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| Book Number | B0002513 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Opium-Eating Editor: Thomas De Quincey and the Westmorland Gazette |
| Author(s) | Author: Caseby, Richard |
| Edition and Format | First Edition—Edition identified by: No later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 192 printed pages in publisher's original red rexine with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains black and white frontispiece and eleven black and white illustrations. ISBN 0902272608 [9780902272606] |
| Publisher(s) | Westmorland Gazette, Kendal, 1985 Westmorland Gazette—(Founded in 1818) A British publisher which publishes the main weekly newspaper for the Lake District, but is probably best known as the publisher of books by Alfred Wainwright. They were the publishers all but one of of Wainwrights books from 1964 (with the publication of The North-Western Fells) to the last Sketchbook (the Peak District Sketchbook, which was the last ever Wainwright book containing new illustrations) in 1984. Wainwright in Lakeland, although originally published by Abott Hall, was printed by The Westmorland Gazette and published by them in a later edition. Walks from Ratty is the only true exception, published by Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company. The first printing was printed by the Westmorland Gazette (this later changed to Titus Wilson), but they never actually acted as the publisher. Note on identifying first editions: The Westmorland Gazette had no consistent system for identifying first editions. Most Pictorial Guide Series books have an impression number printed in them if they are later printings, although this practice seems to have been abandoned some time in the 1980s. First editions of other books can only be identified by reference to specific points on a book by book basis, with the published price being a common issue. Lists of other books in print found at the start of many titles were rarely updated after the early to mid 1970s and provide almost no assistance in identifying editions. |
| Series | No |
| Content | Content An account of the period that De Quincy spent as editor of the Westmorland Gazette, including Wordsworth's undercover intrigue during the Westmorland election of 1818 and his unofficial position as Executive Editor of the Gazette. |
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