Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Essays
by Thomas De Quincey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Macmillan, 1901. First thus, xxi, 460p. Hardbound, three-quarter leather binding with marbled paper, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, in very-good + condition, with previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, light wear to binding, some rubbing to board edges and tips, hinges firm and interior clean. Macmillan's Library of English Classics.
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- Bookseller
- SunriseBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 811
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Essays
- Author
- Thomas De Quincey
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Macmillan Library of English Classics
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
SunriseBooks
Prepayment by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover), check or money order. Books returnable within ten days.
About the Seller
SunriseBooks
Biblio member since 2005
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
About SunriseBooks
Open shop selling new and used books with a specialty in Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with a mail order sideline in detective fiction. Established in 1974.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Bookplate
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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