Language: English
Published by Dennis Dobson Ltd, London, UK, 1953
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good +. 190 pages. Cream background background dustjacket with moderate foxing (brown spotting) with light wear to edges and corners, not price-clipped. Clean grey 'textured pattern' hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends. Page-edges lightly greyed o/w pages clean and tidy.
Published by The Heritage Press, New York, 1950
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. ix, 77pp. Contents clean and textually unmarked. No library markings. Good slipcase included. Green marbled boards with black cloth spine, gilt-lettered.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Zhenya Gay (illustrator). Early edition in full black cloth with blue vignette of Thomas De Quincey on front cover. llustrated with twelve gravures by Zhenya Gay. Very good with Sandglass Newsletter and slipcase. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by The Easton Press, 1978
Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Zhenya Gay (illustrator). Fine hardcover in brown leather boards. Bright gilt lettering and designs to the spine and panels. Bright gilt to the page ends. Four raised bands along the spine. Reading ribbon bound in. Includes the original Easton Press broadside and unused bookplate. Overall a bright and attractive copy, as new. 77 pp.
Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dark brown leather binding with gilded covers and edges, four backbone hubs, silk moire endleaves and satin marker sewn in. Bruising along top edge of front panel near corner and a small chip to bottom rear corner. Minor shelf wear to binding, small scratch to front panel. Text and images unmarked. Collector's notes laid in. PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.
Hardcover. Special Edition. Book condition is Very Good, bound in green marbled paper-covered boards. Bumps to corners of boards. Some rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Interior is toned throughout. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. 4to. 11"h x 8"w.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1978
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Gay, Zhenya - 12 drawings (illustrator). Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint. x + 77 pp, Introduction, Note upon the Text, (Being an extract from the life of a scholar - To the Reader), Part I- Preliminary Confessions, Part II: The Pleasures of Piums; Introduction to the Pains of Opium; The Pains of Opium. Appendix. Includes two card-catalogue & notes from the ARchives. Full Leather binding, gilt design fr & back, gilt letters & raised bands to spine. Tight, square, unworn all around. Size: Quarto. Book.
Published by Horace Liveright, Inc., 1929
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Presentation edition limited to 1000 copies and not for sale, number 706. Hard cover with black titles on slightly darkened cream spine and purple/red/yellow (batik) decorative paper boards, with almost no cover wear. Introduction of 6 pages by William Bolitho. Fabulous cartoons by Peter Arno in this 1st edition published in 1929 and in near fine condition.
Published by The Readers Club, New York, 1941
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First published by Viking in 1929.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1930
Seller: The Old Sage Bookshop, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Signed
Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Oversize hardcover with black cloth spine with gilt lettering; boards covered in marbled paper; top edge gilt; limited edition 1393/1520; signed by Newdigate and Zhenta; dramatic b&w illustrations. Book in fine condition: top back corner is slightly bumped and a small stain near it, otherwise excellent. Slipcase in good minus condition with scuffing, edge wear, a couple splits starting. Will require extra for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.
Published by Limited Editions Club, Shakespeare Head Press, Oxford, 1930
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Very Good condition. Signed by the artist, Zhenya Gay, #1073 of 1500 copies. No slipcase.