A Nick Hern Book

The Political History of Smack and Crack first published in Great Britain as a paperback original in 2018 by Nick Hern Books Limited, The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QP, in association Most Wanted, Offstage Theatre and W14 Productions

This ebook first published in 2018

The Political History of Smack and Crack copyright © 2018 Ed Edwards
Postscript copyright © 2018 Ed Edwards

Ed Edwards has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work

Cover image © MattTullett/Photographydept.com 2016

Designed and typeset by Nick Hern Books, London

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 84842 781 5 (print edition)
ISBN 978 1 78850 080 7 (ebook edition)

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