The Confessions of an English Opium Eater
por Thomas de Quincey
- Usado
- Aceitável
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Aceitável
- Livreiro
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Classics Book Club, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Stated. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with faded lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Noticeable tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Substantial sunning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed.
Sinopse
Confessions of an English Opium-eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas de Quincey about his addiction to laudanum - a combination of opium and alcohol - and its effects. He first had it published anonymously in the London Magazine in 1821, but it was released as a book the following year.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Estoque do vendedor nº
- 1663071354MHP
- Título
- The Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Autor
- Thomas de Quincey
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Aceitável
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Classics Book Club
- Data de publicação
- 1953
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Acceptable
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....