Confessions of an English opium-eater ... Second edition

by Thomas De Quincey

$750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1823. 12mo, pp. iv, 206, 6 ads, 12 ads ; original drab paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; front joint starting, corners bumped, light overall wear; a very good, sound, and clean copy. First published in 1821, De Quincy 1785-1859 garnered instant success and admiration for his autobiographical account of addiction. The work was very influential in both literary and

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