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Thomas Gray. An elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, 2 vol. John Henry Nash, 1925.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 62/200cc. Small folio-sized volume with a frontispiece by William A. Wilke, and a quarto sized with a facsimile of the original edition. In a slipcase.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (small). 2 volumes complete, bound in 3/4 white vellum over gray boards, gilt-stamped dark red morocco labels, plain endpapers, all edges untrimmed; enclosed in original publisher's heavy stock slipcase (slipcase slightly soiled and rubbed; chiefly to edges and printed paper spine label; books have slight rubbing and browning to covers; chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges. xxx, 11, [2]; [5], 11, [4] pages. Title on spines: Gray's Elegy: In Facsimile. Modernized fine-print reissue of the text of the famous poem, with a facsimile of its original 1751 issue. Historical and bibliographical foreword by William Andrews Clark, Jr.; introduction by James Southall Wilson; includes bibliographical references. One of 200 numbered sets, printed for private distribution (this is number 188); printed complementary presentation slip of William Andrews Clark, Jr. present. .Wilke, William H. (illustrator); 1 b/w Illustration (frontispiece portrait); b/w Decorative title Page.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 volumes complete, bound in 3/4 white vellum over gray boards, gilt-stamped dark red morocco labels, plain endpapers, all edges untrimmed; enclosed in original publisher's heavy stock slipcase (slipcase slightly soiled and rubbed with some spotting; chiefly to edges and printed paper spine label; books are very near fine. xxx, 11, [2]; [5], 11, [4] pages. Title on spines: Gray's Elegy: In Facsimile. Modernized fine-print reissue of the text of the famous poem, with a facsimile of its original 1751 issue. Historical and bibliographical foreword by William Andrews Clark, Jr.; introduction by James Southall Wilson; includes bibliographical references. One of 200 numbered sets, printed for private distribution (this is number 188); printed complementary presentation slip of William Andrews Clark, Jr. present. .Wilke, William H. (illustrator); 1 b/w Illustration (frontispiece portrait); b/w Decorative title Page.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
GRAY,THOMAS. AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. JOHN HENRY NASH, 1925.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION,EX-LIBRARY,BURBANK LIBRARY BOOK PLATE ON FIRST BLANK PAGE,FEW MARKINGS,BANNER ON FIRST BLANK PAGE-[COMPLIMENTS OF WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK,JR. CHRISTMAS MDCCCCRRV],PAGES SLIGHTLY WAVEY,LIMITED 200 COPIES,NUMBER 56,INCLUDES FACSIMILE EDITION OF THE FIRST EDITION
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: One of 200 copies printed for private distribution, with the printed compliments slip from Clark for Christmas 1925 tipped in. Frontispiece portrait by William H. Wilke after J. G. Eckardt, ornamental border on title. Pp. xxx, 11, [blank], limitation page. 2 vols. Folio and Small 4to. Original parchment-backed blue-grey boards,the facsimile in wrappers laid into folder of boards, leather labels, in publisher's box, printed paper label on spine of box. Bookplate. About fine Frontispiece portrait by William H. Wilke after J. G. Eckardt, ornamental border on title. Pp. xxx, 11, [blank], limitation page. 2 vols. Folio and Small 4to One of 200 copies printed for private distribution, with the printed compliments slip from Clark for Christmas 1925 tipped in.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [Thomas Gray] An Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard . With an Introduction by James Southall Wilson and Foreword by William Andrews Clark Jr. [with Facsimile of Locker copy of the 1751 edition]. Printed for William Andrews Clark Jr. by John Henry Nash, San Francisco, 1925. Being #43 of 200 copies printed for private distribution, with the printed compliments slip from Clark for Christmas 1925 tipped in. Frontispiece portrait by William H. Wilke after J. G. Eckardt, ornamental border on title. Pp. xxx, 11, [blank], limitation page. 2 vols. Folio and Small 4to. Original parchment-backed blue-grey boards, the facsimile in wrappers laid into folder of boards, leather labels, in publisher's box, printed paper label on spine of box. Slipcase with age toning but solid and with printed label. Both printed items are in fine condition with vellum spine and corners. 9 ½ x 14 ¾ inches. Wonder item. Inventory #23-115. Price: $300.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.