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Thomas Gray - Poems

Title: Poems
Description: Eton, Eton College Press, 1902. Leather. A handsome edition of Gray's poetry printed as a presentation volume for students at Eton College. Featuring a portrait frontispiece and several further plates. Binder's stamp of Spottiswoode and Co to verso of front free-endpaper. Thomas Gray was a English poet, and letter-writer. Incredibly popular, Gray was offered Poet Laureate in 1757, but he turned the position down. Despite his popularity, Gray only published thirteen poems in his lifetime. In a calf binding. Externally, generally smart, though with some rubbing and a few marks. Slight wear to the head of the spine, with rear joint starting. Internally, firmly bound. Ink inscription to recto of front free-endpaper. Pages are bright and quite clean, though with some foxing and tidemarks to the plates. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Leather Spottiswoode and Co Poetry Thomas Gray Spottiswoode and Co None

Price: GBP 79.99 = appr. US$ 114.22 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH26-H-2

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