Author: Thomas Gray
Title: An Elegy Written in a Church Courtyard
Description: London, Edward Walters and Geoffrey MIller, 1933. Cloth. A limited edition of Thomas Gray's important poem, including the text variations across three different manuscripts. A limited edition of 250 copies. This copy is unnumbered and out of series. This volume contains the poem as it was in three different manuscripts, the Eton, Wharton, and Pembroke manuscripts, and the final version of the poem, as it was printed in 1753.With a foreword and introduction by Rintaro Fukuhara.'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is a meditation on death, written after the death of Gray's fellow poet Richard West. Gray was very critical of his own work, this poem became popularised in London society after he sent the writing to Horace Walpole, who circulated it.Bookplate of Simon Lawrence to the front paste down. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing and marks to the boards, a few light marks to the spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: An Elegy Written in a Church Courtyard poetry thomas gray richard west poetry None
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Title: An Elegy Written in a Church Courtyard
Description: London, Edward Walters and Geoffrey MIller, 1933. Cloth. A limited edition of Thomas Gray's important poem, including the text variations across three different manuscripts. A limited edition of 250 copies. This copy is unnumbered and out of series. This volume contains the poem as it was in three different manuscripts, the Eton, Wharton, and Pembroke manuscripts, and the final version of the poem, as it was printed in 1753.With a foreword and introduction by Rintaro Fukuhara.'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is a meditation on death, written after the death of Gray's fellow poet Richard West. Gray was very critical of his own work, this poem became popularised in London society after he sent the writing to Horace Walpole, who circulated it.Bookplate of Simon Lawrence to the front paste down. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing and marks to the boards, a few light marks to the spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: An Elegy Written in a Church Courtyard poetry thomas gray richard west poetry None
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 932P10
- Book number: 932P10
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