Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray

Published by Chiswick Press, London, 1874

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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.

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Title
Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray
Author
Thomas Gray
Publisher
Chiswick Press, London
Publication year
1874
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Leather
Illustrator
Unamed
Item weight
3 kilograms
Dimensions
11" by 9"

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