Author: D'Erlanger, Harry, Baron
Title: The Last Plague of Egypt
Description: London, Dickson & Thompson, (1936). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, 304,(19) pp. Spine faded.. Frontis.19pp photoplates.. Rubbed. Corners bumped. Small stain to cover. Good. ¶ An account of the Egyptian hashish and heroin trade & the work of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau under Thomas Wentworth Russell Pasha.Includes photos of various smuggler's devices. Contents: The Last Plague of Egypt; Possibilities of the Egyptian Market: A Note for Thoughtful Drug Traffickers; Hashish or the Gifts of Nature; Heroin or the Fruits of Progress; Beautiful Blue Danube; League of Nations, Pre-Russell; League of Nations Post-Russell; Unfinished Symphony: The Cavaliere Secchi & the Capo Camerieri Renato del Negro; Stambouli Episode; The Drug Barons' Waterloo; Advocatus Diaboli & Pæan.

Keywords: Modern Egypt, Colonial Egypt, Drug Smuggling, Hashish Heroin, Narcotic Drugs, Crime, Criminology, History, Narcotics Traffic