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Poems by Mr. Gray
by Thomas Gray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Dodsley, 1768. Book. Very Good +. Full-Leather. First Edition. First edition, first printing, of Thomas Gray's first collected poems. Title page dated 1768. Includes the scarce half-title page. 120 text pages followed by a "Contents" page with 10 titles listed. Three original blank pages precede and one original blank page follows the text. 19th-century signed fine binding by "Riviere & Son" in light-tan full calf. Spine ornately decorated in gilt with five raised bands and brown leather title label lettered in gilt. Triple-ruled gilt bordering on both covers. Ornately decorated gilt borders on inside covers. All page edges gilt-covered. Bluish-green endpapers. In VERY GOOD + condition. Spine remains very bright and unworn. Light wear to the edges and minor touches of wear to the front cover. Tightly bound and square with no cracking. Light crease at the top corner of the front blank pages and small faint writing in pencil on the first text page. Otherwise flawless interior. Pages are bright and clean with no foxing or browning. No previous owner signature or bookplate. Contents: Ode on the Spring, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Hymn to Adversity, The Progress of Poesy, The Bard, The Fatal Sisters, The Descent of Odin, The Triumphs of Owen, and Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard..
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- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2681
- Title
- Poems by Mr. Gray
- Author
- Thomas Gray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1768
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE, 1ST EDITION, 18TH CENTURY, FINE BINDING, LEATHER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; 18th- and 19th-Century Books; First Printings;
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