Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Lot 327
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 327 | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Confessions of an English Opium-EaterThomas De Quincey, 1822.DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859). Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1822. First edition in book form of De Quincey’s famous autobiography. It was first published anonymously in 1821 for London Magazine and became enourmously influential. "The first of a genre now wildly popular, De Quincey's narrative of his descent into drug addiction confessional of a personal train-wreck of substance abuse ... It is a striking personal story, and as valuable as a chronicle of English low-life of the period as it is a tale of narcotic consumption" (Personal Experience). Narratives of Personal Experience 33.12mo (165 x 98mm). Half-title. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label (rubbing to extremities, upper joint started, some foxing to endpapers).
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