Title: An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard Author: Gray, Thomas Place: London Publisher: Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-mal; and sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row Date: 1751 Description: 11 pp. (A4, B2). Woodcuts, used as divides on title page and as a headpiece on p.[5], with motifs of death: skull, crossed bones, shovel, etc. (4to) 23x20 cm. (9x7¾"), 20th century ¾ red levant morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fourth Edition, corrected). Fourth edition of one of the most famous poems in the English language, published the same year as the first. With Walpole's anonymous "Advertisement" (misspelling of "unnecessary" corrected), and "wrote" dropped from the title in favor of "written". Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a bit faded; stabholes in gutter margins with expert repairs, the contents formerly creased both horizontally and vertically, resulting in a few splits which have been repaired, 1x¾" repaired hole in final leaf affecting two lines of the epitaph, otherwise very good, expertly restored and handsomely bound. Item number: 213726
Title: An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard Author: Gray, Thomas Place: London Publisher: Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-mal; and sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row Date: 1751 Description: 11 pp. (A4, B2). Woodcuts, used as divides on title page and as a headpiece on p.[5], with motifs of death: skull, crossed bones, shovel, etc. (4to) 23x20 cm. (9x7¾"), 20th century ¾ red levant morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fourth Edition, corrected). Fourth edition of one of the most famous poems in the English language, published the same year as the first. With Walpole's anonymous "Advertisement" (misspelling of "unnecessary" corrected), and "wrote" dropped from the title in favor of "written". Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a bit faded; stabholes in gutter margins with expert repairs, the contents formerly creased both horizontally and vertically, resulting in a few splits which have been repaired, 1x¾" repaired hole in final leaf affecting two lines of the epitaph, otherwise very good, expertly restored and handsomely bound. Item number: 213726
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