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Hirschhorn-Smith, John, et al (editor).
Delicate Toxins.
Publisher: Side Real Press, Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
Date of Publication: 2011
Stock Code: 15069
Signed Limited Edition, number 92 of 350 numbered copies. Large octavo, pp., xii, 339. Original decorative navy blue cloth with green and red titles and white-stamped bottle motif to upper board. Red titles and initial letters to each chapter throughout. Signed to title-page by the editor John Hirschorn-Smith. Slight bumpt to top corner of upper board, otherwise a fine copy. A collection of strange tales by various authors, inspired by Hanns Ewers (1871-1943) whose major literary themes were obsession, depravity and blood. He travelled extensively worldwide, was a propagandist/spy during WWI, screenwriter, poet, playwright, early activist for homosexual rights, correspondent with Aleister Crowley, experimental drug user, and had associations with members of the Nazi elite. Ewers’ original published works are rare and have only fairly recently been made available through Side Real Press in, as here, limited editions of 350 copies. £150.00