[Rarebooks] FS: CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER Illustrated & SIGNED by Zhenya Gay

[Charles Agvent]

DE QUINCEY, Thomas. CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER. Oxford: 
Limited Editions Club, 1930. Small folio (10" x 13-1/2") bound in 
canvas-backed Cockerell marbled paper boards. Illustrated with twelve 
lithographs drawn on the stone by Zhenya Gay and printed on hand-made 
Kelmscott paper by B. H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press. Of a 
total edition of 1520 copies SIGNED by the artist and the printer on the 
limitation page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the 
publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the 
printed number "762" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are 
handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most 
likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. About Fine in an 
intact but Good only slipcase with much wear. (#016562)        $200

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