Poems by Mr. Gray by Thomas Gray - 1775

Yorkshire and London: The Scolar Press, 1973. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 63; G/Fair; green spine with black text; first Scolar facsimile reprint; dust jacket has several chips to edges, as is; slightly soiled exterior; cloth shows lightly sunned exterior; strong boards; text block shows slightly toned exterior edges; previous owner's name to ffep; interior clean;. 1324925. FP New Rockville Stock.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Paris and London: Trianon Press/J. Philip O'Hara, Inc., 1972. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. William Blake. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy with light edge rubbing to jacket and a designer bookplate on the free endpaper, in a Brodart jacket cover.

J Murray , 1778 . Hardback. . 16mo full calf with gilt decoration and black title/author label. With 3 full page illus. and title page vignette. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Fair hardback. Edgeworn, front board detached and back hinge tender. Small rectangle cut out of front free endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Offsetting to pages opp. the plates.

New.

London: J. Murray, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New edition. 72pp. Measuring 9" x 11.5". Illustrations by William Blake. Introduction and commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Fine in a near fine age-toned dustwrapper with an internal tape repair on the spine with light foxing, near fine.

Dublin: William Sleater, 1775. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo, original calf binding, red leather label with titles on spine. Worn at edges, small piece missing at base of spine. 197pp, also included is ”The Bard" and 2 Latin, one Italian translations as detailed below, (all not included in pagination). The "Advertisement" following the contents page states, "At the desire of some Gentlemen, for whose Taste and Judgment the Editor hath the greatest Respect, he has added to this Edition of Mr. Gray's Poems two Latin Translations of the celebrated Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard, with a poetical Address to the Author; one by the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, the other by an anonymous Person; as also a Translation of the same into Italian: which, it is hoped, will not be unacceptable to the classical Reader.” Engraved title page, 3 other engravings and many ornaments throughout text, Generally lovely and clean inside and very good. Ex reference library with number on spine & reverse of title page, pictorial… Read More

Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1773. Full Calf. Very Good. A near miniature, 16mo, or 4.75 by 3 inches, including a few of the Odes, "The Progress of Poesy", "The Fatal Sisters", "The Descent of Odin", "The Triumphs of Owen", and of course, "Elegy written in a Country Church-yard" and "The Epitaph". Some rubbing along joints. Minor scuffing of calf. Chips along edge of prelim leaf. Some heavy toning of pages.

London: J. Murray, 1778. hardback. Full calf-bound boards, with some inkstaining; gilt-edging and ribbed spine intact; titling block on spine still visible, guttering with some wear inside and out; pages crisp and tight, unmarked apart from occasional pencil markings and the odd tear. Owner's inscription on ffep from 1788.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A New Edition' of Gray's poetry published just 7 years after his death in 1771.

London: J. Murray, 1778. Later printing. Hardcover. Good + overall. Sml 8vo, 158pp, b&w frontis, b&w illus. One half green calf with marbled boards; gilt title (Gray's Poems) at spine. Spine is toned; small scratch at calf at top front cover. Internally, bookplate inside front cover; inscription dated 1787 at ffep wiritten by an Amanda Lock who also contributes Four pages of beautiful copper plate handwriting at the back of the volume record the text of a few of Gray's odes, including Ode on the Pleasures of Vicissitude, which is noted here as "Ode - Unfinished"; the text of the ode stops four lines short of Gray's own. New edition, with three manuscript poems added at the end. First published in 1768. Gray (1716-71) English poet, "He excelled his contemporaries in meticulous workmanship and in ability to use new materials--medieval Welsh or Scandinavian--with dramatic imaginative power..." Baugh. "His enthusiasm had been roused by the fragments of Gaelic poetry published by Macpherson in 1760. He… Read More