Blake, William (1757-1827). Gray, Thomas (1716-1771). Keynes, Geoffrey (1887-1982)

William Blake's water-colours illustrating the poems of Thomas Gray. : With an introduction and commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes

Chicago : Published by J. Philip O'Hara. Inc. in association with Trianon Press. Paris 1972. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped). now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of John Rowlands with the owner's bookplate. Series; Blake ; Suppl. no. 101. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves. ix-xx. 1-72 pages. 15 leaves portrait. illustrations (some color) 29 cm. Notes; Each water-color contains the text illustrated. All 116 are reproduced in monochrome. 16 also in color. Originally published in 1922 under the title: William Blake's designs for Gray's poems. Bound in blue cloth; stamped in gold. Dust jacket. Each water-color contains the text illustrated. All 116 are reproduced in monochrome. 16 also in color. Illus. (some col.) incl. plates and facsimiles. Subjects; Gray. Thomas (1716-1771) ; Illustrations. Genres; Illustrated. Illustrated works. ISBN: 0413292606.

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Book number: 289036

Keywords: 0413292606

Thomas Gray; John Drinkwater, introduction

Gray's Poems, Letters and Essays

London, Everyman's Library (J.M. Dent & Sons), 1970. Hardcover. 390p. A hardcover book in essentially fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is like new, save for price sticker residue on the front endpaper. The jacket is price-clipped and lightly rubbed. Everyman's Library #628. Very Good .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 183951

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction

FOULIS PRESS. GRAY (Thomas):

Poems By Mr. Gray.

Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis..., 1773. 12mo (in 6s), 121 x 71 mms., pp. [iv], [1] - 55 [56 blank]with contemporary autograph "Mary Syme" on title-page. BOUND WITH: LYTTELTON (George), Lord: Poems by the Right HOnourable Lord Lytton. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis..., 1773. 12mo (in 6s), 121 x 71 mms., pp. [iv], [3] - 84. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary calf, red leather label. Some rubbing of binding but a good to very good copy. Gaskell lists two editions Gray's poems for 1773, 554, with a dagger on the title-page; and 555, with an asterisk. This edition has neither no press figure on C1. The Lyttelton conforms to Gaskell 556.

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Book number: 8626

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry printing history literature

Thomas Gray

1937 Poems

Eton, Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1937. Vellum. A lovely collection of verses by Thomas Gray, privately printed for leavers of Eton College and presented in a vellum binding. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet and letter-writer. Often considered to be a pre-Romantic poet, Gray declined the offer of Poet Laureate in 1757. His most famous poem 'An Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard' was first published in 1751 and popularised by Horace Walpole. Its reflectiveness and stoicism saw it immediately highly regarded and popular, with it having been translated into Latin and Greek, as well as pirated. The work considers the afterlife and death, foreshadowing the Gothic movement. Many phrases entered popular use as a result of Gray's coinage, amongst them 'kindred spirit', 'Far from the Madding Crowd' (later the title of a Thomas Hardy novel), 'celestial fire' and 'The Paths of Glory&apos.Bound in full vellum, and printed for Eton College. Presented to Robert Adrian Roberts on his leaving Eton in 1939. In a full paper vellum binding. Externally generally smart, with minor general wear to the vellum and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 771R5

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Thomas Gray Poetry Poems Poetry None

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) and R. [Richard]Bentley (1708-1782 - artist)

Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray

London: R. Dodsley,1753. (Folio) 37.5 x 26 cm (14¼ x 10½"), quarter period roan and marbled paper boards, gilt rules. Second Edition. Author:Thomas Gray (British, London 1716-1771 Cambridge) Designer: Richard Bentley (British, Cambridge, baptized 1708-1782 London) Engraver: T. S. Müller (British, active 1753) Engraver: Charles Grignion, I (British, London baptised 1721-1810 London) Publisher: Robert Dodsley (British, 1703-1764) Second edition, with "Designs, &c." on the half-title and the inverted "p" in place of "d" on page 26. A pioneering work of collaboration between poet and artist and recognized as a landmark work of its kind. The instigator behind it was Horace Walpole, who was friends with Bentley, Gray and the publisher Dodsley. The text reprints four poems by Gray and two, "A Long Story" and "Hymn to Adversity," appear here for the first time. Bookplate of American book collector Charles Walker Andrews on the front paste-down. Hazen, Horace Walpole, 42; Rothschild 1061; Northup 178; NCBEL II, 579. Lowndes III, p. 931. Univ. Cat. I. p. 720; Graesse III. p. 141 (1773); T-B. III p. 356. .

