Narcotics--Lingo and Lore

Springfield, Illinois: Charles Thomas, 1959. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. The very uncommon 1959 1st edition of one of the most elusive of all titles in the formidable Charles Thomas canon. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the edges. 16mo, authored by J.E. Schmidt, the President of the American Society of Grammatolators (!!) and the Chairman of the National Association on Standard Medical Vocabulary (!). (From the front flap: "Humor and a special brand of vitality abound in the narcotic lingo. Words, simple, innocent, familiar words -- lead a double life not unlike that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with Mr. Hyde always in the ascendency. Words which sound like the gibberish of a vaudevillian double-talker carry meanings and messages to those in the know.").