Item #303070 THE STRANGER'S GRAVE. Edited and Introduced by Edmund Baxter. Thomas DE QUINCEY.

THE STRANGER'S GRAVE. Edited and Introduced by Edmund Baxter.

UK: Aporia Press. 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 131 pp + [5] pp ads at rear. About fine in dust jacket. ¶ First published anonymously in 1823. A "wild, strangely humourous and absurd romance. it centers upon an incestuous affair which has disastrous consequences. Peppered with autobiographical details, the narrative recounts the career of Edward Stanley, the perverse stranger of the title, whose infatuation with his niece Emily leads them both into misery and degradation." Sounds pleasant. Fine in Dust Jacket. Item #303070

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