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the Street of a Thousand Delights.

Gelzer, Jay.

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Book Id: 7711

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Gelzer, Jay. The Street of a Thousand Delights. Robert M. McBride & Co, NY 1921 (2nd printing July). 8vo, vi, 269pp. Orig. yellow-orange cloth printed decoratively in black, couple slt. marks & bumps, good+. The title is drawn from the lyrically named street in Melbourne that is home to Mr. Wong Ting Fu's opium den. Very unusual series of 8 short stories about the evils of opium addiction and ethnic Chinese in Melbourne, Victoria.


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