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Book number: 51-3411

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Thomas Gray

Designs by Mr Bentley for Six Poems by Mr T Gray

London, J Dodley, 1789. Leather. A collection of poems by Thomas Gray, ornately illustrated throughout, with beautiful engravings. With 'Odes by Mr Gray' and 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole to the start of the work. With Elegy Written in a Churchyard, Odes, Hymn to Adversity, A Long Story, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College and more. This work was first published in 1753 and there were subsequent printings in 1765, 1766 and 1775 prior to this edition. The engravings to this work are all by Johann Sebastian Muller and Charles Grignion after drawings by Richard Bentley. In a full calf binding. Rebound with original backstrip and boards preserved. Externally, generally smart. Patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Marks to the boards. Small amount of loss to the backstrip due to rubbing. Bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots. Prior owner's notes to the margins of page 54. Small repair to the tail of the first leaf. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: R Bentley. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH24-A-2

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Leather Poetry Illustration Horace Walpole Poetry R Bentley

Thomas Gray

Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray

London, R Dodsley, 1753. Leather. A scarce and handsome volume of illustrations to the work of Thomas Gray, in attractive leather binding. Curiously noted as 'designs', rather than poems, the title was written such in order to emphasise to readers that the poems were previously published by Gray, and not new works. Nonetheless, the handsome illustrations, of which there are six engraved plates as well as numerous vignettes and embellishments, make for a interesting and attractive collaborative volume. In quarter-calf binding with gilt detailing and paper-covered boards. Externally smart, there is some wear to the backstrip and extremities. Internally, the pages are firmly bound but are somewhat age-toned throughout. Very Good . Ill.: R Bentley. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH6-A-4

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Illustrations Engravings Illustrations R Bentley

THOMAS GRAY

Elegy and Other Poems

Dean & Son. Hardcover. Undated. Printed by The Riverside Press, Edinburgh. Orange cloth much marked, small split to spine, gilt on top, tissue-guarded portrait frontis, no inscriptions, prelims much foxed, good, in soft leather yapp edged jacket worn and sunned, with slits for, presumably, a missing ribbon tie, good. Good/Good.

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Book number: 13445

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry, poems

GRAY, THOMAS

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and Other Poems

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Famed poem and others by Mr. Gray in a nice reprint edition. Undated, but bears gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1941. In cream quarter cloth and copper metallic floral pattered covers. Leaves of stiff quality papers. Lacks a dust jacket, likely as issued. A clean, bright copy.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 28 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 75636

Keywords: >>Poetry

"Gray, Thomas"

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and Other Poems"

"PENGUIN GROUP", "2009, paperback, goed exemplaar / good copy". ISBN: 9780141190839.

Boekhandel Louis TinnerProfessional seller

Book number: 220248115

Catalogue: Literatuur

GRAY, THOMAS.

Gray. Poems Published in 1768.

London: Henry Frowde, 1909. Facsimile edition. "reprinted, page for page and line for line, from a copy of the edition of 1768 kindly lent for the purpose by Professor W.Bang. The other poems published in Gray's lifetime (Ode Performed in the Senate-House at Cambridge and A Long Story) have been added at the end of the volume." Pp.120/4/23, owner's details to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers. Green cloth, title to spine dulled. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 43638

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Thomas Gray Poems Poetry 18th Century Verse Elegy Country Churchyard Spring Favourite Cat Eton Hymn Advesrity Poesy Bard Fatal Sisters Odin Owen 44918 Poetry

Gray, Thomas:

Gray`s Poems, Letters and Essays. Introduction by John Drinkwater. Biographical Notes by Lewis Gibbs.

London, Dent, 1955. 390 S. Cloth Good condition. Brownish paper. Free shipping within Germany. Shipping costs to EU-countries: 9.50 EUR, to non-EU-countries: 15.00 EUR.

Antiquariat Thomas HakerProfessional seller

Book number: 809050

Catalogue: Literaturwissenschaft-Anglistik

Thomas Gray

Gray's Poems, Letters And Essays

1955 Hard Back, 390pp. Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. No DJ. Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1425510

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Classics, Poetry

Gray, Thomas

Poems

Eton College Press, 1894, 1st edition thus. Full calf binding by R Ingalton Drake, G+. xiv+164pp, marbled endpapers, b/w frontis, 3 engraved plates, calf rubbed & worn, scuff to spine, still a handsome book. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Printed at the school to be given away as prizes. This one was given to Alan Douglas Pilkington, in 1898. Pilkington's bookplate on pastedown.

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Book number: 6780

Keywords: literature, private press

GRAY, THOMAS 1716-1771.

Poems By Thomas Gray .

Eton College : Spottiswoode & Co, Ltd, 1907 . 0. A very good half leather binding with the Eton College Crest. 4to. pp.14/pp.164/[2pp. - Colophon to last leaf: "Eton College: printed by Spottiswoode And Co, Ltd. At The Savile Press"] . + four full-page engravings (inluding frontis). 10.50" x 7.25" x 1.00" . polished tan calf spine and corners over green cloth covered boards. Bright gilt Eton crest to each board. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and original green leather title label: "Poems Of Thomas Gray". All page edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers. Presentation page (inserted before the half-title) with hand-written names: "E. Lyttelton"; to "Edmundo S. Clarke" and dated 1912. ** E. Lyttelton - Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton (23 July 1855 – 26 January 1942) was an English sportsman, schoolmaster and cleric from the Lyttelton family. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex as well as representing the England national football team. Between 1905 and 1916 he was the Head Master of Eton College.." - See Wikipedia *** Edmundo S. Clarke - Edmund Stephenson Clarke was born circa 1894 at Hove, Sussex, England. He was the son of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke and Edith Gertrude Godman. Lieutenant in the Scots Guards 1914-1920. He died before 1963. He lived at Pickwell, Bolney, Sussex, England.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 46519

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Gray, Thomas Eton College Savile Press Edmundo S. Clarke Edmund E. Lyttelton Spottiswoode & Co Poems 48096 Poetry