GRAY, Thomas

Poems

Eton College, 1946. Used - Good. Good hardback . Privately printed for Eton College, with dedication page made out to student. Light foxing internally. Full vellum with gilt lettering on spine and gilt shield on front board. Faint foxing to boards. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_69936_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS292631I

GRAY, Thomas

Poems. (Eton prize book).

London, Riccardi Press for Eton College, 1920. Origineel verguld perkament met het wapen van Eton op de voorkant. (10), 92 p. Kop verguld. Niet afgesneden. Gedrukt op geschept papier. Band wat krom en vuil, maar een goed exemplaar. Eton-prijsboek met inscriptie door Cyril Alington voor John A.R. Grey (1927). Cyril Argentine Alington was rector van Eton 1918-1933. Mooie typografie. Poëzie van een geliefde achttiende-eeuwse dichter, gevolgd door vertalingen uit het Latijn (Statius en Propertius) en het Italiaans van Tasso.

Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis - PaulbooksProfessional seller

Book number: 270621

Catalogue: Binding - Boekband

Gray, Mr. [Thomas]

Poems by Mr. Gray, a New Edition

London, Printed for J. Murray, 1790. A New Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of a stated New Edition of the poetry of "Mr. Gray," Thomas Gray (1716-1771). Nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in light gray paper over boards, moderately soiled and worn, brown paper over spine, worn at spine head and foot, title penned to spine head. Likely a rebound edition insofar as original front and rear wraps appear to be missing, thus the entirety having been bound in. Collated thus: Advertisement to this Edition; a short biography, the Last Will and Testament of Mr. Gray, Tears of Genius, an Ode, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes," and plentiful additional poems. Two fine duotone engraved plates, quite fine. Moderate foxing throughout, but generally clean and bright. His Wikipedia entry notes that Thomas Gray "was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751" and that he only published 13 poems in his lifetime.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 356005

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Thomas Gray poetry poems English poets English poetry

GRAY, THOMAS

The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which Are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life and Writings by W Mason

London: J Dodsley; J Todd, 1775. Second Edition. Green hardback leather cover. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 416pp, 110pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. 1" split to top hinge. Slight foxing .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: j6488

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Biography

GRAY, THOMAS 1(716-1771) .

Poems By Mr. Gray. A New Edition .

London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall M DCC LXVIII. [1768] . 0. "A New Edition." A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 5.0" x 0.5". [2pp.]/pp.119/[2pp.] , with a final contents leaf . Half-title (before the title-page) lacking. Page signatures: [A]¹, B-H8, I4, K¹. Brown calf carefully re-cased at sometime in the past. Board edges carefully strengthened. Matching brown calf spine with 5 raised bands gilt publication date: '1768' and tan leather title label: 'Gray's Poems". Plain endpapers, lightly soiled. Previous owner's details to front free-endpaper: "Hariette Chick, Christmas 1887." Printed title-page. Clean text throughout. Just the odd small blemish. VG. Referenced by: ESTC T136298 / Rothschild 1071 . Contents include: Ode on the Spring, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Ode on a Distant prospect of Eton College, Hymn to Adversity, The Progress of Poesy, The Bard, The Fatal Sisters, The Descent of Odin, The Triumphs of Owen, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 50690

Catalogue: Poetry: : 18th Century

Keywords: 52158 Gray, Thomas J. Dodsley Poems Ode on the Spring, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Hymn to Adversity, the Progress of Poesy, the Bard, Poetry: : 18th Century

Thomas Gray

Poems

Eton, Eton College Press, 1894. Hardcover. Eton: Eton College Press, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Handsomely produced at Eton College as prize volume for pupils. This copy presented to Johanni (John) Wormald in 1900. Portrait frontispiece offsetting to title page, and three further engravings. Occasional foxing, but in general all is clean and bright. Attractive marbled endpapers. Handsome full leather binding with gilt decoration and titling. 4to. 164pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 009883

Catalogue: Poetry

GRAY,THOMAS

Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray

London: Chiswick Press, 1874. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in a handsome full brown calf (leather) binding.with five raised bands to the spine and with title lettering in black moroccan title label to the spine lettered in gilt to the 2nd compartment along spine.The other compartments to spine are lavishly adorned in gilt.All page edges are in gilt.There are gilt floral lined borders to the covers and also gilt inner dentelles.All page edges of the book are in sumptious gilt.Marbled endpapers.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and the outer boards remain in decent order with some small scratch marks and some age wear to the extremities and to the corners.The book has some dustiness and spotting to the endpapers and pre-lims.A handsome copy to the exquisite nature of the binding.Large 4to (xi) 415pp Size: 4to [1874]. Very Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 77087

Catalogue: Antiquarian Bindings

Keywords: Poetry Thomas Gray Riviere Binding

Thomas Gray

Poems

London, Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. 168p. FINE BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON. A hardcover book bound in full golden-brown leather with ornate gilt decorations on the boards, spine, and dentelles. The spine features five raised bands, the endpapers are marbled, and all foredges are gilt. Lots of little rub marks and some faint spotting on the boards and spine. Faint tanning on the tips of the free endpapers. Foxing on and around the plates, but otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Illustrated with occasional black and white plates. Includes some translations and poems in Latin. Measures approx. 11" x 7.75.

