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Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray. Chiswick Press London, 1874.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Inscription on frontispiece to an Eton College student in 1875. Nicely bound in full. polished calf. Front cover is detached but easily repairable. The contents are plates are nice.

Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated with 4 mounted albumen photographs (frontispiece portrait + 3 oval photographs of scenery). Full calf binding with gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Eton prize inscription to student on front flyleaf. All Edges Gilt. light stains on boards, edges rubbed, photographs spotted as usual. Pages clean with no foxing.

Seller: One Book in a Million, Owosso, MI, U.S.A.

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated with 5 mounted albumen photographs (frontispiece portrait + 3 oval photographs of scenery + 1 extra large albumen lightly tipped-in on blank page opposite p. 3). Full calf binding with gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. All Edges Gilt. Eton prize inscription to student on front flyleaf. Light stains on boards, edges rubbed, boards almost detached holding with archival tape reinforcement on inner hinges. photographs cleaner than usual, with no spots, but faded. Pages clean with no foxing.

Seller: One Book in a Million, Owosso, MI, U.S.A.

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated with 4 mounted albumen photographs (frontispiece portrait + 3 oval photographs of scenery). Full calf binding with gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. All Edges Gilt. Eton prize inscription to student on front flyleaf. Light stains on boards, corners slightly bumped, but overall a gorgeous binding in very good condition. Photographs spotted as usual. Pages clean with no foxing.

Seller: One Book in a Million, Owosso, MI, U.S.A.

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$84.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Frontispiece portrait. All edges gilt. Scuff marks to boards, decoration to spine and raised bands. Some rubbing to hinges. Marbled endpapers.

Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. Printed at the Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Finely bound in tan leather with gilt decs, marbled endpapers, AEG. Some scuffs, scratches and darkening to boards and spine, prelims foxed, some creasing to ffep, Eton presentation inscription to front endpaper dated 1875. Two sepia images pasted in. Occasional foxing, heaviest to prelims, otherwise contents clean and solid. Size: 4to

Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Gray, Thomas.. Poems and letters.. London Chiswick Press, 1874.

Price: US$124.74 + shipping

Description: 4°. XVI, 415 S. 1 Portr. u. 3 mont. Photogr. Leder. Rückenschild, vergold. Rückentitel, Rücken- u. Deckelvergold. Steh-und Innenkantenvergold., Goldschnitt. Calf. Label and gilt title on spine, gilt images on spine and boards. Gilt inner edges, gilt edges. Ber., best. u. fl., Rü.-Gelenke tls. l. geplatzt. Tls. l. fl., Gelenke gelockert, Exlibris, ansonsten guter Zustand. Rubbed, bumped and stained, joints loose. Partly slightly stained. Exlibris. Nice copy. Auf Wunsch senden wir gerne ein Foto des Buches via E-mail Sprache: Deutschu 3,500 gr.

Seller: Neusser Buch & Kunst Antiquariat, Neuss, NRW, Germany

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$162.44 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Riviere bound edition of Gray's poems and letters with monochrome tipped-in illustrations. With a portrait to frontispiece, a decorative title page, decorative head and tail pieces and capitals. With a biographical introduction by his friend The Hon. Ho A presentation page in Latin signed to an Eton student Biddulph dated 1877 to front. Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771) was a poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. Gray began seriously writing poems in 1742, mainly after his close friend Richard West died. Gray spent most of his life as a scholar in Cambridge, and only later in his life did he begin travelling again. Although he was one of the least productive poets (his collected works published during his lifetime amount to fewer than 1,000 lines), he is regarded as the foremost English-language poet of the mid-18th century. In 1757, he was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which he refused. With Riviere binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. In a calf binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities, rubbing and marks to boards. Hinges very slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Bright but with foxing, heaviest to first and last few pages and marginally to odd pages throughout, else generally clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$168.94 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 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

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. Printed at the Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$180.64 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Riviere bound large paper copy of the poems of Thomas Gray, prize binding from Eton college. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. An Eton College edition bound in a full calf prize binding signed Riviere & Co, large paper edition.Complete with half title. Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author as well as decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and three albumen photographic views tipped in. Collated, complete.Containing Gray's original poems as well as translations into English and Latin verse of the works of Petrarca, from the Anthologia Græca, &c, as well as his letters. In full calf binding signed Riviere with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally smart with some shelf wear, rubbed to spine, boards, and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to odd leaf, particularly leaves of plates, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771). Walpole, Horace (1717-1797). Poems and letters / by Thomas Gray. London : Chiswick Press, 1874.

