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Zustand: Good. Good condition. English Men Of Letters Series (Literature, Fiction, Drama) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on half title page, else unmarked. English writer, Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) wrote prolifically and in numerous fields, ranging from fiction to biography to economics, and often crossing genre boundaries in unclassifiable works that mixed exposition of others' ideas with autobiography and personal reflections. He remains best known, however, for a single work: Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821). That work, too, was difficult to classify, it mixed autobiographical elements with description and evaluation of the effects of the addictive, analgesic, and psychoactive drug named in its title.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Provenance: This book is from the estate of Michigan Senator Jack Faxon and comes with a letter of provenance. Three quarter tan calf leather is worn and soiled with loss to gilt on spine but overall in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Marbled end sheets and paste downs very good. Foxing to white end papers. Pages are unfoxed, clean and near pristine. . …