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Confessions of An English Opium-Eater
by Thomas De Quincey
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good book, end papers toned, edges toned; fair dust jacket
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Illustrated Editions Company, 1932. Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound yellow cloth spine and blue cloth boards, red-framed gilt spine titles, brown spine decoration, gilt and red cover decoration, pictorial dust jacket, 228 pp. Very good book, end papers toned, edges toned; fair dust jacket. Illustrated by Lawrence Chaves. De Quincey's 1821 drug memoir chronicling his addiction to laudanum, here fully illustrated.
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
- Better Read Than Dead
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1855
- Title
- Confessions of An English Opium-Eater
- Author
- Thomas De Quincey
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Lawrence Chaves
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound yellow cloth spine and blue cloth boards, red-framed gilt spine titles, brown spine decoration
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good book, end papers toned, edges toned; fair dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Illustrated Editions Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Thomas De Quincey, Drugs, Opium, Opiates, Confessions of An English Opium Eater, Confessions of An English Opium-Eater
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
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Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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