Confessions Of an English Opium Eater

Marbled boards with gift inscription on free endpaper, dated 1892. Hardcover measures 17 x12mm, octavo with intro by William Sharp. Minor edge wear to boards. Pages have minor age toning. 2 other stories included in the 275 pages, ROSICRUCIANS AND THE FREEMASONS as well as KANT ON NATIONAL CHARACTER IN RELATION TO....

London: Taylor and Hessey,, 1822. A groundbreaking text of drug literature First edition in book form of the author's iconic first book. First published anonymously in the London Magazine, September-October 1821, Confessions was a groundbreaking and influential text, presenting an account of the author's hallucinations, ecstasies, and torments as a result of taking opium. It was the first book… Read more about this item

The birth of a new genre First book edition - UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS with both the oft-missing half-title and advertising leaves. Rubbed and slightly chipped, excellently rebacked, upper joint neatly repaired, lacking final blank leaf. The pages are very fresh, just a few stray spots on some leaves and neat pencil underlining of some passages. A beautiful, Very Good… Read more about this item

N.Y.: John B. Alden, 1885 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original floral-decorated green cloth on boards. Faint stain and minor edge abrasion (See photo). A beautiful older copy of this popular story. 122 pp..

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… Read more about this item

London, 1823. Hard Cover. (London: Taylor and Hessey 1823). SECOND EDITION in book form. iv, 206 pages + 6pp publisher's adverts at the end. 12mo. Recent hand-crafted rebind in half calf with raised bands and tooling to the spine in gold leaf. Hand-marbled paper boards. The end-papers have been replaced with period hand-made… Read more about this item

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. About Fine in an intact but Good only slipcase with much wear. Zhenya Gay. Small folio (10" x 13-1/2") bound in canvas-backed Cockerell marbled paper boards. Illustrated with twelve lithographs drawn on the stone by Zhenya Gay and printed on hand-made Kelmscott paper by B. H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press.… Read more about this item

London: John James Tallant, 1853 176pp. Heavy chipping to the spine ends. Spine is missing a piece. Tips are bumped and rubbed. Former owner name and date on the front endpaper. Spine has a slant. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped and rubbed. Board edges are sunned. A few pages have light foxing at the edges. Text is unmarked.… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. A 1913 reprint of the 1907 issuance. The famous memoir by Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) brought him fame. In this work, he speaks candidly about his use of laudanum, a… Read more about this item

London: E. P. Dutton / J. M. Dent - Everyman's Library, 1928. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Very clean book and dust jacket, published 1928, printed in Great Britain. Everyman's Library No. 223. Clean orange cloth boards with blind-stamped square logo on cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean… Read more about this item

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Slight offsetting to endpapers. About Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Zhenya Gay. Small folio (10" x 13-1/2") bound in canvas-backed Cockerell marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 12 lithographs drawn on the stone by Zhenya Gay and printed on hand-made Kelmscott paper by B. H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press.… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1862-1871. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A complete set in sixteen volumes of the complete works by Thomas de Quincey. The third edition of this work, with 'The Daughter of Lebanon' to volume one rather than volume as in first edition (1821.) A set complete in sixteen volumes comprising the… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Folio (10 c 13.5 inches). 77 pp. Limited to 1520 copies, this being No. 278. Signed by the publisher B.H. Newdigate and by the illustrator Zhenya Gay. Bound in canvas-backed Cockerell marbled paper boards, spine titled in gilt. Includes 12 stunning lithographs… Read more about this item

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1910. Cloth. Near Fine. 6" by 4" . None . A bright copy of Thomas De Quincey's celebrated autobiographical work. Thomas de Quincey was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for this work, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, an autobiographical work in which he explores his laudanum addiction and its… Read more about this item

D. C. Heath. Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Binding is tight, pages are discolored from age, covers still attractive though there is some soiling. Book is slightly shelf-cocked; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: J. M. Dent, 1910. hard cover. VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, gift inscription on front endpaper. No dust jacket./No Jacket. Everyman's Library. 17.5 cm.

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… Read more about this item

J. M. Dent. Good. 1904. Leather Bound. Small book, bound in soft green leather. Binding is a little loose, but no splits or other issues. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Frontispiece protected by tissue page. Gilt top edge is fine. Ribbon bookmark is pretty ragged. Cover has gold titles and design on faded spine --… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press, 1950. Hardcover. Zhenya Gay. 77p. A 1/4 black cloth hardcover book with green marbled boards and a matching slipcase. Very good condition; the spine and slipcase are tanned. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The slipcase is rubbed along the edges but sturdy. Illustrated with gravures by Zhenya Gay.

London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1903-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Original green cloth covered boards with faded gilt lettering and designs along spine; moderate rubbing on spine edge and tips. Binding shaken but secure; contents clean and unmarked with age appropriate toning; some webbing showing. 288 pages. Volume XXIII of the World Classics series, The Works of Thomas de… Read more about this item