Poems by Thomas Gray [Double Signed]

Gray, Thomas [Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger and Claudius Aurelius Elliott] Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 - 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.

Published by Privately Printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press Fount of The Medici Society Ltd., London . London 1928., 1928

About this Item

Hard back binding in publisher's original full vellum covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt insignia to the upper panel, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed, marble end papers. Quarto 10½'' x 8''. Contains [xvi] 87 [i] printed pages of text. From the library of Captain Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger [1915-2005], brother of Wilfred Patrick Thesiger [1910-2003] with the Eton College Latin dedication page SIGNED by Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger and Claudius Aurelius Elliott. The boards are slightly sprung, minor tanning to the paper and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poems by Thomas Gray [Double Signed]
• Publisher: Privately Printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press Fount of The Medici Society Ltd., London . London 1928.
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)