Confessions of an English Opium Eater
by De Quincey, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Fragile onion skin dust jacket shows toning and has two 1" missing chunks at spine; otherwise intact. Missing "Sandglass" flyer. ; In a Near Fine green marbled slip case with light sunning. Special contents of this edition are copyright, 1950, by The Heritage Press for The George Macy Companies". With Introduction by William Bolitho and Twelve Gravures by Zhenya Gay. ; 77 pages .
Synopsis
Confessions of an English Opium-eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas de Quincey about his addiction to laudanum - a combination of opium and alcohol - and its effects. He first had it published anonymously in the London Magazine in 1821, but it was released as a book the following year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Time Traveler Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34991
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Author
- De Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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