DE QUINCEY, Thomas Confessions of an English opium eater. London, Taylor and Hessey, 1823
Duodecimo; original blue-grey boards and paper label, spine slightly worn; a few spots but a fresh uncut copy with the three final leaves of advertisements.
Third edition: an attractive copy, in original binding, of the book which established De Quincey's literary reputation. Himself a laudanum addict, this harrowing account of the joys and sorrows of addiction has long been recognised as one of the stylistic masterpieces of nineteenth-century prose.
$A1285
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