Pitigrilli (Dino Segre)

Cocaína

Pitigrilli (Dino Segre). Cocaína. Barcelona: Edotorial B. Bauzá, 1925. Octavo edition.
Octavo. 269pp + 3pp ads. Rebound in black half cloth over blue cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, with closely trimmed original illustrated paper wrapper bound-in. Text in Italian.  
Pitigrilli’s most (in)famous book, Cocaína was banned by the Catholic Church for its depiction of drug use and sexuality.
From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. 

Boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn; moderate toning, scattered foxing throughout; pencil ownership signature to front free endpaper, bookbinder’s ticket to front pastedown. Very good. Item #2630

Price: $150.00