Gray Thomas Rev John Mitford (11 results)
- Softcover
Seller: Joy Norfolk, Deez Books, IPSWICH, United KingdomJoy Norfolk, Deez Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket (as published). 360 pages. A facsimile reproduction of a book first published by Little Brown in Boston in 1853. This is a modern paperback version. In clean and sound condition with minimal shelf wear. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 6"x9".
Published by Little, Brown. Boston. 1853., 1853
- Hardcover
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
Contact seller5-star sellercxviii. + 223pp. small 8vo Frontis steel engraving w/ tissue guard. Textured blue cloth, paper spine label. Edited by Rev. John Mitford. Ex-library, spine heavily sunned, header worn, text clean/binding sound: VG-.
Published by Little Brown, Boston, 1863
- Hardcover
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, CanadaPurpora Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Green cloth binding stamped in blind and with gilt lettering on spine. A bit of white paint top of spine, but minor distraction, frontispiece and adjacent tissue foxed, otherwise internally clean.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by E.P. Williams, Printer and Publisher, Eton, 1847
- Hardcover
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United KingdomTarrington Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good Minus. 2nd Edition. Full calf leather Eton prize binding. Spine with five raised bands, morocco title label, gilt decoration. Gilt vignette and gilt & blind border to both boards. Gilt decoration to board edges, blind tooled turn-ins. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Spine rubbed and lacking most of the gil…t decoration. Light marking to boards. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Occasional patches of foxing to the text. A couple of ink spots to one page. Heavy foxing to some of the plates. Provenance: from the library of Williamstrip Park, Coln St. Aldwyns - seat of the Hicks Beach family. Inscribed to leading presentation page: 'Michael Hicks-Beach from H.J.C. Harper, March 23, 1850.' Henry John Chitty Harper served as chaplain of Eton College. In 1856 he became Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand and eventually went on to become the second Primate of New Zealand. The book recipient was Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt., 1st Earl of St. Aldwyn and 9th Baronet of Beverston. He had a long political career, serving as a Conservative MP from 1864 until 1906, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and briefly as Leader of the Opposition in 1886. An imperfect but still attractive volume, with interesting provenance. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 8vo. lxvi, 142.
More imagesPublished by E.P. Williams, Printer and Publisher, Eton, 1847
- Hardcover
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 8vo. [7], vi, [5], ii-lxvi, [3], 4-142, [2] pp. Contemporary full sheep with a decoration of a church stamped in gold on the front board, gold borders on each board and gold tooling on the boards' edges, a tombstone in gold on the rear board, spine in six compartments with decorat…ions blindstamped on the spine, a black sheep label lettered in gold on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with sixteen plates. A beautiful edition of English poetry. A dampstain to the front board, moderate rubbing to the corners, a bookplate on the verso of the free front endpaper.
Published by White, Cochrane, 1814
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Leabeck Books, Steventon, OXON, United KingdomLeabeck Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: for White, Cochrane, and Co., 1814. First Mitford edition. clxxxiv+271p. 2 plates including frontispiece. Both plates are portraits of Gray, one as a boy, the other in later years. Slight toning to paper, and foxing to second portrait with offsetting to adjacent pa…ges. Otherwise internally very good. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Presentation inscription on blank page before frontispiece. Bound in half calf, with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, over marbled boards. Boards rubbed and worn at extremities.
More imagesThe Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin. Illustrated
GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771), [MITFORD, Rev. John; HOWARD, George, 7th Earl of Carlisle; MOULTRIE, Rev. John, introduction], [RADCLYFFE, Charles W. and E.; WILLIAMS, S.; SLY, illustrators]
Published by Eton: E.P. Williams, 1854, 1854
- Hardcover
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basket[Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIFTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] viii; c; 142 [4]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary tan full calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red…label, and further gilt tooling to spine. Also with Gray's Eton memorial and Eton College Chapel stamped in gilt to boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. Black ink ownership to first blank. Heavy spotting to plates and facing leaves, otherwise quite clean internally. Much of the gilt decoration on the spine has been rubbed away, but the title label is unaffected. Light wear to binding overall. Very good. A decidedly deluxe edition of Gray's poetry, with nearly half the volume consisting of additional material, including a Life of the poet, some literary criticism, and even a series of 'introductory stanzas' by the Reverend John Moultrie. Likely bound to be used interchangeably as a gift or prize book, it contains no evidence of a dedication or prize inscription.
More imagesPublished by London: William Pickering, 1835-1843, 1853, 1853
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Nighttown Books, Powell, WY, U.S.A.Nighttown Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Complete Five-Volume Set, uniformly bound in publisher's original textured blue cloth boards with paper spine labels, Vols II-V 1835-1843 first issues, Vol I with 'Poetical Works' & 1853 date to title page, no markings, NOT ex-lib, bindings tight pages clean and unfoxed, publishe…r's simple boards show only light shelf/edge wear with a bit of darkening to the spines (title labels clear & legible), mild foxing to prelims and last leaves each volume, else clean tight excellent set of the lovely Pickering edition, all 5 volumes now with fitted mylar protectors; 5 12mos: (xvi) (cxxiv) 223 + (cxvii) 192 + (viii) 311 + (viii) 312 + (xi) 332pp DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS - Volume I: Memoir of Gray by Mitford; Poems; Volume II: Essay on Gray's Poetry; Letters; Volume III: Letters; Volume IV: Letters; Journal of Tour in Italy; Volume V: Correspondence, Etc. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this set (additional charge MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL for shipment outside the United States).
More imagesPublished by White, Cochrane, and Co., London, 1814
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first Mitford edition of 'The Poems of Thomas Gray', being the first to contain John Mitfords notes and biography, elegantly bound in full rebacked calf. A collection of the poems by Thomas Gray. The first edition of Thomas Gray's poetry to contain critical notes and a lif…e of the author from the Rev. John Mitford. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Illustrated with two plates, being an engraved frontispiece and one additional plate. Collated, complete.Gray is best known for his poem 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'. However he was an incredibly self-critical poet, and only published thirteen poems during his life. Gray was offered the position of Poet Laureate, but turned it down. He is considered to be pre-Romantic.With the bookplate of William Harden. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and a few marks to boards. Bookplate to front paste down. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by J. Mawman, London, 1816
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United KingdomKerr & Sons Booksellers ABA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1816, 1st. Two Volumes. Quarto. clxxvi, [8], 242, [1]pp. & xviii, errata, 586pp plus adverts. Portrait frontispiece. Uniform in contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, spines in gilt and blind. Bindings square and tight. Marbled end papers. Sporadic foxing and browning internal…ly. Overall a 'Very Good' set.
More imagesPublished by J. Mawman, London, 1816
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The uncommon two volume first edition of the collected poetry and correspondence of Thomas Gray, in handsome half calf bindings. The first edition, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. The works of English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar… Thomas Gray, with volume I containing his poetry and a life of the author, alongside an essay of Gray's poetry by Rev. John Mitford, with the second volume containing the poet's letters, and additional information and corrections from the author's manuscript. With the armorial bookplate of Frederick St Barbe Sladen to each front pastedown. Gray is best known for his 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', and for being extremely critical of his own writing. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to back strips, with boards bright. Volume I front hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting to title pages, with pages otherwise bright, with light spotting throughout. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
