Works by Gray Thomas: First Edition (39 results)

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. xxxv + 254 pages. Marble effect boards, red cloth to hinges & spine with some darkening/bronzing to spine, black spine-plate with gilt titles, some wear to spine-ends with small splits, some wear to corners which are rounded at points, light wear to edges. Ink inscription to flyleaf, slight foxing to page-edges & wend-papers. Text is very clean & in very nice condition.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition - Paperback. 232 pages. Paperback covers, red spine and hinges are FADED to white with only part of title legible. Lght wear only to spine-ends and covers' corners. Ink name dated 1981 to end-paper, pages clean and sound. A good working copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. A deluxe edition in marbled endpapers and foreedges. Some small chips to lower leather hinge, and a 1/2" chip to the bottom spine corner, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First Thus. Green cloth, lettered and bordered in gilt, beveled edges, text block edged in gilt. cxix,146,[2] pp. Apparent 1st thus, scarce edition. Cover cloth lightly soiled/rubbed here and there, spine panel somewhat darkened by age. Neatly mended front hinge, binding firm. Contens a bit tanned, as expected. Front flyleaf shows signature of former owner "Emily," whose signature does in fact resemble several authenticated examples of Emily Dickinson's, but our Emily has omitted her surname, instead providing a date of 15 Sept. 1865. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Front hinge starting. Text block somewhat cracked between signatures but unread with pages unopened, and remains well-preserved overall. Series; Sir John Lubbock's hundred books ; 70 & 97. Physical description; Two volumes in one with continuous pagination : iv, 216 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; English poetry 18th century. Gray, Thomas (1716-1771). Pope, Alexander (1688-1744). 1 Kg.…

Cloth. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. 1st edition thus, 1854. A Good+ copy. 8vo, 308 pp., illustrated with one b&w engraving. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with titles in gilt. Moderate edge wear with tips and fore-edge rubbed. Title page and frontispiece foxed, with light scattered foxing throughout.…

Leather Over Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The light tan calfskin covers have a gilt line around the edge of covers, front and back; the raised band spine has the name Gray in gilt. The corners and spine ends are shelf worn the cover has a scuff mark ; the top raised band has split from front spine edge, but holding fine. All edges are beautifully marbled as are the end-papers, the top of inside spine has cracked from hing1 1/4",but holding. The first free papers are foxed up until the frontispiece and then there is some light foxing throughout the book (acid paper?) Otherwise the book is very clean. BE.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Front hinge starting. Text block somewhat cracked between signatures but unread with pages unopened, and remains well-preserved overall. Series; Sir John Lubbock's hundred books ; 70 & 97. Physical description; Two volumes in one with continuous pagination : iv, 216 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; English poetry 18th century. Gray, Thomas (1716-1771). Pope, Alexander (1688-1744). 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. 270 pages. Full bound blue leather. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpapers. Water mark to top of front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.…

Original Calf Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Impression. Some scuffs and mild scrapes to cover & fore-edges.; Original green calf boards with gilt double-line border & central gilt crest on cover with decorative gilt on spine & fore-edges. Burgandy contrasted label with gilt lettering & raised bands on spine. All edges marbled with continued marbled endpapers.; Duodecimo.…

Leather. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Quarter contemporary calf with marbled paper boards. Remnants of gilt decoration to spine. The leather has deteriorated somewhat but is now stable. Joints a little cracked but hinges intact and binding solid. Bookplate of John Cotton Terrett to front pastedown. Pencil notes to rear blank. Browning and spotting to endpapers, blanks and, to a lesser degree, to some text pages but it's not off-putting and the majority are clean. vi, 391 pp. Engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A fair copy of this scarce title. Additional photos available on request or these may be viewed on my eBay listing. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrapper lightly marked, with the remains of a price sticker on the front cover. Boards clean and sharp. Clean throughout. Very good. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt-blocked titling. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, cxxiv, 223 p. : port. ; 17 cm. Marked vol. 1 but no more published. "The life of Thomas Gray, by John Mitford": p. [1]-xciii. Series: The Aldine edition of the British poets. Subject: English poetry - 18th century 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful Leather bound Boards with Pattern gold gilt writing. Birket Foster (illustrator).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Chipping to decoration at spine. Text is clean and unmarked. Marbled end papers, frontispiece, gilt top page ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt-blocked titling. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, cxxiv, 223 p. : port. ; 17 cm. Marked vol. 1 but no more published. "The life of Thomas Gray, by John Mitford": p. [1]-xciii. Series: The Aldine edition of the British poets. Subject: English poetry - 18th century 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Date is approx. First Eton edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxing to prelims. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical description; iv, 270 pages, 17 cm. Notes; Added engraved portrait of the author. Added title page illustration. Subjects; 1700-1799. English poetry 18th century Criticism and interpretation. English poetry. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. original full leather hardcover with spine lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, engraved and printed title page, xx, 1-546pp, covers a little rubbed otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Volume the 56th of The Works of the English Poets with prefaces, biographical and critical, by Samuel Johnson. Brown leather bound hard cover with minimal cover wear, but unfortunately detached front board. Clean interior with two frontispieces of Lyttelton and Gray (mis-spelt as Gay) and 371 pages. West's works include the Odes of Pindar and the Triumphs of the Gout translated from the Greek of Lucian. Gray's poems include An Elegy in a Churchyard. Published in 1779 this scarce volume of poetry would be in very good condition but for the detached board.…

