Lyrics in Prose by De Quincey. Selected ... by R. Brimley Johnson. With portrait
by Quincey, Thomas De Johnson, Reginald Brimley
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HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1897* Publisher: George Allen.* Binding and cover condition: Polished grey green polished linen cloth, gilt title & decorations to spine and face. No bumps, slight rubs to corners and to head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. GOOD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. (Probably as issued.)* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal marks to text, some foxing & slight marks to prelims and tail end papers. Top edge gilt, other edges rough cut & aged, otherwise no visible faults. GOOD* Illustrations: One b/w tissue guarded print at frontis, showing de Quincey (slightly loose).* Pages: 163 pp. text. vi pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: This selection has been made from De Quincy?s authorised and collected works, without recourse to the ?sweepings of his study,? so piously edited of late years. By the generous courtesy of Messrs. A. & C. Black I have been able to include The Daughter of Lebanon, first published in 1856, and to use the final text of the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, belonging to the same year. R. Brimley Johnson. An anthology of prose passages from a range of de Quincey's works.* A GOOD copy with some ageing and wear, no dust jacket.*
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- Title
- Lyrics in Prose by De Quincey. Selected ... by R. Brimley Johnson. With portrait
- Author
- Quincey, Thomas De Johnson, Reginald Brimley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GD/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- Place of Publication
- London UK 163
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