About this title: This is a compelling portrait of three communities blighted by drugs and isolation: East New York, North Philadelphia, and the Red Hook housing projects in Brooklyn, New York. With a chilling and informative afterword by Dr. Stephen W. Nicholas, a pediatric AIDS physician in Harlem, "Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue" reveals how first steps toward solutions to overcome the drug trade have actually contributed to public denial and further isolation of the trapped communities. "Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue" is a history of our times, a terrifying document that will educate us and promote dialogue. ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780893815431ISBN:0893815438
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall One lightly bumped corner, two tiny dinks to board edges, dh scuffed, a large, heavy book-additional postage required. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780893815431ISBN:0893815438
Description: Quarto, black boards. Pp 160. Fine copy. Price-clipped jacket has slight bubbling to the surface lamination at lower corners and upper inner corner of front panel, else fine. A stark photographic essay on drug use, mostly crack, at the bottom in East New York, North Philadelphia, and the Red Hook project in Brooklyn. Over 1 kg parcel. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture Foundation, Inc: NY
Date Published: 1994
Description: B&W photos, 12 x 9.25, boards with pict dust jacket, (159) pp. Corners lightly bumped, contents good, dust jacket is rubbed, scratched, moderately worn, a few small tears, chipping. FIRST ED. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture
Date Published: 1994-01-01
ISBN-13:9780893815431ISBN:0893815438
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Aperture, NY
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780893816872ISBN:0893816876
Description: Near Fine oversized paperback. SIGNED by Richards on the first blank page (page 8). Overall a bright and attractive copy. 160 pp. read more
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