First Edition. Date is approx. First Eton edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxing to prelims. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical description; iv, 270 pages, 17 cm. Notes; Added engraved portrait of the author. Added title page illustration. Subjects; 1700-1799. English poetry 18th century Criticism and interpretation. English poetry. 1 Kg.…

Polished Calf. Condition: Very Good. First. First Edition, vii + 142pp, additional engraved title, other engravings, bound in full polished calf, title label inset in red morocco, gilt lining to boards, raised bands and gilt tooling to spine, attractive marbled endpapers, portrait and additional engraved title are slightly foxed as are some plates, but o/w very good, PROVENANCE: given by the Publisher to Rev. W S Cookesley, Assistant Master at Eton, and with the armorial bookplate of John Cann Bailey, E P Williams, Printer and Publisher, Eton, circa 1845.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. 4 VOLUMES, over 1200 pages, portrait, bound in contemporary calf with gilt tooling to boards, title labels onset on brown and green morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt tooling, a very handsome set, William Pickering, London, 1836. * printing of the highest standard - as one would expect from Pickering.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins. Complete in One Volume. Published by John Grigg, Philadelphia, 1831. Stereotyped by J. Crissy and G. Goodman. We believe this was the first edition thus - we have previously sold an 1832 printing, but this is the earliest we have been able to trace - and Worldcat brings up no earlier copies. A good full calf leather hardback with gilt decoration and raised bands. Covers are worn and rubbed with some scuffed leather areas and wear to hinges, and head and tail of spine. Marbled edges to text block, and marbled endpapers. Previous owner's signature to title page. Black morocco title label is worn. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard opposite title page. Second free blank endpaper has torn lower corner losses. Text has scattered foxing and age toning to extremities. Soundly bound. xxxii + 170pp + viii + 208pp + x + 47pp + ix + 23pp + iv + 19pp + 3pp advertisements (with uncut top edge). Language: English. Dimensions: 226mm high x 145mm wide x 42mm deep. A substantial volume - Unpacked weight approximately 916g. More photos on request.…

, lv, 186 pages, [2], illustrated with 4 black and white plates First Edition thus , lacks frontispiece, ink stain on p.159 covering one line of verse, rubbed at edges of spine and at corners, pages mostly clean, joints slightly worn but firm, book in fair condition , tree calf with gilt title on red leather spine label 16.5 x 10 cm Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo.op dark green cloth with printed spine label. Attractive edition. pp cxxiv, 223. Printed spine label slightly browned but in good shape, cloth faintly wrinkled else VG+ with contents very clean and tipped in advertisement label for Pickering's 3 volume 'Grey's Letters.'.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A smart collection of first edition studies on the works of William Blake and Thomas Gray, with illustrations. Three volumes. A collection of studies on the life and works of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. As well as the poetry of Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Blake famously illustrated Gray's poems, with these works considered a significant part of his artistic legacy, showcasing his unique visionary style. This collection contains: An Exhibition of the Illuminated Books of William Blake: Poet, Printer, Prophet, 1964. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fifteen colour plates. Collated complete. Arranged by the William Blake Trust, with commentaries from Lessing J. Rosenwald and Geoffrey Keynes. Poems by Mr. Gray, 1971. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, facsimile title page, sixteen colour plates, and thirty-one black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A collection of the poetry of Thomas Gray, with the original illustrations of William Blake, arranged by the William Blake Trust. Blake's Illustrations to the Poems of Gray, 1971. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and one hundred and fifteen black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Written by Irene Tayler, an American scholar and expert on the works of Blake. In the original bindings, with volumes one and two in the original paper or card wraps and volume three in the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and sunning to the spines of those bound in paper or card. Original unclipped dust wrapper of volume three is also very smart with minor wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Near Fine. William Blake (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original full calf. Raised bands, gilt-tooling to compartments, and decorative-borders to panels. Gilt-blocked title-label to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and scuffed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 446 pages; Description: 446p. : plates, [port]. Subjects: Gray, Thomas (the poet) . Poetics/poetry. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original full calf. Raised bands, gilt-tooling to compartments, and decorative-borders to panels. Gilt-blocked title-label to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and scuffed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 446 pages; Description: 446p. : plates, [port]. Subjects: Gray, Thomas (the poet) . Poetics/poetry. 1 Kg.…

Hard 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, publisher'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).…

Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 1st Edition. First Printing. Full green calf by Bradstreet's (spines sunned to a lovely brown); spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tools in remainder, t.e.g., floral gilt decorated dentelles, silk ribbon markers bound in. This set includes volumes 1 & 2 of the 4-volume set. Volume 1 comprises Gray's Poems, Journals, and Essays, including his famous Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. Volume 2 is the first of three volumes of his Letters. . Both volumes are in wonderful condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, fresh, and clean. The spines are sunned to a beautiful brown, the decorated dentelles have left their shadow on the edges of the ffeps, else as new. A very attractive pair of books. FINE. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiii, 409, (2-ads); xii, 402, (2-ads) pp.…