The Hashish Eater
Item
Title
The Hashish Eater
Creator
Description
A reprint of Smith's 1920 poem. From the jacket: "By some explanation of cosmic consciousness, rather than a mere drug, used here as a symbol, the dreamer is carried to a height which he beholds the strange and multiform scenes of existence in alien worlds..."
Date
1989
Publisher
Necronomicon Press
annotates
First Necronomicon edition. Necronomicon editions are simple staple bound and look hand-done. The text is typed on a typewriter and photocopied.
Format
21.5 sm long, 17.5 cm wide, 0.25 cm tall
Contributor
Robert H. Knox, illustrator
Cover Description
Illustration in red ink: Centred on the cover is a man wearing a suit with a large flower in his lapel. His eyes are white and his expression is slightly sad or concerned. The rest of the cover is very detailed with strange elements representing the visions of his experience and wraps around the back cover.
