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Published by Barse & Hopkins, New York
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Tissue Guarded Frontis Of Grey (illustrator). 12mo, Brown Boards, Velum Spine, Teg, Gilt Decorated And Lettered, No Date, Ca 1910 From Inscription At Fep, Unpaginated, Good, Wear At Lower Spine Area And Extremities, Solid Copy 12mo, Brown Boards, Velum Spine, Teg, Gilt Decorated And Lettered.
Published by Barse & Hopkins ND, New York
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. VG+ / no DJ brown bds. with ornate gilt-bump to spine ends.
Published by Robert Carter & Brothers, 1850
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No publisher date (circa 1850s). Spine and boards toned, edges rubbed, pages faintly toned. xv, i-xxxii (ff.), [xvi]-xx, [2], [87]-186 pp. Paintings by various artists engraved by R.S. Gilbert of Philadelphia, appearing on title page and header of each page in first section. Includes: Critical Observations; Elegy in a Country Churchyard; On the Spring; On a Distant Prospect of Eton College; To Adversity; The Progress of Poesy; The Bard; For Music; The Fatal Sisters; The Descent of Odin; The Triumphs of Owen; The Death of Hoel; Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke; Epitaph on Sir William Williams; Sonnet on the Death of Mr. West; A Long Story; Translation of a Passage from Statius; The Alliance of Education and Government; Stanzas to Mr. Bentley; Sketch of His Own Character; On the Pleasures of Arising from Vicissitude. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem?s origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray?s thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Originally titled Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard, the poem was completed when Gray was living near St Giles' parish church at Stoke Poges. It was sent to his friend Horace Walpole, who popularised the poem among London literary circles. Gray was eventually forced to publish the work on 15 February 1751, to pre-empt a magazine publisher from printing an unlicensed copy of the poem. The poem is an elegy in name but not in form; it employs a style similar to that of contemporary odes, but it embodies a meditation on death, and remembrance after death. The poem argues that the remembrance can be good and bad, and the narrator finds comfort in pondering the lives of the obscure rustics buried in the churchyard. The two versions of the poem, Stanzas and Elegy, approach death differently; the first contains a stoic response to death, but the final version contains an epitaph which serves to repress the narrator's fear of dying. With its discussion of, and focus on, the obscure and the known, the poem has possible political ramifications, but it does not make any definite claims on politics to be more universal in its approach to life and death. Claimed as "probably still today the best-known and best-loved poem in English", the Elegy quickly became popular. It was printed many times and in a variety of formats, translated into many languages, and praised by critics even after Gray's other poetry had fallen out of favour. Later critics tended to comment on its language and universal aspects, but some felt the ending was unconvincing, failing to resolve the questions the poem raised; or that the poem did not do enough to present a political statement that would serve to help the obscure rustic poor who form its central image.
Published by Robert Carter & Brothers, 1853
Seller: The Book Junction, Shippensburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: G. Rubbing & edgewear; chips at edges/corner/spine; scuffs & scratches; some spots of discoloration; foxing; bumped corners; previous owner's info inside (ink signature on title page bleeds through few pages); opens hard to page 100; overall sound.186 pages.
Published by Barse & Hopkins
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Limp Green leather binding with Gold gilt title lettering. Owners name and date on the first blank white page and some fading to the spine and outer edges of the covers, otherwise a tight unmarked copy in Good to Very Good condition. No date listed, but would guess to be around 1912 as that date is listed on the inscription.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 42 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Published by Robert Carter & Brothers ND (circa 1850), New York, 1850
Seller: Books Again, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No statement of edition. hardcover, 186 pages. Non authorial inscription on front endpaper, light foxing to endpaper, front hinge split, minor shelf wear to board edges and spinal extremities, still a good copy with clean text. Attractive copy in blue cloth with gilt stamped decorations and lettering, all page edges gilt.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1918 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 306 Language: English Pages: 306.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1909 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 306 Language: English Pages: 306.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher Grosset & Dunlap, New York, no date. In brown and gilt paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to blue bookplate and cream spine binding. Wear to corners and ends of spine. Pages tanned, some foxing. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings in text. Gift inscription to ffep.
Published by Barse & Hopkins, New York, 1988
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Book
Limp Suede Binding. Condition: Very Good. Tan color limp suede binding with gilt Gray's Elegy and die cut flower design with red satin backing showing through the die cut design on front cover. 28pp plus list of other books in this series. News clipping Photo of monument to Thomas Gray. 28pp Content clean, bright and sound. Photo available on request.
Published by The Ink-Well Press, N.P., 1954
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
stiff paper wrappers. Ink-Well Press (illustrator). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 26, (2) pages. Limited to 50 copies. Includes Gray's famous Elegy, and other poems.
Published by Robert Carter & Brothers n.d., New York
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Full Leather. Condition: Very Good binding. Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, and Other Poems. Title page vignette, and additional in text engraved illustrations. Some foxing to the preliminaries; dampstaining to the top edge of the textblock; wear to the joints. Full leather, with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration. All edges gilt. Very Good. Very Good binding.
Published by Robert Carter & Brothers, New York, 1855
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
Full Morocco. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with engravings by various Artists (illustrator). First Thus. 186 pages. Circa 1850s with gift inscription dated Jan 1st 1861. The pages have light foxing and a couple of old stains to the margins, but the binding is clean. Bound in the publisher's handsome brown morocco with raised bands, stamped in gilt and in blind on the upper cover and spine, and in blind on the rear cover.