Milk of Paradise : A History of Opium
440pp, two sections of black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, copper titles on spine. Pages tanning. Purple endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some very minor shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo. The acclaimed cultural historian takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to synthetic opiates.
