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Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardback, full-calf, with gilt decoration to spine and borders of boards, with title to brown leather label. Edges gilt, marbled end-papers. 28.5cm x 22cm. xvi, 415pp. Portrait frontis and 3 other photographs. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. With an Etonian prize dedication page to the front which has been filled out with previous owner's details. Pages with plates are foxed as usual but otherwise contents clean. Binding is slightly marked and rubbed. A pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (al26)

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$90.96 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A bright collection of the poems and letters of Thomas Gray. Illustrated with three photogravure plates, and numeros woodcut head-and-tailpieces. Including his letters to Mr. Walpole, Mr West, his mother, and many others. It is believed that Gray began writing his masterpiece, the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, in the graveyard of St Giles parish church in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, in 1742. After several years of leaving it unfinished, he completed it in 1750 (see Elegy for the form). The poem was a literary sensation when published by Robert Dodsley in February 1751 (see 1751 in poetry). Its reflective, calm and stoic tone was greatly admired, and it was pirated, imitated, quoted and translated into Latin and Greek. In a morocco binding. Externally, sound, though with some marks and rubbing. Joints are cracked and tender, with some slight wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and generally clean, with just some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$116.95 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 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

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

GRAY, Thomas [1716 -1771].:. POEMS AND LETTERS. London: Printed at The Chiswick Press, 1867.

Price: US$129.95 + shipping

Description: A very sound re-backed copy in the Original Quarto signed " Riveire" full calf binding for Eton College with presentation leaf to Arturo Phillips Roberts ab stima discedenti Jacobus J.Hornby and later signature of Thomas Gray [?] Severus Avenue Acomb York." 4to pp.xvi 415 Chiswick Press colophon. Four mounted albumen photographs including a view of Eton and an early portrait of the author as frontispiece these 4 inserted plates are foxed as usual but otherwise very clean. Included is Gray's masterpiece "Elegy written in a Country-Churchyard" and 45 letters.

Seller: John L. Capes (Books) Established 1969, STAITHES, United Kingdom

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. The Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Volume printed at the Chiswick Press in 1867, fully bound in leather. Tooled and lettered in gold. All edges gilt. With frontispiece and photographic illustrations. ( photos pasted to plates - a relatively early use of photography as illustration ) Including, of course, Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard. A very good copy with light foxing and some scratches to the gilt page edges. All four corners bumped. Please anticipate higher shipping costs; a large and weighty tome.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters ( binding by REVIERE ). Chiswick Press for Eton College, 1867.

Price: US$155.95 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: binding by REVIERE, Printed by The Chiswick Press, no publisher but printed for & with ETON college presentation page , 415 pages +16 +4 pages with actual photographs (1 oblong of authors portrait & 3 with oval views of ETON,). Blue leather binding, ornate spine with 5 raised bands some rubbing, boards with decorative gilt edges, some rubbing, gilt to edges of pages, contents mostly very good & tight, with some odd foxing/ staining & usual printed & hand written ETON College prize dedication. to Alexander Busby MDCCCLXXIII .WEIGHT 5 lbs/ 2.2 kilo so postage surcharge outside the UK. Can be collected at London Photograph Fair's if ordered 48 hrs before, inform me 1st Size: 23 x 28.5 Approx ( 9.1/4 x 11.1/4 inches)

Seller: Malcolm Books, Thetford, United Kingdom

Gray, Thomas. Poems and Letters. , 1867.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The Chiswick Press, Large 4to.[xvi] 415pp. Beautiful tan full calf with contrasting brown label and gilt title, 5 raised bands and elaborate gilt dentelles to spine; decorative gilt border to boards; all edges gilt; marbled eps. Contain 4 early photographs: the frontispiece from a painted portrait of the author, the three others each illustrating a poem. A few small dark marks on covers, foxing to endpapers and pages with photos; otherwise clean copy. Hand written prize dedication from Eton, in Latin, to f.f.e.p.

Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom

GRAY, Thomas. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$202.28 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pp.xvi,415; Frontispiece portrait photograph and 3 other oval albumen photographs on plate pages illustrating the poem. AEG. Some pale foxing, mainly around the plates. Original brown morocco, with elaborate gilt decorations on spine. An extremely handsome and robust original binding

Seller: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, New Zealand

GRAY, Thomas.. Poems and Letters.. Printed at the Chiswick Club, London, 1867.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: xvi, 415 [1] pp. Illustrated with four mounted original albumen photographs. Folio, old full red calf; extra gilt spine with raised bands; a.e.g., by Riviere. Very slight foxing to the photograph mounts; contents otherwise fine. The leather is scuffed and rubbed at extremities, but tight and sound. The Eton presentation page was completed in 1873.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

GRAY Thomas.. Poems and Letters.. 1867, 1867.

Price: US$571.11 + shipping

Description: London: Printed at the Chiswick Press 1867. 4to. Orig. full crushed morocco. Gilt borders on front and rear boards. Spine gilt with raised bands. Inside dentelles. Edges gilt. (xvi 416pp.). With tipped-in photographic portr. title-vign. 3 tipped-in orig. oval-shaped photographic views dec. initials and tail-piece illusts. Albeit occasional light foxing a fine handsome copy.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

GRAY, Thomas. The Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. The Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated with 3 mounted photographs and numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary full calf with gilt boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, spine with 5 raised bands with gilt tooled panels and morocco spine label, inner dentelles, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. Presentation leaf, inscribed by Headmaster James Hornby of Eton College to a graduating student, dated 1821.

Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

GRAY, Thomas [1716-1771].. Poems And Letters.. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1867., 1867.

Price: US$666.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. pp. xvi, 415, [1]. with half-title. 4 mounted albumen prints, the frontis. portrait of Gray from a painting, the other 3 of Eton, which are oval, from nature. decorative ornaments, initials & title vignette. printer’s device at end. full calf by Riviere, spine richly gilt, gilt borders on covers, gilt edges & inside dentelles (front cover spotted, some light wear, a few leaves lightly foxed). Presentation leaf, inscribed by Headmaster James Hornby of Eton College to a graduating student, dated 1871. Second Edition (first: 1863). Copies of both of these photographically illustrated editions of 1863 and 1867 printed at the Chiswick press were frequently presented as parting gifts to graduating Etonians, as here.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. Chiswick Press c. 1867, 1867.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: Periode full brown pebbled morocco with tooled gilt rules and floral design. Five raised bands in six compartments. Tooled gilt lettering and elaborate design on the spine. Marbled pasted and free end papers, edges gilt., Ex Libris: Abel E. Berland; Archer Ryland, Size : 4to (215mm x 277mm), Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a few original photographs. , P. Blank, Half title, Frontis, Title, Contents (v-xi), xiii-xvi, 3-410, notes 413-415. Fine decorative period full pebbled morocco, occaisional minor spotting otherwise very good condition.

Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada

GRAY, Thomas. Poems and letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: Thick paper copy. Contemporary full morocco by Riviere. From the library of Eton College with two dedications. With four original photographs tipped into the book, including frontispiece portrait of the author.

Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas Gray. Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, London, 1867.

Price: US$870.70 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 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

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Gray Thomas; [Chiswick Press]. POEMS AND LETTERS. London The Chiswick Press 1867, 1867.

Price: US$984.50 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Illustrated with four original sepia toned photographs, mounted. 4to, beautifully bound in fine full red morocco, the covers with triple gilt fillet lines at the borders, the spine richly gilt incorporating central floral tools within elaborate panel designs, the compartments separated by raised bands gilt ruled, one compartment lettered in gilt, finely tooled gilt turnovers, dentelles gilt and a.e.g., marbled endleaves. xvi, 415, [1 colophon] pp. A fine copy, fresh and clean internally and with the binding in fine order and very well preserved with very minimal evidence of aging. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS AND WITH THE ADDITION OF FOUR VERY EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS TIPPED IN. Included is Thomas Grays masterpiece, one of the best-loved eighteenth-century English poems, and certainly among the most influential single works of poetry -- "An Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard". Additionally there are a profusion of the other poems written by the author as well as notes on the poems. Forty five of Gray’s letters are also included.

Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.