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Poems by Thomas Gray
by Thomas Gray
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Eton: Eton College Press, 1894. Leather. Near Fine. 11" by 7.5". None . The collected poems of Thomas Gray from the prestigious Eton College, in handsome calf binding signed Spottiswoode & Co. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. An Eton College edition bound in a full calf prize binding signed Spottiswoode & Co., awarded to Gulielmo Adolpho Partridge, dated 1909. Complete with half title. Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author as well as decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and other full page plates of engravings of charming landscapes. Containing Gray's original poems as well as translations into English and Latin verse of the works of Petrarca, from the Anthologia Græca, and others. In a full calf Eton College prize binding, with five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine, Eton College lion crest to the front and rear boards, gilt to the edges, marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only minor spotting affecting leaves of plates and frontispiece offsetting to title page. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 843A7
- Title
- Poems by Thomas Gray
- Author
- Thomas Gray
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eton College Press
- Place of Publication
- Eton
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 11" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- eton college thomas gray poetry prize binding thomas gray
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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