THOMAS GRAY Works & Poems, folio, full leather 1814 Shakespeare Press & letter

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THOMAS GRAY Works & Poems, folio, full leather 1814 Shakespeare Press & letter:
$368.56

AuthorThomas Gray TitleThe Works of Thomas Gray with Memoirs of his Life and Writings by William Mason - To Which are Subjoined Extracts, Philological Poetical and Critical From the Author\'s Original Manuscripts Selected and Arranged by James Mathias. SignedVolume one with a gift inscription to J C Chisenhale Marsh dated April 1869 from Gilbert Ainslie (master of Pembroke College, Cambridge), together with a loosely inserted letter from the donor, handwritten over two sides of four folds and referring to the gift of the works and mentioning that \'his college is hopeful for Gray\'s manuscripts and published works\' for their collection. Publisher & Printing DetailsWilliam Bulmer at the Shakespeare Press, London, 1814. Two volumes, complete. Finely bound in gilt embossed leather by Wiseman of Cambridge. All edges gilt and with marbled endpapers. Folio (each volume is 28 x 38 x 5 cms). Volume 1: 581pp, Volume 2: 634pp. About the BookA delightful and scarce copy of the works of Thomas Gray, including his Elegy in a Country Churchyard and also includes a considerable amount of previously unpublished material. ConditionIn attractive and tightly bound condition, there is some scuffing and marking to the spines and cover edges, and both volumes with scattered foxing, heavy in places, to the endpapers, title and first and last few pages but the majority of the text clean and bright.

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