance Review Copy” stamped to front endpaper, in dust jacket). And: Narcotics (1965, Likely an early reprint with no mention of edition or printing. Owner’s name stamped to the front endpaper otherwise the book remains fine. The unclipped dust jacket shows moderate rubbing and edge wear.) And: Narcotics: America’s Peril (1952, First edition (stated), first printing. “The factual story… from the files of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics”. Slight aging to the pages and a small pen mark to the corner of the front endpaper. The price clipped DJ shows light wear.) And: Black Opium (1958, First printing of this paperback edition. Very minor edge wear. Appears unread.) And: Viper: Confessions of a Drug Addict (1956, Stated “First published 1956”. Light rubbing and small tears to the jacket and minor smudges to the boards.) And: The History & Use of Opiates: Facts, Myths, Realities (1975, A folded eight panel brochure with pro-drug use content.) And: Narcotic Plants (1979, First printing of the revised edition in unclipped jacket. Owner’s stamps to front endpapers otherwise near fine.) And: Treatises on Narcotics (1946, Compilation of articles on tobacco, alcohol, opium, etc. Some aging and closed tears to the scarce dust jacket.) And: King Heroin on a Street Corner (1970, Staple bound booklet. The account of a sociology student living with heroin addicts in New York.).