Confessions of an English Opium–Eater

by Thomas De Quincey

$8,500 · Offered by Biblioctopus

First edition

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1822. First Edition. 12mo 185 x 112mm , pp. vi, 206. In the original boards and label, the gray/brown paper surface layer worn along spine exposing the white paper layer underneath, but the covers are all there see picture , and this is a very good copy, untrimmed, and unrestored. Some 1st editions have an advertisement leaf at the end, apparently depending on which retailer or

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