[OPIUM]. Opium Eating. An Autobiographical Sketch. By an Habituate. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876.
Small 8vo. Half-title. Original dark brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine gently sunned, some light wear at ends). Provenance: H.V.M. (early ownership penciled initials on front fly).
FIRST EDITION of this rare account of the life of an opium addict during the American Civil War and the author’s time spent in multiple Confederate prisons including the infamous Andersonville Prison. A Horowitz high spot.