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CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER (and) LITERARY REMINISCENCES.

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CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER (and) LITERARY REMINISCENCES.

by De Quincey, Thomas 1785-1859

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New York: D. Appleton, 1900. Illustrated by 4 photogravures, 2 color plates. Aldine edition. (from The World's Great Books). Green Cloth, printed spine tiles, uncut and unopened, t.e.g. 8vo. pp. xxv, 507. VG. Bookplate, sunned spine, head chipped, some soiling, yet internally fine with many sections unopened. Biographical and critical note by Ripley Hitchcock, includes Suspiria De Profundis (Sequel to Confessions of an English Opium-Eater) and the English Mail-Coach and Literary Reminiscences: Charles Lamb, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Society of the Lakes..

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Confessions of an English Opium-eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas de Quincey about his addiction to laudanum - a combination of opium and alcohol - and its effects. He first had it published anonymously in the London Magazine in 1821, but it was released as a book the following year.

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Title
CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER (and) LITERARY REMINISCENCES.
Author
De Quincey, Thomas 1785-1859
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
New York: D. Appleton, 1900.
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