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[De Quincey, Thomas]
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Description
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1822
8vo (6 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.; 177 x 107 mm). Uncut, 12-pp. advertisement dated November 1822, half-title. Original drab boards, in a maroon morocco solander case; backstrip worn.
With his:
Klosterheim: or, The Masque. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: T. Cadell, 1832
8vo (6 15/16 x 4 1/4 in.; 177 x 117 mm). Half-title, uncut, 2-pp. advertisement at end. Original purple cloth, printed title label on spine, in a maroon cloth dropbox; corners rubbed.
8vo (6 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.; 177 x 107 mm). Uncut, 12-pp. advertisement dated November 1822, half-title. Original drab boards, in a maroon morocco solander case; backstrip worn.
With his:
Klosterheim: or, The Masque. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: T. Cadell, 1832
8vo (6 15/16 x 4 1/4 in.; 177 x 117 mm). Half-title, uncut, 2-pp. advertisement at end. Original purple cloth, printed title label on spine, in a maroon cloth dropbox; corners rubbed.
Provenance
Jerome Kern (bookplate in Opium-Eater) — Joseph Taylor (ms. exlibris in Klosterheim)
Literature
I: Ashley Library II, p. 37; II: Wolff II, 1785
Catalogue Note
first editions.