Author: Thomas Gray
Title: Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray
Description: London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1863. Leather. A finely Riviere bound, attractive copy of the poems and letters by Thomas Gray, with albumen photographs to embellish. A large paper edition. The first Chiswick edition of this collection of poems and letters by noted English author Thomas Gray. A truly handsome copy in a charming Riviere binding. Comprising many poems such as 'Ode on the Spring,' 'Hymn to Adversity,' 'Epitaph on Sir William Williams,' and many more, as well as forty-five letters exchanged with various notorious people, such as Walpole, Wharton, West, and his parents. With the half title page and the extra 'Eton Prize book' leaf bound-in as common. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three oval albumen photographic prints. Collated, complete. In a handsome Riviere full morocco binding with five raised bands and decorative gilt to the spine and edges. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. With the odd spot and a light foxing affecting the leaves adjacent to the leaves of plates, otherwise the pages are, generally, bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three oval albumen photographic prints. Collated, complete. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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