Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title The Works of Thomas de Quincey “The English Opium Eater” Including all His Contributions to Periodical Literature [Full Leather Binding – Fourth Edition in Sixteen Volumes – Alfred de Rothschild Bookplate] ___________________ Author Thomas de Quincey ______________________ Year of Publication 1880 __________________________ Publisher Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black ______________________________ For full description see below - after all photographs ___________________________________________ Description: Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1880, Fourth Edition in Sixteen Volumes. A handsomely bound collection of the essays of Thomas de Quincey. Full Leather binding with gilt titles to maroon and green leather labels, elaborate gilt decoration to the spines, polished, gilt filet lined calf boards, marbled end papers and page edges, a beautiful set. With 11 illustrations to the 16 volumes. Fourth edition in sixteen volumes consisting of (including pagination): Vol I – Confessions of an Opium-Eater – vi, [ii], xviii, iii-xv, [i], 290pp. Vol II – Recollections of the Lakes and Lake Poets Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey – vi, [ii], 277pp. Vol III – Last Days of Immanuel Kant and Other Writings – [ii], 3-342pp. Vol IV – The English Mail Coach and Other Writings – xiv, [ii], 352pp. Vol V – Dr Samuel Parr or Whiggism in its Relations to Literature and Other Writings – [ii], ix, [i], 395pp. Vol VI – Richard Bentley and Other Writings – xvi, 333pp. Vol VII – Protestantism and Other Essays – [ii], iv, 352pp. Vol VIII – Leaders in Literature with a Notice of Traditional Errors affecting Them – xii, 332pp. Vol IX – The Caesars Essenes and Other Papers – xii, 310pp. Vol X – Style and Rhetoric and Other Papers – xxiii, [i], 326pp. Vol XI – Coleridge and Opium-Eating and Other Writings – vii, [i], 333pp. Vol XII – Speculations Literary and Philosophic – xviii, 355pp. Vol XIII – Logic of Political Economy and Other Papers – [viii], 9-497pp. Vol XIV – Autobiographic Sketches 1790-1803 – vi, [ii], 466pp. Vol XV – Biographies – Shakspeare, Pope, Goethe and Schiller and on the Political Parties of Modern England – ii, [ii], 330pp, with a folding Facsimile of Mr De Quincey’s Manuscript. Vol XVI – Suspiria De Profundis Being a Sequel to the Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Miscellaneous Writings – viii, 586pp. “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater” is an autobiographical account about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight. Provenance - bookplate of Afred de Rothschild, Halton, Bucks (Lord Rothschild’s Library) to front pastedowns. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall (18.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine – very good condition – gilt titles to maroon and green leather labels, gilt decoration to the compartments, uneven aged fading.Joints – very good condition – sound, gently rubbed.Corners – very good condition – gently bumped and worn.Boards – very good condition – gilt filet lined polished calf boards, gentle marks and wear.Page edges – very good condition – marbled, darkened to the top edge.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – very good condition – sound.Paste downs – good condition – marbled.End papers – good condition – marbled, subsequently tanned and foxed.Title – good condition – tanned with some foxing.Pages – good condition – tanned with some minor foxing.Binding – very good condition – attractive.See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1880 Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ Louis88Books are Members of the PBFA We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please e-mail me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop Thank You LOUIS88Books
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Year Printed: 1880
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Personalised: No
Binding: Fine Binding
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Biographies & True Stories
Author: Thomas de Quincey
Publisher: Adam & Charles Black
Signed: No
Original/Reproduction: Original
