Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Thomas de Quincey, 1822
DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859). Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: for Taylor and Hessey, 1822.
First edition in book form of "the most famous account of drug addiction in English literature" (Norman). De Quincey's narrative was originally published in the London Magazine in October and November 1821. To the editions in book form De Quincey added an appendix which included a record of his opium consumption. Surpassing mere scientific reportage, the Confessions is a stylistic masterpiece and a prose counterpart to the work of De Quincey's close associates Wordsworth and Coleridge. Ashley II, p.37; Norman 619; Sterling 229; Tinker 817.
12mo (176 x 102 mm). Half-title (without leaf of publisher's ads, a few stains). Contemporary blue boards, untrimmed (rebacked, but with remains of original paper label on spine, a little wear). Provenance: "T. Doughty" (inscription dated 1821).
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Thomas de Quincey, 1822
DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859). Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: for Taylor and Hessey, 1822.
First edition in book form of "the most famous account of drug addiction in English literature" (Norman). De Quincey's narrative was originally published in the London Magazine in October and November 1821. To the editions in book form De Quincey added an appendix which included a record of his opium consumption. Surpassing mere scientific reportage, the Confessions is a stylistic masterpiece and a prose counterpart to the work of De Quincey's close associates Wordsworth and Coleridge. Ashley II, p.37; Norman 619; Sterling 229; Tinker 817.
12mo (176 x 102 mm). Half-title (without leaf of publisher's ads, a few stains). Contemporary blue boards, untrimmed (rebacked, but with remains of original paper label on spine, a little wear). Provenance: "T. Doughty" (inscription dated 1821).
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