Author: DE QUINCY, THOMAS. [DE QUINCEY, THOMAS].
Title: On Murder (Considered as one of the fine arts) & On War.
Description: London: The Doppler Press, 1980. Two Essays. Pp.131, cracking to inner hinges but holding. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+.** ""On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts" is an essay by Thomas De Quincey first published in 1827 in Blackwood's Magazine. The essay is a fictional, satirical account of an address made to a gentleman's club concerning the aesthetic appreciation of murder. It focuses particularly on a series of murders allegedly committed in 1811 by John Williams in the neighborhood of Ratcliffe Highway, London." (wiki).

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