Item #19071 Java Head [DRUG FICTION]. Joseph HERGESHEIMER.

Java Head [DRUG FICTION]. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919.

First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original printed wrappers. Nautical and drug theme novel of “the American merchant marine at the beginning of the great clipper ship era,” set in the city of Salem, Massachusetts and involving an aristocratic Manchu woman, riches of the East Indies, and the purchase, allure, and use of a case of opium. Very Good, lower spine end lacking lower inch and half of wraps, modest edge wear.

Price: $175.00

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