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 177099

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction

THOMAS GRAY

Poems By Thomas Gray

Eton College Press. 1902. Hardcover, 25 to 30 cm tall, Quarto, (4to). Full leather. Marbled endpaper. Personal bookplate of Humphrey Mackworth Paul, with an Eton school presentation fly-leaf to him. 1902 edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 241413

Catalogue: Antiquarian and Rare

Thomas Gray

Poems and Letters

London, Chiswick Press , 1867. Leather. An attractive copy of Thomas Gray's letters and poems, in a delightful full calf Rivere binding. This particular copy is in excellent condition. Attractively bound in a full calf binding, with the binder stamp of Rivere to the reverse of the front endpaper. This volume is in excellent condition with gilt detailing to the spine and to the extremities of the boards. With ink inscription to the front blank in Latin, that reads 'Hunc Liburm Herberto Mainwarung Bats Ab Stima discedenti to Jacobus J. Hornby Etonae XIII. Kal Januaries.' Illustrated with a tipped-in plate to the frontispiece. Thomas Gray was a poet, letter writer and Cambridge Professor. An incredibly literary talent, Gray was offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757 despite having only published 13 poems. Gray would decline the position. Gray's seminal work is the poem ' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is one that was met with immediate success and leading to many of the poems phrasing to enter the English Lexicon including 'far for the madding crowd', and 'kindred spirit' to name but a few. A lovely example of this collection of letters and poems by this notable writer. In a full calf binding. Externally smart, with minor shelfwear. Binders stamp to the reverse of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the front and rear blanks. Fine . Ill.: Unamed. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 628C10

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Rivere Thomas Gray Illustrated Letters Thomas Gray Unamed

Thomas Gray

Poems and Letters

London, Chiswick Press, 1867. Leather. A collection of the poems of Thomas Gray, including his best-known work, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. With an Etonian prize dedication page to the front. Illustrated throughout with four tinted plates. Bound by Riviere (binder's ink stamp to verso of front free-endpaper). In a morocco binding with gilt detailing. Externally, sound, though with some marks, rubbing, and wear to the extremities. Front hinge strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and quite clean, though with some handling marks and some foxing to the plates. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH15-B-2

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Etonian Eton Poetry Riviere Eton None

Thomas Gray, W Mason

The Poems of Mr Gray to Which Are Added Memoirs of His Life and Writings in Four Volumes

London, A Ward, 1778. Leather. A collection of Thomas Gray's poetry. With memoirs of Gray's life and writings written by W Mason. With a portrait frontispiece of Gray to volume I. Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer and classical scholar. His best known work is his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. In quarter calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the spine labels. Small amount of rubbing to the paper covered boards. Internalyl, all volumes are firmly bound. Title page to volume IV has signs of repair at bottom. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot throughout. Worming to the top margin of volume II for the last 50 pages, not affecting text. Worming to the bottom margins of the contents pages and to the final forty pages of volume four, not affecting text. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: SET37-D-5

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Thomas Gray W Mason Poetry W Mason None

Thomas Gray

Poems

London, Riccardi Press for Eton College, 1946. Vellum. A nice privately printed edition of the poetical works of the Romantic Thomas Gray, printed for Eton, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Privately printed by Riccardi Press for Eton College, with an Eton presentation leaf before the half-title.In the original scarce glassine wrap.A collection of the poetry of Thomas Gray.Gray is best known for his poem 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&apos. However he was an incredibly self-critical poet, and only published thirteen poems during his life. Gray was offered the position of Poet Laureate, but turned it down. He is considered to be pre-Romantic.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In a full vellum binding, with the original glassine wrap. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards, as is usual with vellum. Boards have sprung a little. Wrap is lacking about two-thirds of the rear wrap, with some marks and edge wear with small chips and closed tears. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 794P31

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems thomas gray poetry eton thomas gray None

Thomas Gray

Poems and Letters

London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A poetical anthology from Thomas Gray, nicely bound in a full calf Riviere signed binding. Featuring the original four tipped-in photographs. Including a frontispiece portrait of the author and three architectural views. Adorned with numerous woodcut initials and ornaments. Rebound in a full signed Riviere binding. Externally, sound, although with some rubbing and light sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean throughout the text, although with some marginal foxing and to the first and last leaves. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH13-A-2

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Poems Woodcut Poems None

Thomas Gray

Poems

Eton College, Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. 1907. Leather. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College binding, illustrated throughout. An Eton college prize binding, with tipped in gift leaf, presenting the work to E. Lyttleton in 1911. 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 prize binding for Eton college. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the joints and extremities. The odd mark and spot to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with just the odd spot, slightly heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 833K23

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Eton College Thomas Gray Prize Bindings Thomas Gray Not Stated