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Publicado por J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. [ Everyman ], London, 1961
Librería: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Revised Edition. REVISED EDITION. LONDON : 1961. [ First published in 1907. This is the first printing of the Revised Edition.]. Everyman's Library of Biography; larger format. Hardback. Introduction by Introduction by John E. Jordan. Dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In deep-pink pictorial dust-jacket; designed Edward Bawden. Patterned end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only to jacket. NEAR FINE. Jacket VERY GOOD INDEED; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xiii), 325 pages. Bibliography: p. xi. 8pp adverts to rear. CONTENTS: Coleridge--Wordsworth--Wordsworth and Southey--Southey, Wordsworth, and Coleridge.--Early memorials of Grasmere.--The Saracen's head.--Westmoreland and the Dalesman.--Society of the Lakes, I-III. SCARCE. Printed at 'The Temple Press, Letchworth, England'. See Seymour's Guide to Everyman, 2005, p.123. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Sm.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Dent Everyman Library No. 163.
Publicado por EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY dent dutton, 1960
Librería: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1960, 1ST EDITION THUS, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT, IN Blue ILLUSTRATED Dustjacket OF Beautiful woman with Long Hair Nursing Sick Man, VG+/VG ,12 mo. 272 PGS, NOTES, BACK OF DJ A FEW OF 500 AUTHORS ENDS WITH ZOLA, larger format binding style 4. Full dark blue cloth-covered boards with copper-look spine titling and gilt "EL" in script at tail of spine; pale orange topstain. In light blue dust jacket with image of the author being offered a drink (laudanum?) by a young woman on front cover. --- An excellent copy: clean, unmarked and firmly bound but with small dampstain to top edge. Dust jacket with slight chafing along edges, otherwise bright and protected in removable archival mylar wrapper.; , He tells of his Opium Dreams, of his experiences with Ann & his sensations under the Drug. Chilling account of an addicts descent into madness or nirvana depending on your outlook. De Quincey's fascinating insight into opium, begun due to an illness, quickly becoming a habit. This is the story of his experiences whilst taking the drug, the dreams and the struggle against it. In this work, he speaks candidly about his use of laudanum, a compound made from opium. At first, he enjoyed the "pleasures" of opium, but later suffered the "pains" in the form of insomnia, hallucinations and other negative physical symptoms.