Poems by Thomas Gray.
by Gray, Thomas
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About This Item
London: Privately printed for Eton College, 1920. 4to, pp. [viii], 87, [3]. Original vellum, Eton College gilt crest to front board, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Binding slightly dust-soiled, boards just a little bowed. With a prize leaf inscribed to Alistair Cobbold on his leaving Eton by Headmaster Cyril Alington, dated 1925. Privately printed for Eton College by C.T. Jacobi using the Riccardi Press font developed for the Medici Society.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3804
- Title
- Poems by Thomas Gray.
- Author
- Gray, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed for Eton College
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Literature Poetry Privately Printed Prize Binding
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...