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Boston. Fair with no dust jacket; Three-Quarter Leather; Little, Brown & Co; 1862. Three quarter leather with brown and blue marbled boards, Fair. Front board detached, edges rubbed, section of spine missing. Marbled end papers, frontispiece of Thomas Grey. 223 pages; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Fair with no dust jacket; Three-Quarter Leather; Little, Brown & Co; 1862. …

Hardcover. Condizione: V.g. 1st Edition. 2 vols. clxxvi,243;586[2]pp. Copper-plate engraved frontis. portrait of Gray. Volume Poems with critical notes ; a life of the author and an essay on his poetry by The Rev. John Mitford, volume 2 the letters of Gray. Joints cracked and a little foxing and evidence of damp but otherwise a v.g. 2 volume set in tight condition. Original half calf with marbled boards. Lacks Vol. 2 spine label. BINDING WORN.…

leather_bound. Condizione: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Voumes I & II. Disbound - no covers, hence acceptable. Text blocks darkened with some foxing and thumbing. Text blocks firm and in one pice. Good rebinding project. …

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. A collection of the letters between Thomas Gray and William Mason to which are added some letters addressed by Gray to the Rev. James Browne, D.D., Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. This is a first edition of this work.Published in its entire form and arranged by Mason. With notes and illustrations by the Rev. John Mitford, Vicar of Benhall.Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet, scholar and writer of letters who declined the role of Poet Laureate in 1757. His most famous piece of work was 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard'.William Mason (1724-1797) was an English poet, author and divine, who was a friend and biographer to Gray. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart but with some bumping and wear to extremities. With an ink mark to rear board. Hinges tender. Internally, firmly bound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown.Pages are generally bright and clean throughout but with slight spotting to first and last few pages. Very Good. None (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. First Mitford Edition. clxxxiv, 271 p. 22 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Full leather with marbled endpapers and text block edges. Corners bumped and gilt spine worn. Some foxing and thumbing. Thomas Gray (1716 1771), English poet and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge, is best known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (p. 124). The English clergyman and man of letters John Mitford (1781-1859) had contemplated an edition of Thomas Gray's Works since 1811; in 1814 he produced this first accurate edition of Gray's poems, complete with notes, a biography, and a critical essay. It would be the first of many editions produced by Mitford over the years. …

Half Calf and Cloth. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. Three volumes - Volume One - xxv, [1], 446pp; Volume Two - [4], 414pp and Volume Three (Correspondence of Gray and Mason, pub. 1853) - xxxviii, 486pp. Uniformly bound in half-calf, raised bands, spines in six panels, leather title label to second panels, volume numbers in gilt to fourth, remaining panels with central flower device in gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Slight rubbing to extremities, spines very slightly faded, occasional light foxing but generally bright and clean. From the library of William Henry Mason, with his bookplates to front pastedowns Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Part of Pickering's Aldine Poets series. 5 vols.: viii, lxxvi, 282; vi, 295; 296; vi, 305; vi, 317 p. 17 cm. Frontispiece portrait in vol. I printed by Charles Whittingham. Burgundy leather. All edges gilt. Bindings signed by Hayday. Light wear to edges. Vol. III has hole in spine. Vols. II & III have chipped front boards. Bookplates for Mooresfort with initials C.C.M. on front pastedowns. Blind stamps for Ernest Sirluck on front free endpapers. Dampstain to frontispiece portrait in vol. I. Vol. IV has a few dogeared top corners affecting text block edge. Books were bound by James Hayday (1796-1872). According to Wikipedia, works bound by Hayday became famous, and his name attached to a book raised its value twenty-five per cent. William Pickering, whose anchor and dolphin device appears on the titles, introduced him to many wealthy patrons. Despite this, Hayday was unable to compete with cheaper binders and was bankrupt in 1861. Note bookplates for Field Marshall Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, and blind stamp of Prof. Ernest Sirluck (1918-2013) who taught in the University of Toronto's English department. …

London 1816. 4to. Orig. calf with gilt-dec. on Vol. 1 (hinges repaired). Spines with ornate gilt-dec. and raised bands (slightly rubbed). Pages uncut. With portraits. Some minor page discolouration but a very good set overall. Collation: Vol. I: The Poems, with critical notes; a Life of the Author; and an essay on his poetry by the Rev. J. Mitford; Vol. II: The Letters with important additions and corrections from his own manuscripts selected and edited by the Rev. J. Mitford. NOTE: Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of history at Cambridge University. …