1889 Rare Book in an Art Nouveau binding - Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey.(Description) Author: Thomas De Quincey. Title: Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Edited by William Sharp. Publisher: London, Walter Scott, Ltd., 1889. Language: Text in English. Size: 6. 5" X 4. 5". Pages : xxviii 275 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good half vellum leather binding with Art Nouveau gilt decorations on the spine (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt

Estimate: USD 300 - USD 350)

The binder: Sangorski & Sutcliffe is a firm of bookbinders established in London in 1901

He was born in Metz and died in Rijnsburg

Charles Perrault (1628 – 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française

and eleven full-page illustrations by Keeley Halswelle

The author: Elliott O'Donnell (27 February 1872 – 8 May 1965) was an author known primarily for his books about ghosts

known in particular for his epic Pharsalia

Upper edge gilt

Bradley was later killed by plume hunters while on duty in the Everglades

Esplandian

The Theosophical Publishing House Limited

best known for his work in "Punch" magazine and his iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass