On Style and Conversation: A Series of Essays
by Quincey, Thomas De
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1862. First edition of this collection of selected works in their original form. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate blind stamping to the front and rear panels, forest green endpapers. In very good condition with some rubbing to the spine. Best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,' De Quincey also published a significant number of critical essays in European newspapers and magazines, a handful of which are contained in this collection, including 'Letters to a Young Man Whose Education Has Been Neglected.'
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145230
- Title
- On Style and Conversation: A Series of Essays
- Author
- Quincey, Thomas De
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- On Style and Conversation First Edition, Thomas de Quincey First Edition
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...