Price: US$183.76 + shipping

Description: Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Provenance; includes previous owner's armorial bookplate with the motto 'Be Just and Fear Not'. Physical description; xvi, 415 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 x 24 cm. Subjects;Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) ; Correspondence. English poetry 18th century. English poetry. 2 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. The Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. Printed at the Chiswick Press in London with binding by Riviere. 1874, 415 pp, 11.25” x 9”, full leather 4to with gilt decor to boars. Overall good, with light rubbing and wear to exterior, primarily along edges and corners. Most wear concentrated to cracking to front board, with looseness among the top quarter of the board. Text block remains bound well. Signed binding. Includes Eton College prize award from 1875 at front of book. Infrequent albumen photographs throughout. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce and attractive copy of the works of English poet, classical historian and scholar Thomas Gray (1716-1771). A great piece for minor restoration around front board. COLL1874BGHX

Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771). Walpole, Horace (1717-1797). Poems and letters / by Thomas Gray. London : Chiswick Press, 1874.

Price: US$208.00 + shipping

Description: Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Provenance; includes previous owner's armorial bookplate with the motto 'Be Just and Fear Not'. Physical description; xvi, 415 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 x 24 cm. Subjects;Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) ; Correspondence. English poetry 18th century. English poetry. 2 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. London: Chiswick Press, 1874.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 415 pp. with four mounted albumen prints. Hardcover, bound in full tooled calf with inner gilt dentelles by Riviere. The binding rubbed but solid; the text lightly toned with the occasional small blemish; inscription leaf dated 1878.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$240.42 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Riviere bound edition of Gray's poems and letters with monochrome tipped-in illustrations. With a black and white portrait tipped-in to frontispiece, a decorative title page, decorative head and tail pieces and capitals. With a biographical introduction by his friend The Hon. Horace Walpole and with notes following both the poems and the letters. Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 - 30 July 1771) was a poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. Gray began seriously writing poems in 1742, mainly after his close friend Richard West died. Gray spent most of his life as a scholar in Cambridge, and only later in his life did he begin travelling again. Although he was one of the least productive poets (his collected works published during his lifetime amount to fewer than 1,000 lines), he is regarded as the foremost English-language poet of the mid-18th century. In 1757, he was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which he refused. With previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. With Riviere binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the spine, joints and extremities, resulting in a small amount of loss to the leather. Marks to the front and rear boards. Hinges are starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean, with the odd spot, mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

GRAY Thomas. Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$289.57 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Large quarto (275x215 mm); later edition, first printed at the Chiswick Press in 1863; contemporary calf binding by RIVIERE in Bath, five raised bands, foliate gilt border and double fillet rule to sides, binding tight, slight darkening of spine, minor rubbbing at extremities, small dampness stain on first board, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, name on end paper, ETON presentation leaf bound in before half-title with gift inscription dated 1878; 4 photograhic plates (2 Woodburytype and 2 albumen) including frontispiece portrait of the author; inisde very good; 415 pages;

Seller: Magnus, Paris, France

GRAY, Thomas. Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray.. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press., 1874.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Full calf, 11 inches tall. A most impressive binding by Riviere with gilt raised bands, blue label and gorgeous gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within a gilt roll and double fillet. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Some speckling to the boards. Internally clean. A finely printed edition, with 4 photographic plates, of these great English 18th century poems, including 'Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard .

Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom

GRAY, THOMAS. Poems & Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1874.

Price: US$492.79 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Quarto. Full brown morocco by Riviere with 6 gilt decorated panels on the spine and and large gilt bordered panel on front board. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. all edges gilt. Four (4) sepia photographs pasted in the text. Prize page with ink names, preceding half title. This copy is well worn at the edges but very sharp after that, with clean interiors apart from a little foxing to prelims and rear blank. Nice copy. Pictures on request.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada