London: Chiswick Press. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1879. Large Paper Copy. Hardcover. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1879. Large Paper Copy, 11 x 8 ½ inches. xvi,415,[1] pages. Contemporary full brown calf, all edges gilt. Front cover detached, waterstains to lower portion of both covers, spine soiled/chipped, lower edges of first few pages show waterstain. Early example using actual photographs: 4 albumen photographs mounted on blank leaves (mounts slightly wrinkled not affecting photographs) - painted portrait of Gray, distant view of Eton College, Country Churchyard. and Manor House.; 4 Original Photographs; 11 x 8 1/2 inches; 415 pages .

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Bookseller: Dale A. Sorenson (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 715
Title: Poems And Letters
Author: Gray, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with No dust jacket as issued
Edition: Large Paper Copy
Publisher: Chiswick Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1879
Keywords: British Literature, English Literature, Photography

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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