NOTE BOOK OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER
by De Quincey, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. 294+pp. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers; edges of leaves lightly age toned. A strong, sturdy copy given its age.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8769
- Title
- NOTE BOOK OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER
- Author
- De Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY DE QUINCEY THOMAS 1785 1859 ENGLISH AUTHORS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT LAUDANUM OPIUM ALCOHOL ADDICTION DRUGS OPIUM ABUSE LITERATURE ESSAYS LITERARY WORKS WORLD HISTORY LONDON ENGLAND EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Essays;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...