Poems and Letters
by GRAY, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1863. Hardcover. Very good. xvi, 415 p. 33 cm. Frontispiece portrait, three small b&w illustrations in text, and 3 larger b&w illustrations at rear. Full leather binding signed by Riviere. Gold trim, gilt text block edge, marbled endpapers. Some soiling to boards, gilt wearing off text block edge, corners worn. Front endpapers loosening. Eton presentation to Jacob J. Hornsby. Foxing.
Includes the famous Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard, as well as the disturbing (for pet lovers) Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, and many more. Also includes Extracts, Poemata, and Letters, chiefly to Richard West and Horace Walpole. Bound by the Riviere Company, founded in Bath in 1829.
Includes the famous Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard, as well as the disturbing (for pet lovers) Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, and many more. Also includes Extracts, Poemata, and Letters, chiefly to Richard West and Horace Walpole. Bound by the Riviere Company, founded in Bath in 1829.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134900
- Title
- Poems and Letters
- Author
- GRAY, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed at the Chiswick Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Richard West, Horace Walpole, Riviere
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...