Biographical Essays
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Hard Cover. 4, [6], 284 p.; 19 cm. Original brown ribbed publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have blind-stamped center medallions and borders. Pale yellow endpapers. This is the second volume in the publisher's series De Quincey's Writings. The verso of the half title page states that a "third volume will shortly be issued." A 4-page publisher's catalog is bound in between the front endpapers, dated Oct. 1850. Contents: Shakespeare -- Pope -- Charles Lamb -- Goethe -- Schiller. In Very Good Condition: edges and corners rubbed; cloth lacking at ends of spine; pages are clean and bright. Very Good. Item #001938
Price: $28.00