Gray thomas mitford rev john (7 Ergebnisse)
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Verlag: E.P. Williams, Printer and Publisher, Eton 1847
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, Vereinigtes KönigreichTarrington Books
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EUR 118,68
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Zustand: 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 gilt…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.
Weitere BilderVerlag: E.P. Williams, Printer and Publisher, Eton 1847
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USAEvening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Zustand: 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 decoratio…ns 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.
Verlag: White, Cochrane 1814
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Anbieter: Leabeck Books, Steventon, OXON, Vereinigtes KönigreichLeabeck Books
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Hardcover. Zustand: 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 page…s. 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.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin. Illustrated
GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771), [MITFORD, Rev. John; MOULTRIE, Rev. John, introduction], [RADCLYFFE, Charles W. and E.; WILLIAMS, S.; SLY, illustrators]
Verlag: Eton: E.P. Williams, 1847 1847
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes KönigreichAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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[Poetry] FINELY BOUND SECOND EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] x; lxvi; 142 [2]. 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 red full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration t…o spine, and Gray's Eton memorial and Eton College Chapel stamped in gilt to boards. All edges gilt, and endpapers marbled. Black ink gift inscription to first blank: 'William K.H.R. White | with the best wishes | of his sincere friend | Charles J. Cornish | on his leaving Eton | Midsummer 1847.' Heavy spotting to plates, blanks and facing leaves, otherwise crisp and clean. Spine toned, with some light rubbing and a couple of bumps. Very good. A decidedly deluxe edition of Gray's poetry, with about one third of the volume consisting of a Life of the poet. Likely bound to be used interchangeably as a gift or prize book.
Weitere BilderThe 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]
Verlag: Eton: E.P. Williams, 1854 1854
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes KönigreichAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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[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.
Weitere BilderVerlag: White, Cochrane, and Co., London 1814
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Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Leather. Zustand: 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 life…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.
Weitere BilderVerlag: J. Mawman, London 1816
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Leather. Zustand: 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 T…homas 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.
