The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
by Thomas de Quincey
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Illustrated Editions Company, New York, 1932. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Lawrence W. Chaves. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. 228 pp. Binding firm. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Edges browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrator: Lawrence W. Chaves. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Medicine & Health; England; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45986. .
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
- Dreadnought Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45986
- Title
- The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Author
- Thomas de Quincey
- Illustrator
- Lawrence W. Chaves
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Illustrated Editions Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- BZDB243 drugs, medicine, health, history, bio, psychology Medicine & Health; England; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Lawrence W. Chaves Unbranded Thomas de Quincey The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Medicine & Health;
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