Confessions of an English Opium Eater
by Thomas de Quincey
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Walter Scott, 1886. Hardcover. Good. de Quincey's controversial account of his addiction to opium. With his writings on Rosicrucians and Freemasons, Kant and Richter. Fore edge rough cut. Paper label on spine is mostly missing. Tanning to page edges. Mild occasional spotting within. Binding sound. Good.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005776
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Author
- Thomas de Quincey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- biography, drugs, heroin, candid, den, memoir
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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