first edition
1851 · Boston
by De Quincey, Thomas
Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1851. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes; 366pp. and 337pp., 6pp. ads at rear. This is De Quincey's reminiscences of literary acquaintances such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Charles Lamb, Mrs. Siddons, Robert Southey and others, the various occasions of when and how they met. Bound in brown embossed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, ruled in blind, some rubbing or staining to covers, light wear to spine ends, no foxing, contemporary owner's name. A very good set.
(Inventory #: 021928)