Autobiographic Sketches 2 Volume set (Selections Grave and Gay from Writings Published and Unpublished Volumes 1 and 2 1854/1855) from the Library of James Whyte 6th Premier of Tasmania
by De Quincey, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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Edinburgh / London: James Hogg / R. Groombridge & Sons, 1854/1855. hardbound. Very Good in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 2 volumes 8vo. Volumes 1 and 2 in the collected edition of De Quincey's 'Selections Grave & Gay'; being a series of essays on autobiographical subjects, but also including essays on Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Southey; from the Library of James Whyte 6th Premier of Tasmania, with Whyte's autograph to prelims of both volumes - James Whyte was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist and politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from January 1863 to November 1866; volume 1 is the second edition (ie the second edition in the Selections Grave & Gay collected edition) 1855, volume 2 is the 1854 edition; brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decorations to front and rear, and gilt titling to spines; both volumes with blind-stamped bookshop logos to front endpapers, foxing to text blocks, and very occasional mild foxing in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards rubbed and scuffed.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21372
- Title
- Autobiographic Sketches 2 Volume set (Selections Grave and Gay from Writings Published and Unpublished Volumes 1 and 2 1854/1855) from the Library of James Whyte 6th Premier of Tasmania
- Author
- De Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in rubbed boards
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Hogg / R. Groombridge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh / London
- Date Published
- 1854/1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books;
- Size
- 2 volumes 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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