Confessions of an English Opium-Eater together with their sequels The English Mail-Coach and Suspiria De Profundis
by De Quincey, Thomas; with an Introductory Essay by George Saintsbury
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Constable & Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Some mottling to cloth along margins of boards. Spine browned. Moderate spots of foxing. No signatures. ; xlvi, 279, [1 (blank)] pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 132mm. This is a nice edition to read, with generous blank margins surrounding the printed text. "I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life" - page 5. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24319
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater together with their sequels The English Mail-Coach and Suspiria De Profundis
- Author
- De Quincey, Thomas; with an Introductory Essay by George Saintsbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Constable & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- English Literature
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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