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Lot Details
Lot 85
[DE QUINCEY, THOMAS] Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1822. First edition. Full red morocco gilt, unsigned, but an elaborate and pretty binding, all edges gilt. 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (16 x 9.5 cm); half-title, 206 pp. A sound clean copy, though lacking the terminal leaf of ads.
First edition of this classic of the drug literature, perhaps the first work to describe a drug addiction.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $1,512 (includes buyer's premium)
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