Confessions of an English Opium Eater: And Other Essays
by de Quincey, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Company, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+, bound in 3/4 leather with cloth covered boards, marbled end papers and gilt top page edges. A few small scuffs and bumps to edges of exterior, wear and minor splitting to leather along fold. Interior is unmarked, binding intact. 460 printed pages. Royal 8vo, 9"h x 6"w.
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
- Evolving Lens Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15395
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Author
- de Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Thomas de Quincey, memoirs, opium
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...