GRAY, Thomas.
GRAY, Thomas. Poems and Letters.  London. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1863.  
4to (277 x 212). pp, (1 prize leaf), xvi, 415, (1). Frontspiece and 3 plates of mounted photographs. Some foxing especially in the first signatures. Full contemporary calf rebacked with original spine laid down. Some wear to corners. This printing is known as the first Chiswick Press edition. The 4 photographs are a portrait, from a painting, of Thomas Gray; a distant prospect of Eton College; a view of Stoke Poges church-yard; and a view of Hatton Hall. The presentation leaf is inscribed for Louis Henrico Symonds by Edvardus Balston. Balston was Headmaster from 1862 to 1868. Gernshiem 188. A large book which may be subject to additional postage.
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