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Fall Great Estates Curated Auction
Lot 151:
Thomas De Quincey (England, 1785-1859). 3 first editions. De Quincey’s Writings: Narrative Papers, Biographical Essays and Philosophical Writers.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers, in 2 volumes. First edition, 1853. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston; printed by Thurston, Torry, and Emerson. Inscription in ink dated 1853. Wear to covers and edges, corners bumped, fraying to corners and spines, losses to cloth on spines, notations in pencil front endpaper volume 2 and first advertising page volume 1, foxing and discoloration.
Biographical Essays. First edition, 1850. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston; printed by Thurston, Torry, & Emerson, Boston. Inscription "To my father, Jan. 1st 1851." Wear to cover and edges, corners bumped, fraying to corners and spine, losses to cloth on spine, notations in pencil on first advertising page, foxing to advertising pages at front.
Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men of Letters. First edition, 1854. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston; printed by Thurston, Torry, and Emerson. Volume 1 only. Wear to cover and edges, some wear to spine, corners bumped, 50 cents written in pencil front endpaper, some foxing to first pages.
Provenance: all private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
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