The works of Thomas De Quincey [14 volumes]

Edinburgh : A. & C. Black, 1862-83, 1883. Author's edition. Hardback. Good copies in the original title-labelled cloth. Spine bands are slightly frayed and worn in places, with panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. The spine title labels are in varied states of wear. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description: 14 v. 19 cm. Lacks volumes 1 & 16 from series. Contents: v. 2. Recollections of the lakes and lake poets.--v. 3. Last days of Immanuel Kant and other writings.--v. 4. The English mail coach and other writings.--v. 5. Dr. Samuel Parr and other writings.--v. 6. Richard Bentley and other writings.--v. 7. Protestantism, and other essays.--v. 8. Leaders in literature.--v. 9. The Caesars, Essenes, and other papers.--v. 10. Style and rhetoric and other papers.--v. 11. Coleridge and opium-eating and other writings.--v. 12. Speculations literary and philosophic.--v. 13. Logic of political economy and other papers.--v. 14. Autobiographic sketches, 1790-1803. Subjects: De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859 - English literature - English prose - 19th century. Summary: Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is one of the greatest English prose writers of the nineteenth century. He deeply influenced Edgar Allan Poe and numbers Dickens, Proust and Virginia Woolf among his many fans.