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I Was A Drug Addict

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First edition, first printing of I Was A Drug Addict by Leroy Street.

Octavo, 246pp, [1]. Blue boards, gray cloth spine, title stamped in black and red on spine and front cover. Stated “first printing” on copyright page. Light wear to tips of spine, else fine. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, light shelf wear, shallow chipping to head of spine, a very good example.

I Was A Drug Addict is the memoir of Leroy Street (pseudonym), detailing his addiction to heroin, cocaine and opium in Greenwich Village, New York, from 1910 until the early 1920s.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Random House

Edition

First Edition, First Printing

Date Published

1953

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Author

Street | Leroy

Author Display

Leroy Street