Guilty Thing; A Life of Thomas de Quincey, Frances Wilson, Inscription copy, 2016

Guilty Thing; A Life of Thomas de Quincey, by Frances Wilson.

Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. The author has written a personalised inscription to William St Clair on the title page. Please see our other listings for related works.

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2016, first edition.

A fine hardback with a very good dustjacket. The book is black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustjacket has a 1cm closed tear on top edge near spine and some toning on inside flaps. Text is nice and clean and soundly bound. With maps and a few illustrations.

Prelims + x-xi maps + 397pp + 2pp.

Weight approximately 742g unpacked.

Dimensions: Approximately 241mm high x 160mm wide x 37mm deep.