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The Confessions of an English Opium Eater
by De Quincey, Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD. (1930), 1930. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [3], v-xix, [4], 4-304 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. Price of 21/- net on the spine panel of the dust jacket. Illustrated with decorative endpapers and pastedowns, a frontispiece, and eleven additional plates all done by Sonia Woolf. The true first edition was published in 1822, with subsequent editions in 1823 and 1856. Hailed as a monumental and early drug memoir, De Quincey details his addiction to laudanum (opium mixed with alcohol) and the visions he saw while taking the drug. A beautiful copy of the Bodley Head edition, with captivating drawings by Ms. Woolf. A Near Fine book with the green topstain faded away, dust jacket is very near Fine with just a bit of edge wear.
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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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00009215
- Title
- The Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Author
- De Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head LTD. (1930)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
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